Microsoft Windows 98 User Fundamentals

Course Code NGE71011

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This course will introduce users to the basic features of Windows 98. Participants will learn the skills to work with desktop components, manage windows on the desktop, customize the desktop, manage files in Windows Explorer and identify the functions of Active Desktop.

Audience

This course is intended for users who want to learn the most-used facilities of Windows 98. Participants should have completed Introduction to PCs and Application Software (Course 12994).

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify the functions of the desktop components.
• Manage windows on the desktop.
• Perform operations on the desktop by using the Taskbar, Start menu, My Computer and Recycle Bin.
• Manage files and folders in Windows Explorer.
• Customize the display on the desktop.
• Identify the functions of Active Desktop.
• Customize the appearance of the Active Desktop.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Windows 98 Basics

• Match the Windows 98 desktop components with their functions.
• Identify the salient features of Windows 98 files and folders.
• Launch an application.
• Identify the characteristics of the menu bar commands.
• Adjust the size of a window.
• Display the overflow information in a window by using the scroll bar.
• Retrieve a window that is off the desktop by using the keyboard.
• Identify the different ways of closing a window.

Unit 2: Windows 98 Desktop

• Match the Start menu icons with their functions.
• Customize the appearance of the Taskbar.
• Locate a file stored on your hard drive by using the Find: All Files dialog box.
• Locate a computer from the network by using the Find submenu.
• Locate information on the Internet by using the Find cascading menu.
• Access help on a particular subject by using Windows Help.
• Display the properties of an object by using My Computer.
• Display a print queue.
• Display the contents of the Recycle Bin.
• Delete a file permanently from the Recycle Bin.

Unit 3: Organizing Files and Folders

• Access a file stored on your computer by using Windows Explorer.
• Customize the view of the right pane of Windows Explorer.
• Select multiple items in Windows Explorer.
• Sort the files and folders displayed in the right pane on the Windows Explorer window.
• Match the tool buttons on the Standard Buttons toolbar with their functions.
• Match the File menu options with their functions.
• Edit a file in Windows Explorer.
• Match the View menu options with their functions.
• Manage the connection to a shared folder of a network computer.
• Match the file icons with their file types.
• Display the properties of a file in Windows Explorer.
• Open an unknown file type from Windows Explorer by associating it with Notepad.
• Create an object by using the Windows Explorer File menu.
• Rename a file in Windows Explorer.
• Copy a file to another location in Windows Explorer.
• Move a file to another location in Windows Explorer.
• Print a file from Windows Explorer.
• Identify the features of the Internet.
• Open a Web site from Windows Explorer.

Unit 4: Personalizing a Desktop

• Create a shortcut on the desktop for an application.
• Display a background wallpaper on the desktop.
• Select a screen saver for the desktop.
• Change the appearance of the desktop.
• Add an application to the Start menu.
• Create a folder in the Start menu.
• Delete a folder from the Start menu.
• Launch a program at startup by adding a program item in the StartUp submenu.
• Change the date and time settings on a computer.
• Select a desktop theme for a computer.
• Adjust the Windows 98 setting to provide access to the disabled by using the Accessibility Wizard.
• Enlarge a selected portion of the screen by using Microsoft Magnifier.

Unit 5: Active Desktop

• Add an Active Desktop item to your Active Desktop from the Active Desktop Gallery Web site.
• Subscribe to a Web site.
• Add a channel to the Channel bar by using the Channel Guide.
• Add a Web page to your Active Desktop.
• Enable the Web style interface on a desktop.
• Display the folder background in Windows Explorer as a Web page.
• Customize the appearance of a folder background in Windows Explorer.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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