Affirm Consulting Courses

Personal Computer Management

General Course Information: As courses can be customised to suit, condsider this as a general guide. Face-to-face courses are offered, but not restricted to, the Sydney metropolitan area. Other requirements will be considered on request.

Description: This course aims to provide skills and knowledge to effectively manage files and folders on your personal computer.

Learning Outcomes - on completion participants will be able to:

• Explain simply how computers work and key computer terms
  
• Work with the Windows Explorer to manage files and folders
• Select, copy, move and delete files
• Create, modify and delete folders and folder hierarchies
• Compress and extract files using Winzip
• Compose, send, receive and delete mail messages
• Apply specific settings to mail messages and send attachments
• Download files from the Internet
• Use Acrobat Reader to work with PDF files

Target Audience: Intended for people who wish to improve their understanding and skills in managing their computers, especially files, folders in which data is placed and email.

Prerequisites: Participants should have basic computer skills using mouse and keyboard, and a basic understanding of computers and the Windows environment is desirable.

Methodology: A hands-on approach is taken during this course. The exercises are designed to impart relevant skills and knowledge by having participants work through real-life examples and scenarios.