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The basic competencies in informatics are not objectives for the student. The following checklist will allow him to know the competencies he has already mastered.

Basic Competencies in informatics

A. Using the computer: I know…

1. Starting the computer; starting the operating system
2. Locating desk top
3. Starting a program, for instance, Microsoft word
4. Learning mouse tasks (click, double-click, right button)
5. Locating a file or a document in hard disk
6. Saving a file into hard disk
7. Deleting a folder or a file from hard disk
8. Finding a file or a folder in a disquette
9. Saving a file into a disquette
10. Deleting a file or a folder in a disquette
11. Starting a new folder
12. Renaming a file or a folder
13. Moving the selected file to another folder
14. Printing a document
15. Using a file in another computer, for instance to modify it or to print it
16. Closing a window, minimize a window (using the mouse pointer in the tool
bar)
17. Restoring a window (using the mouse pointer in the tool bar)
18. Closing a program
19. Inserting a CD-ROM
20. Shutting down the computer

B. Writing a document: I know…

1. Opening a file
2. Starting a new file
3. Splitting the document
4. Correcting errors while splitting the document
5. Respecting basic rules: punctuation and character spacing, end of paragraph, tabulation
6. Moving the mouse pointer to a precise place
7. Inserting the ruler to modify the document
8. Inserting, changing or deleting the ruler tabulation
9. Modifying a font of a character, of a title or of a paragraph
10. Inserting a font style: underline, bold, italic
11. Centring a title or a paragraph
12. Moving or copying part of a document: cut, copy, paste
13. Restoring a saved document in a file and add it to the working file
14. Inserting a table
15. Inserting an image
16. Using the scroll bar to move in a document bigger than the screen
17. Restoring a window (clicking in the tool bar)
18. Saving a file for the first time, naming and locating it
19. Using the dictionary of synonyms
20. Printing a file

C. Using the browser: I know…

1. Starting the browser
2. Locating a file inserting URL
3. Locating a saved page
4. Using the scroll bars to move in a document bigger than the screen
5. Clicking on a document or an image
6. Filling a form and sending it
7. Searching for information
8. Saving an address into the address book (favourites/bookmark)
9. Locating an address in the address book (favourites/bookmark)
10. Saving a document, a file or an image into the hard disk or into a disquette (floppy disk)
11. Downloading a file or a program
12. Printing a file

D. The e.mail: I know…

1. Opening the mail
2. Writing an electronic address with @
3. Sending a mail to a recipient
4. Sending a mail to many recipients
5. Sending a mail with an attachment
6. Sending a mail clicking on an address in a webpage
7. Replying a mail
8. Reading my mail
9. Printing a mail
10. Saving a mail
11. Selecting a mail in a folder
12. Deleting a mail
13. Using the address book

Adapted from: Malha Atlântica - Basic Competencies. http://www.malhatlantica.pt/estudoacompanhado/compt.htm