Basic Computer Skills - Course

1. Basic concepts of the Information Technology

1.1. Basic notions
1.1.1. Hardware, Software, IT – generalities
1.1.2. Types of computers
1.1.3. General structure of a PC
1.2. Hardware
1.2.1. Main components of a computer
1.2.2. In and out mechanisms
1.3. Computer memory
1.3.1. External memory supports
1.3.2. RAM and ROM memory
1.3.3. Information measurement units (byte, KB, MB, GB)
1.4. Software
1.4.1. Role of the system and its main functions
1.4.2. Software applications
1.4.3. Loading the system
1.5. Networks
1.5.1. LAN and WAN
1.5.2. PSDN, ISDN, the importance of the telephone and satellite communications
1.5.3. Internet, World Wide Web (www) and electronic mail
1.6. Advantages of using the computer at home, in education and in daily life
1.7. IT and the society
1.7.1. Useful elements in creating a healthy and safe workspace
1.8. Viruses and the copyright law

2. How to use the computer and how to organize the folders (Windows)

2.1. Introduction
2.1.1. Starting and shutting down the computer
2.1.2. Graphic interface; configuration of the system
2.1.3. Formatting a floppy disk
2.1.4. How to use the Help
2.2. How to create the icons and how to use them. Windows and operations with windows
2.3. How to organize the folders
2.3.1. The files’ structure
2.3.2. How to create a file
2.3.3. View of the properties, attributes of a file/folder
2.3.4. Commands on the files/folders (copy, move, delete, rename, search)
2.3.5. How to save a folder in a particular file, or on the floppy disk
2.4. How to use the printer. The implicit printer

3. How to work with texts (Word)

3.1. Introductive notions
3.1.1. How to start and quit the text editor
3.1.2. How to open an existing document
3.1.3. How to modify an open document and how to save it in different formats
3.1.4. How to use the Help
3.1.5. The list of the menus and of the commands of the text editor
3.1.6. Different ways of displaying the document
3.2. Basic operations
3.2.1. How to type the text
3.2.2. How to insert special symbols
3.2.3. How to insert a page break
3.2.4. How to select a character, a word, a proposition, a paragraph and the whole document
3.2.5. How to move, copy and delete a text
3.2.6. How to search and replace
3.3. How to format a text
3.3.1. Fonts, dimensions of a font, colors
3.3.2. How to center and align the text
3.3.3. How to indent the text
3.3.4. How to space the lines
3.3.5. The position of the tabs
3.3.6. How to add shapes and shadings
3.3.7. How to mark and number
3.4. How to finish a document
3.4.1. The dimension of the paper and the position of the image
3.4.2. Margins
3.4.3. How to number the pages
3.4.4. Header and Footer
3.4.5. Spelling and Grammar
3.5. Examine before printing. How to print a document
3.6. Other important facilities
3.6.1. Tables
3.6.2. Drawing in Word
3.6.3. How to import graphic images
3.6.4. How to combine documents

4. Information and communication (Internet)
4.1. First steps on the internet
4.1.1. Launching the Internet
4.1.2. How to change the start page
4.1.3. How to save a web page
4.1.4. How to use the Help
4.1.5. Display 
4.1.6. How to close the application

4.2. Navigating
4.2.1. How to access a web address and how to collect data
4.2.2. How to navigate on a site and how to collect data
4.3. Searching the web page
4.3.1. Defining a search key
4.3.2. Typing
4.3.3. Bookmark
4.4. Electronic mail
4.4.1. How to start and how to close the application
4.4.2. How to open an address
4.4.3. How to use the Help
4.5. How to use the email
4.5.1. How to create a message
4.5.2. How to attach a message
4.5.3. How to send a message
4.5.4. How to move, copy, delete a text
4.5.5. How to read a message
4.5.6. How to reply to a received message
4.6. How to use the address book
4.6.1. How to add an address
4.6.2. How to create a new address list
4.6.3. How to send the same message to many addresses
4.6.4. Operations with messages (search, delete, move, sort)

5. Tables calculating (Excell)

5.1. Basic notions
5.1.1. How to start and how to quit the Excell
5.1.2. How to open an existing document
5.1.3. How to modify an existing document and how to save it in different formats
5.1.4. How to use the Help
5.1.5. List of the Menus and commands of the Excell
5.1.6. Display modes
5.1.7. Toolbars
5.1.8. Often used function keys
5.2. Fundamental editing operations
5.2.1. How to introduce and edit data
5.2.2. How to select a cell or several cells; how to select rows and columns
5.2.3. How to move, copy, delete data
5.2.4. How to search and replace
5.2.5. How to add new rows and columns
5.2.6. How to delete rows and columns
5.2.7. Ascendant and descendent data sorting
5.3. Formulas and functions
5.3.1. How to introduce and edit formulas
5.3.2. Reference types of cells
5.3.3. Error messages for formulas
5.3.4. Often used functions (sum, average)
5.4. Formatting the cells
5.4.1. How to format the numbers
5.4.2. How to align the data
5.4.3. Fonts, direction of the text in the cells
5.4.4. How to add frames
5.4.5. Spelling and grammar
5.4.6. How to configure the page
5.4.7. Header and Footer
5.5. Display before printing
5.5.1. How to start the printing
5.6. Other facilities
5.6.1. How to import the information
5.6.2. Graphs and diagrams

6. Database (Access)

6.1. Introduction
6.1.1. How to start and how to quit the Access program
6.1.2. How to open an existing database
6.1.3. How to modify an existing database and how to save it (on the hard disk or on the floppy disk)
6.1.4. How to use the Help
6.1.5. View
6.2. How to create a database
6.2.1. How to create a table
6.2.2. How to introduce data in a table
6.2.3. How to modify field attributes
6.2.4. How to navigate in a table
6.2.5. How to define a primary key
6.2.6. How to modify, delete data in a table
6.2.7. How to add something new
6.3. Forms
6.3.1. How to create a form
6.3.2. How to import an image or a graph in a form
6.4. Queries
6.4.1. How to create a simple query
6.4.2. How to create a query on several criteria
6.4.3. How to save a query
6.4.4. Filters
6.4.5. How to add or delete fields
6.4.6. How to select and sort a database on a criterion
6.5. Reports
6.5.1. How to create and modify a report
6.5.2. Header and Footer
6.5.3. How to group data in a report

7. Presentations (Power Point)