Windows 98 - Foundation

Window components and selection techniques

·          The title bar

·          The scroll bars

·          Maximize, minimize, restore and close buttons

·          Borders

·          Dialog boxes

·          Text boxes

·          List boxes

·          Drop down list boxes

·          Check boxes and radio buttons

·          Command buttons

·          Tabs

·          Mouse selection techniques

·          Keyboard selection techniques

·          Drag and drop techniques

·          The ‘other’ mouse button

·          What are property sheets?

 

Starting to use Windows 98

·          What is the start button?

·          The start menu

·          The start button - programs

·          Start menu - favorites

·          The start button - documents

·          The start button - settings

·          The start button - find

·          Windows help

·          The start button - run

·          The start button - shut down

·          The startup folder

·          Adding programs to your start menu

·          Customizing the start menu

·          What is the taskbar?

·          Controlling applications from the taskbar

·          Moving and customizing the taskbar

·          Tiling and cascading Windows using the taskbar

·          Arranging your desktop icons

·          Creating a new file directly from the desktop

·          Desktop toolbars

·          Creating & customizing desktop toolbars

·          Internet Explorer channel bar

·          Active desktop

 

Help within Windows 98

·          Help within the start menu

·          Using the f1 key to get help

·          What's this help

·          Wizards

·          Troubleshooting using help

 

The Windows 98 accessories

·          What is WordPad?

·          WordPad - creating and saving a new document

·          WordPad - editing an existing document

·          What is Paint?

·          Paint - drawing tools

·          The calculator

·          The clock

 

The Explorer, My Computer and the Recycle Bin

·          What are drives, folders and files?

·          The Explorer vs. My Computer

·          The Explorer window

·          Windows Explorer toolbars

·          Long file names

·          Folder selection techniques

·          Switching drives

·          Folder creation

·          Moving or copying files and folders

·          Renaming files or folders

·          Deleting files or folders

·          The Recycle Bin and deleted files

·          Customizing the Explorer file display

·          Customizing a folder

·          Folder options – general folder

·          Folder options – view folder

·          Sorting files within the Explorer

·          Starting programs via the Explorer

·          Creating shortcuts on the desktop

 

Printing

·          What is a printer driver?

·          Installing a printer driver

·          Setting up a printer

·          Default and installed printers

·          Controlling print queues

·          Viewing installed fonts

 

The clipboard, ‘drag and drop’ and OLE

·          Basic clipboard concepts

·          What is OLE?

·          Linking vs. embedding

·          Compound documents

·          Linking in action - Excel and Word

 

Top tips and tricks - Microsoft Windows 98