Key Skills For Happy Computing

 

Working With Files And Folders

1. Insert and Remove a flash drive
2. Use Windows Explorer (including Folders and Views options)
3. Use Internet Explorer/Firefox
4. Create a new folder
5. Rename a file or folder
6. Delete a file or folder
7. Move a file or folder
8. Save  an email attachment to a folder
9. Attach a file to an email message
10. Save a picture from a web page
11. Copy and paste text from a web page
12. Save a linked file on a web page

Working With Binary Numbers

1. Convert between Binary and Yes/No data
2. Count in Binary (i.e. know what number comes after a binary number)
3. Convert between Binary and Text using ASCII
4. Convert between Binary and Colors using RGB

Basic Word Processing Skills

1. Simple Formatting: fonts, type size, bold/italics, centering
2. Simple Editing: adding, changing, deleting text, cutting and pasting
3. Spell Check
4. Find and Replace text
5. Set Page Margins
6. Insert Page Breaks
7. Insert and Format numbered/bulleted lists
8. Insert Footnotes
9. Set Landscape Orientation

Some Intermediate Word Processing Skills

1. Create and Apply Styles
2. Insert Section Breaks
3. Insert and Formatting Page Numbers
4. Set Landscape Orientation
5. Insert Headers and Footers
6. Insert Automatic Table of Contents

PowerPoint Skills

1. Set Slide Theme
2. Use Theme Titles and Points
3. Set Slide Background Color or Picture
4. Insert and Format Text Boxes
5. Insert and Format Pictures and Shapes
6. Apply Slide Transitions
7. Apply Custom Animation
8. Set Custom Animation Start, Direction, and Speed Options

Basic Spreadsheet Skills

1. Simple Formatting: fonts, type size, bold/italics, justifying, adjust column width
2. Format as Currency
3. Add and Delete Sheets
4. Use Formulas to Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide)
5. Use Functions: SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX
6. Use Ranges in Functions
7. Fill Down Formulas

Intermediate Spreadsheet Skills

1. Use Anchors in Formulas
2. Create Pie, Line, Bar, and Column Charts
3. Format Chart Elements

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Photoshop Graphics Editing Skills

1. selections: Marquees (rectangular, oval, lasso), Magic Wand, Lasso
2. selections: add/subtract from a selection
3. editing: move, copy, delete, paste, crop, change colors, transform (size, rotation, flip)
4. layers: create from Cut or Copy
5. layers: create, rename, change stack order, view/hiding, delete
6. text: add text, bevel and emboss
7. resize an image, crop, rotate
8. copy a selected area from one photo to another
9. editing: Eraser, Smudge, Clone tools
10. create a new document
11. layers: opacity, blend mode, using a layer mask
12. gradients: color gradient
13. gradients: layer mask fade gradient
14. painting: using brushes
15. save pictures for the web (in JPG format)

Dreamweaver Webpage Creating Skills

1. create new page
2. text editing: format, color, size
3. setting: document title, background color
4. inserting: pictures, insert web links, email links
5. publishing on BUBBS (or other web server)
6. create AP divisions for photos and text
7. change AP element stacking order
8. create nagivation menus