Microsoft Windows 8 Level 2
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Duration: 1 Day
Objectives
To get delegates to the point where they are comfortable with the advanced features of the Windows 8 operating system. The course covers standard network concepts, system and network troubleshooting and effectively - Windows ‘system support’.
Prerequisites
- Microsoft Windows 8 Level 1 or Equivalent Experience
Outline
- Using Advanced Windows Features
- Customizing the Start Screen
- Accessing the Start Screen
- Zooming in/out of the Start screen
- Moving, sizing, adding and unpinning tiles on Start screen
- Rearranging tiles on Start Screen
- Making a tile smaller or bigger
- Pinning an app/item to Start screen
- Unpinning a program from Start Screen
- Naming a group of tiles
- Working with the Taskbar
- Moving, locking and arranging the Taskbar
- Hiding the Taskbar
- Change how Taskbar buttons appear
- Pin an app to the Taskbar
- Setting the Date and Time
- Customizing the Taskbar Notification Area
- Hiding/viewing an icon in the notification area
- Displaying Additional Clocks
- Setting Accessibility Properties
- Setting features for users with impaired vision
- Setting features for users with impaired mobility
- Using Windows recommended settings
- Working with Filename Extensions
- Displaying and hiding filename extensions
- Setting default applications for file extensions
- Printing and Managing Fonts
- Managing Devices and Printers
- Locating your devices and printers
- Setting the default printer
- Adding Printers and Sharing Printers
- Managing the Print Queue
- Displaying a print queue
- Pausing and releasing a print job
- Cancelling a print job
- Creating shortcuts for drag and drop printing
- Using drag and drop to print a document
- Managing Fonts
- Viewing and printing font samples
- Viewing fonts
- Adding and deleting fonts
- Networks and Sharing
- The Network and Sharing Centre
- Viewing your network
- Identifying your computer on the network
- Determining what is shared on your network
- Determining who is on your network
- Sharing your Data
- Sharing folders
- Viewing shared files
- Stopping folder sharing
- Mapping and disconnecting a network drive
- Using Utilities
- Using Hard Disk Utilities
- Correcting errors with check disk
- Optimising a drive
- System Restoration
- Creating a system restore point
- Restoring your system to a previous state
- File Compression
- NTFS compression versus compressed (zipped) folders
- Compressed (zipped) folders
- Compressing a file or folder on an NTFS drive
- Compressing (zipping) an folder
- Working with Multimedia
- Working with Sounds
- Changing the sounds of windows 8
- Removing a program from Start screen
- Changing sound schemes
- Restoring the Windows 8 default sounds
- Deleting sound schemes
- Working with Windows Media Player
- Parts of Windows Media Player
- Working with Audio Files
- Playing Audio files
- Embedding files
- Working with Video Files
- Playing Video files
- Embedding a Video clip