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Windows Training: Windows 2000

Windows 2000 foundation

• Discover Windows 2000
• The Windows 2000 desktop
• The Windows 2000 start icon
• The Windows 2000 taskbar
• The Windows 2000 Recycle Bin
• The Windows 2000 My Computer icon
• The Windows 2000 "My Network Places" icon

• The title bar
• The scroll bars
• Maximize, minimize, restore and close buttons
• Borders
• The control icon
• Dialog boxes
• Text boxes
• List boxes
• Drop down list boxes
• Check boxes and radio buttons
• Command icons
• Tabs
• Mouse selection techniques
• Keyboard selection techniques
• Drag and drop techniques
• The ‘other’ mouse button
• What are property sheets?

• The start menu
• The start icon - programs
• The start icon - documents
• The start icon - settings
• Windows help
• The start icon - run
• The start icon - shut down
• The startup folder
• What is the taskbar?
• Controlling applications from the taskbar
• Tiling and cascading windows
• Arranging your desktop icons

• Help within the start menu
• Using the f1 key to get help
• "what's this" help
• Wizards

• WordPad - editing an existing document
• What is Paint?
• Paint - drawing tools
• The Calculator
• The Clock

• What are drives, folders and files?
• The Explorer vs. My Computer
• The Windows 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
• Starting programs via the Explorer
• Creating shortcuts on the desktop

• 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 and ‘drag and drop’

• Basic clipboard concepts
• Linking vs. embedding
• In-place activation of embedded objects
• Linking in action - Excel and Word

Windows 2000 intermediate

• The Windows 2000 search utility
• Adding programs to your start menu
• Customizing the start menu
• Moving and customizing the taskbar
• Creating a new file directly from the desktop
• Desktop toolbars
• Creating & customizing taskbar toolbars

• Customizing the Windows Explorer file display
• Customizing a folder
• Sorting files within the Explorer

• The command prompt window toolbar
• The start command
• Showing a visual directory display using the start command

• Windows 2000 network features
• Peer-to-peer networks vs. server-based networks
• Sharing documents and folders
• Connecting to shared folders
• Sharing printers
• Connecting to shared printers
• Internet connection wizard

• Manipulating ‘scraps’
• The command prompt and the clipboard
• Screen dumps and producing documentation
• Linking vs. embedding
• In-place activation of embedded objects
• Linking in action - Excel and Word

• Customizing the background
• Setting a screen saver
• Setting desktop schemes
• What is the Control Panel?
• Setting the time and date
• Customizing the mouse and keyboard
• Adding new devices
• Installing new application programs
• Creating shortcuts
• Scheduled tasks
• Display effects

• Disk cleanup
• Disk defragmenter
• Scheduled tasks
• System information