1. Basic Computers 102
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2. Exploring the Start Menu and Opening Programs
Click the START button and select ALL PROGRAMS - What kind of programs do you see?
Find and open the calculator
Use the search programs and files bar: Type ‘Word’ and open the Microsoft WORD program
Exploring the Start Menu and Opening Programs

3. Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows
Close
Minimize
Maximize/Restore Down
Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows

4. Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows
Close out of the calculator
Click the maximize/restore down button on the Word window
Click the maximize/restore down button again on the Word window
Click minimize on the Word window
Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows

5. Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows
Where did the Word window go?
LOOK HERE
Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows

6. Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows
Click the icon once
And the window re-opens
Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Closing Windows

7. Make sure that the window is in the restore down position- visible but not maximized to full screen
Resize the window- by locating a corner of the window and when the double headed arrow is visible, click and hold the mouse while dragging the window in and out
Then close the Word window completely
Re-Sizing Windows

8. This is our internet browser
Click the Microsoft Edge button in the taskbar
This is our internet browser
The Internet Browser

9. Other Internet Browsers
The Internet Browser

10. Navigating the Internet
Web Address
In order to go anywhere on the internet, you first need to know the address……..
You may have been given a website address or already know it
If you do not know the address you will need to use a search engine to find it.
Navigating the Internet

11. Navigating the Internet
Web Address
The 3 parts of a web address
www
Website/URL
Extension
World Wide Web
(followed by a separator)
Universal Resource Locator.
Middle section (i.e., Yahoo, Google, Walmart)
com = most common
net = 2nd most common
gov = government
edu = education
org = organization or non profit
Navigating the Internet

12. Navigating the Internet
Search Engine
Address Bar
Search Bar
Navigating the Internet

13. Instructor Demonstration and Participant Activity
KansasWorks
Links
Back and Forward Button
Using the Address Bar
Using the Search Engine

14. Saving to a Storage Device
Floppy Disk
Flash Drive
CD/DVD
Cloud Service
Saving Documents

15. Uploading vs Downloading
Attach to a website or message from the computer
“Browse” button
Paperclip
“Upload” button
Save from a site or message to your computer, storage device or the cloud
Arrow
Cloud
Transferring Documents

16. Email-Uploading and Downloading
Type: in the address bar
2. Field:
3. Click “NEXT”
4. Password Field:
kansasworks
-Uploading and Downloading

17. Email-Uploading and Downloading
Instructor Demonstration
and Participant Activity
Creating an
Downloading Attachment
Uploading attachment
-Uploading and Downloading

18. Additional Computer Resources
Typing Instruction Websites
Computer Vocabulary
Users.rowan.edu/ 7Eau/CompLit/Vocab.htm
Basic Computer Skills
Free Online Education

19. CONTACT US
Wichita
Career Center N. Amidon, Suite 1100 Wichita, KS 67203
Administrative Offices R. H. Garvey Building 8th Floor 300 W. Douglas Wichita, KS 67202
Tel: Toll Free: Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 to 5:00  Friday 9:00 to 5:00
Outer Counties:
Butler Workforce Center  
524 N. Main St. El Dorado, KS
Hours:  Monday - Thursday 8:00 to 1:00 and 2:00 to 5:00
Cowley Workforce Center 108 E. 12th Avenue Winfield, KS
Hours:  Monday and Wednesday 8:00 to Noon and 1:00 to 5:00
Sumner Workforce Center 107 S. Washington Wellington, KS
Hours:   Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 to Noon and 1:00 to 4:30

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