1. SC ICT Certification Level 1 01 Desktop Basics By Ross Parker

2. THE DESKTOP 01.1

3. Why do nerds make things look easy? “The mysterious process by which difficult things become simple”. Learn to master the computer “desktop”: –Increase efficiency –Enjoy computing –Dazzle your colleagues –Become a Zen master! Mastery of the desktop

4. Desktop as a metaphor The desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users more easily interact with the computer. The desktop metaphor treats the monitor of a computer as if it is the user's physical desktop, upon which documents and folders of documents can be placed. A document can be opened into a window, which represents a paper copy of the document placed on the desktop. Applications (calculator, word processor) are available

5. The Desktop Directory File Wallpaper Start buttonRunning applications Visible application Mouse pointer System tray

6. The Clipboard Ever use cut, copy and paste? Wonder where things go when you cut and copy? The answer is the clipboard.

7. Warning The following exercises are for Windows XP. Most skills apply to other Operating Systems (with some variations)

8. Windows explorer Explorer, directories, files Directory File

9. BASIC INPUT 01.2

10. Mouse magic Source: Wikimedia Commons Right button Scroll wheel Left button

11. Mouse magic II Single Left Click aka left click, click, select Double Left Click aka double click Single Right Click aka right click Left Drag and Drop aka drag and drop Right Drag and Drop aka right drag and drop Links/Buttons vs Icons

12. Keyboard: single keys Source: Wikimedia Commons Tab Super InsertPrint ScreenNum Lock Scroll Lock F2F5F1 AltControl Shift

13. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 01.3

14. Keyboard: multiple keys Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Shift-S Ctrl-O Ctrl-P Ctrl-F Super-D Alt-tab How do you discover these?

15. Explorer, directories, files II Directory Structure: stay organised! File extensions Hidden Files Selecting Files –Mouse, Shift and Ctrl –Lasso/Rubberband File View Arrange Icons By Locating a file by typing it's name

16. Manipulating Text Highlighting Text –Mouse Left mouse button Double click Triple click (so extreme!) –Keyboard Shift Ctrl Arrow keys Page Up, Page Down Find, Find and replace

17. OUTRODUCTION 01.4

18. Sharing There are many, many such tricks. With computers, no one knows everything. Does anyone have any to share?

19. Practice Remember Practice makes perfect!

20. Licensing All original work used here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. For more details please look at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. This license has been chosen to permit a high degree of sharing, whilst protecting the author’s control as to how the content is used. Please respect this license and use accordingly! Recycled and borrowed works from other sources are used under appropriate licenses, which are not affected by this license. The original source is always given. All original work created by Ross Parker (Sha Tin College, English Schools Foundation, Hong Kong), except where specified.