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Create a folder in Documents

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Rename a folder

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Understand and open a file

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Move a file into a folder

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Copy a file to another folder

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Rename a file

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Delete and restore a practice file

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Meet your computer

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Inside your computer

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Understand the processor (CPU)

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Understand CPU cooling

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Understand the graphics processor (GPU)

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Understand working memory (RAM)

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Understand the motherboard

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Understand storage: HDD and SSD

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Output devices: screens, sound and printing

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Input devices: giving information to your computer

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Ports and connections

Computer Essentials · Computer components

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Point and left-click

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Right-click menus

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Double-click to open

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Drag and drop

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Use the Windows key

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Use the Shift key

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Use Tab and Enter

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Use the Control key

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Backspace and Delete

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Understand apps and programs

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Understand web browsers

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Documents and spreadsheets

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Email and calendar apps

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Photo, video and music apps

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Understand video-calling apps

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Installing and updating apps

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Spot scam emails

Computer security · Everyday security basics

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Understand antivirus protection

Computer security · Everyday security basics

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Protect your passwords and accounts

Computer security · Everyday security basics

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Browse the web safely

Computer security · Everyday security basics

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Find words on a page: Ctrl + F

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Prepare a printed copy: Ctrl + P

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Keep your changes: Ctrl + S

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Choose everything in one area: Ctrl + A

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Reverse a recent edit: Ctrl + Z

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Bring back an undone change: Ctrl + Y

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Make important text stand out: Ctrl + B

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Add a slanted text style: Ctrl + I

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Put a line beneath text: Ctrl + U

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Jump to the beginning or end: Ctrl + Home or End

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Move through text a word at a time: Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Remove text a word at a time: Ctrl + Backspace / Delete

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Show your desktop: Windows + D

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Put windows side by side: Windows + Left arrow / Right arrow

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Maximise or minimise a window: Windows + Up arrow / Down arrow

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Switch between open apps: Alt + Tab

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Close the current window: Alt + F4

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Open File Explorer: Windows + E

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Find an app with Windows search: Windows + S

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Open Windows Settings: Windows + I

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Lock your computer when you step away: Windows + L

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Capture part of your screen: Windows + Shift + S

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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See your open windows with Task View: Windows + Tab

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Choose a window layout: Windows + Z

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Choose an earlier copied item: Windows + V

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Insert an emoji: Windows + .

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Enlarge the screen with Magnifier: Windows + Plus (+) / Minus (-)

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Find accessibility settings: Windows + U

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Choose what a second screen shows: Windows + P

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Move a window to another monitor: Windows + Shift + Left arrow / Right arrow

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Open Task Manager: Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Create and switch virtual desktops: Windows + Ctrl + D

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Open the menu for a selected item: Shift + F10

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Check a file’s details: Alt + Enter

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Reach everyday controls: Windows + A

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Review alerts and dates: Windows + N

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Speak your draft: Windows + H

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Save a picture of the screen: Windows + PrtScn

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Copy a picture of one window: Alt + PrtScn

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Choose your typing layout: Windows + Space

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Open another browser tab: Ctrl + T

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Close the page you have finished: Ctrl + W

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Bring back a closed browser tab: Ctrl + Shift + T

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Move between your open tabs: Ctrl + Tab

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Go straight to the address bar: Ctrl + L

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Make a webpage easier to read: Ctrl + Plus (+)

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Return to pages you visited: Alt + Left arrow

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Keep a website address for later: Ctrl + D

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Find your recent browser downloads: Ctrl + J

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Ask the current page to load again: Ctrl + R

Windows Essentials · Windows shortcut mastery

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Start and finish a computer session

Computer Essentials · First steps with your computer

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Find your way around the Windows desktop

Computer Essentials · First steps with your computer

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Scroll and find your place

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Type your first short message

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Manage open windows

Windows Essentials · Your Windows workspace

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Select and replace part of your text

Computer Essentials · Mouse & keyboard

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Find your way in File Explorer

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Save a file and find it again

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Keep an original with Save As

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Find a file by name or date

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Select several files

Windows Essentials · Files & folders

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Connect and find a USB drive

Documents, photos and storage · USB storage and backups

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Copy files to and from a USB drive

Documents, photos and storage · USB storage and backups

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Write a simple document

Documents, photos and storage · Documents and PDFs

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Make a document easy to read

Documents, photos and storage · Documents and PDFs

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Print the pages you need

Documents, photos and storage · Documents and PDFs

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Make a PDF copy to share

Documents, photos and storage · Documents and PDFs

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Complete and save a PDF form

Documents, photos and storage · Documents and PDFs

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Bring photos onto your computer

Documents, photos and storage · Photos and pictures

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Crop a photo and keep the original

Documents, photos and storage · Photos and pictures

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Understand the internet

Internet and communication · Using the web

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Find useful information on the web

Internet and communication · Using the web

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Download a file and find it again

Internet and communication · Using the web

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Complete and check an online form

Internet and communication · Using the web

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Choose a file to upload

Internet and communication · Using the web

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Prepare an email to send

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Reply or forward to the right people

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Understand To, CC and BCC

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Add the right file to an email

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Save a file received by email

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Find and organise messages

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Handle junk mail and mistaken filtering

Internet and communication · Everyday email

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Get ready and join a video meeting

Internet and communication · Video calls and meetings

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Show one window during a call

Internet and communication · Video calls and meetings

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Plan extra sign-in protection and recovery

Computer security · Protection and recovery

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Handle a frightening computer warning

Computer security · Protection and recovery

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Act after a suspicious click

Computer security · Protection and recovery

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Check an online purchase before paying

Computer security · Protection and recovery

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Check before using online banking

Computer security · Protection and recovery

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Choose what personal information to share

Computer security · Protection and recovery

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Understand files in the cloud

Documents, photos and storage · Cloud files and OneDrive

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Read OneDrive sync and availability

Documents, photos and storage · Cloud files and OneDrive

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Save a file in the intended cloud folder

Documents, photos and storage · Cloud files and OneDrive

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Share a cloud file with the right access

Documents, photos and storage · Cloud files and OneDrive

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Recover a cloud file or earlier version

Documents, photos and storage · Cloud files and OneDrive

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Adjust sound, brightness and interruptions

Windows Essentials · Settings and connections

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Connect to the right Wi-Fi network

Windows Essentials · Settings and connections

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Connect headphones and choose where sound plays

Windows Essentials · Settings and connections

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Make text and controls easier to see

Windows Essentials · Settings and connections

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Keep Windows up to date

Windows Essentials · Care and troubleshooting

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Remove an app you no longer need

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Choose which app opens a file

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Keep useful apps within easy reach

Windows Essentials · Apps for everyday tasks

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Free space without losing important files

Windows Essentials · Care and troubleshooting

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Work through a computer problem calmly

Windows Essentials · Care and troubleshooting

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Find sensible first checks for a slow computer

Windows Essentials · Care and troubleshooting

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Look after your computer physically

Windows Essentials · Care and troubleshooting

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Keep and test a separate backup

Documents, photos and storage · USB storage and backups

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Choose computer specifications for your needs

Computer Essentials · Choosing a computer

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Compare new and refurbished computer offers

Computer Essentials · Choosing a computer

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Unpack and create ZIP files

Windows Essentials · Useful Windows extras

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Keep two file locations ready with tabs

Windows Essentials · Useful Windows extras

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Copy useful text from a picture

Windows Essentials · Useful Windows extras

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Share a file with a nearby Windows PC

Windows Essentials · Useful Windows extras

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Decide whether Phone Link would help you

Windows Essentials · Useful Windows extras

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Explore optional PowerToys tools

Windows Essentials · Useful Windows extras

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Prepare a clear letter in Word

Everyday productivity · Useful documents in Word

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Organise information in a Word table

Everyday productivity · Useful documents in Word

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Add a picture without disrupting the page

Everyday productivity · Useful documents in Word

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Review a document before sharing

Everyday productivity · Useful documents in Word

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Prepare an envelope or label sheet

Everyday productivity · Useful documents in Word

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Build a useful spreadsheet list

Everyday productivity · Everyday spreadsheets

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Calculate totals and averages

Everyday productivity · Everyday spreadsheets

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Find records with sorting and filtering

Everyday productivity · Everyday spreadsheets

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Make a simple household budget

Everyday productivity · Everyday spreadsheets

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Make a chart that represents the data

Everyday productivity · Everyday spreadsheets

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Build a clear three-slide presentation

Everyday productivity · Clear, simple presentations

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Present and share a checked slide deck

Everyday productivity · Clear, simple presentations

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Read paths and folder details

Documents, photos and storage · Organise larger file collections

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Organise a collection without losing originals

Documents, photos and storage · Organise larger file collections

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Move files to a new computer and verify them

Documents, photos and storage · Organise larger file collections

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Plan backups that survive different problems

Documents, photos and storage · Backups and recovery planning

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Keep versions with File History and test recovery

Documents, photos and storage · Backups and recovery planning

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Check what Windows Backup protects

Documents, photos and storage · Backups and recovery planning

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Prepare before repair, reset or device failure

Documents, photos and storage · Backups and recovery planning

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Check an online booking

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Compare online offers fairly

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Find the right government service

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Share identification carefully

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Make a readable document scan

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Plan a journey with online maps

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Review and cancel a subscription

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Follow an electronic signing request

Internet and communication · Manage everyday tasks online

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Choose cookie and tracking settings

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Review website and app permissions

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Understand private browsing

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Understand what a VPN changes

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Use a password manager carefully

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Understand passkeys and security keys

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Review account access and recovery

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Respond to a password leak

Computer security · Privacy and account access

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Understand everyday AI

AI for everyday life · Understand and question AI

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Ask AI a useful question

AI for everyday life · Understand and question AI

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Check an AI answer

AI for everyday life · Understand and question AI

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Protect information when using AI

AI for everyday life · Understand and question AI

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Use AI for drafts and plans

AI for everyday life · Use AI with judgement

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Ask AI about documents and images

AI for everyday life · Use AI with judgement

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Check unfamiliar images and voices

AI for everyday life · Use AI with judgement

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Organise photos with albums

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Understand image size and quality

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Convert a picture format

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Adjust a photo with care

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Open a video in a suitable player

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Trim a video and keep the original

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Record your screen and sound

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Show media on a television

Documents, photos and storage · Do more with photos and video

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Check sound and camera in a call

Windows Essentials · Find the cause of a problem

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Check a screen that is not showing a picture

Windows Essentials · Find the cause of a problem

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Check a USB device that is not recognised

Windows Essentials · Find the cause of a problem

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Check a printer that is not printing

Windows Essentials · Find the cause of a problem

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Understand drivers and device status

Windows Essentials · Find the cause of a problem

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Check a computer that will not start

Windows Essentials · Recovery and safe reuse

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Understand Windows recovery choices

Windows Essentials · Recovery and safe reuse

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Understand a Windows recovery drive

Windows Essentials · Recovery and safe reuse

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Understand your home network

Internet and communication · Home internet and Wi-Fi

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Improve Wi-Fi around your home

Internet and communication · Home internet and Wi-Fi

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Check what your connection speed means

Internet and communication · Home internet and Wi-Fi

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Find where an internet problem starts

Internet and communication · Home internet and Wi-Fi

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Share your home Wi-Fi carefully

Internet and communication · Home internet and Wi-Fi

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Choose a compatible charger and cable

Computer Essentials · Specifications and compatibility

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Read your computer’s specifications

Computer Essentials · Specifications and compatibility

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Read Task Manager performance graphs

Computer Essentials · Specifications and compatibility

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Begin setting up a new Windows computer

Windows Essentials · Set up a new computer

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Prepare an old computer for reuse

Windows Essentials · Recovery and safe reuse

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Make the pointer and typing cursor easier to see

Windows Essentials · Make Windows easier to use

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Choose colours and contrast that help

Windows Essentials · Make Windows easier to use

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Make keyboard controls easier to use

Windows Essentials · Make Windows easier to use

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Use Narrator to read the screen

Windows Essentials · Make Windows easier to use

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Control Windows with your voice

Windows Essentials · Make Windows easier to use

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Use captions for computer audio

Windows Essentials · Make Windows easier to use

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