What You Need To Know for the Windows / Google / Microsoft Word Proficiency Test:

What You Need to Know About Windows

Starting a Program
Starting a program with the Start button
Closing a program with the Close program button

Exploring a disk
Using the My Computer Icon
Opening a file from a Folder

Finding a file
Using Find in the Start menu
Finding, Opening, and Closing a specified file

Switching Windows
Switching to other windows on the Taskbar
Minimizing a Window
Minimizing all Windows
Restoring Minimized Windows

Using Help
Starting Help from the Start Menu
Using the Index

 


What You Need To Know for Microsoft Word
(there are several ways to do things in Word - any way will do)

Using help
Deleting text (delete key and by blocking the text)
Moving through the text quickly by using shortcut keys
Changing fonts and font sizes
Bold, Italics, Underlining
Right, Center, and Left Justify text
Inserting text and typing over text
Selecting and moving text (cut and paste)
Selecting and copying text (copy and paste)
Selecting All
Opening an existing file
Opening a new file
Save/Save As commands
Previewing document prior to printing
Printing
Changing Printer
Searching Text
Superscript and Subscript
Switching between documents (between windows)
Moving material from/to another file
Changing margins
Changing line spacing
Deleting a File
Using spellcheck
Using thesaurus
Indenting text
Using footnotes and endnotes
Inserting a hard page
Closing a Word document
Exiting from Word


What You Need To Know about Google Calendar and Documents

Logging to your account

Documents:
Creating a new document
Editing an existing document
Publishing a new or existing document
Knowing how to create links to and from your pages and the pages of others
Knowing how to do basic Word-type functions in the editor.

Calendar:
Creating a new calendar
Creating a new entry that does/doesn't repeat
Showing the two calendars relevant to knowing and scheduling TA hours.