WINDOWS ESSENTIALS · UNIT 04

Apps for everyday tasks

Understand common apps, choose a tool for the job and recognise the controls you will meet.

Build your confidence one skill at a time.

Work through the illustrated explanations, explore the examples and check your understanding with the questions. You can revisit any section whenever you need a reminder.

Lessons in this unit

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Understand apps and programs

Recognise the tools you use on a computer and separate apps, saved files, websites and Windows itself.

7 minutes

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Understand web browsers

Make sense of browsers, search engines, addresses and tabs, with familiar browser examples.

7 minutes

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Documents and spreadsheets

Choose between writing a document and organising a spreadsheet, without needing an account or installed office app.

7 minutes

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Email and calendar apps

Understand messages, drafts, recipients and appointments, using familiar email and calendar examples.

7 minutes

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Photo, video and music apps

Tell viewing, editing and playback apart, and understand saved media compared with streaming.

7 minutes

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Understand video-calling apps

Recognise meeting controls and decide when a chosen call needs access to a microphone or camera.

7 minutes

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Installing and updating apps

Understand getting an app, keeping it updated and removing it, using examples that download nothing.

7 minutes

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Remove an app you no longer need

Distinguish uninstalling an app from removing its shortcut.

8 minutes

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Choose which app opens a file

Try a compatible app once or change the usual app for a file type.

8 minutes

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Keep useful apps within easy reach

Pin and unpin app shortcuts without removing the apps.

8 minutes