Basic Computer Skills | Painless Computers
Click the links below to view resources or download handouts.
Jump to:
[ Week 1 ]
[ Week 2 ]
[ Week 3 ]
Week 1: May 10
Vocabulary:
- mouse
- clicking:
- click and drag
- single click
- double click
- left click
- right click
- desktop
- start button
- task bar
- parts of a window:
- title bar
- menus
- buttons
- close
- maximize/restore
- minimize
- resize windows
- scroll bar
- Internet Explorer
- Back & Forward
- Stop & Refresh
- Address bar
- History
- Blue & Purple Links
- Tools--Internet Options
- Home Page
- Cookies
- History
- Google
- I'm Feeling Lucky
- Google Search
- Web Results--title, description, address, size
- Sponsored Results
- Specific keywords, exact phrases, not/-
- domain name/url/web addresses
- Favorites
[ return to top of page ]
Week 2
Vocabulary & Skills:
Saving information from the Internet:
- Add to Favorites
- Organize Favorites
- Address Bar History
- Highlight/Select text
- Edit--Copy(Cut)
- Edit--Paste
Using Microsoft Word:
- Highlight/Select text
- Backspace/Delete
- Font Face
- Font Size
- Save/Save As
- Open
- Hyperlinks
[ return to top of page ]
Week 3
Vocabulary & Skills:
- Bonus tips:
- Ctrl+Enter adds www. and .com
- Click on web address in Address history drop-down menu instead of
typing in the whole address.
- Select text in Microsoft Word with Shift and arrows
- Email
- Inbox
- Compose/New Message
- CC & BCC
- Reply/Reply All
- Attach files
- Download attachments
- Address book
- Contacts
Some useful sites for getting help:
Internet 101
Searching Tools from the Internet Public Library
Microsoft Office Assistance
[ <-- Back to MSAD5 Computer Classes with Anne Fensie ]