SIMULATION

PC Simulation

Practice select all, copy and paste, undo, find, replace, save and rename in a virtual Notepad and File Explorer. You will tidy up an email draft and a shared folder handed over by a colleague.

Tutorial

When on, each mission starts by showing which keys to press and in what order, one step at a time. Turn it off once you get used to it.

PROLOGUEPrologue: Is the right-click menu enough?Mauchu says “it’s all in the right-click menu”, and Keycat starts Monday morning.See →Meet Keycat and MauchuA cat who helps you practise keyboard skills, and a mouse who suggests a handy click.

CHAPTER 1

Chapter 1 Select all and copy-paste

Practice select all, copy, cut and paste.

  1. 1Select the whole draftThis is the monthly meeting email draft your colleague left. First, select the whole text.Loading
  2. 2Copy the whole draftCopy the whole text so you can paste it into your email app.Loading
  3. 3Copy the place and paste it at the endCopy the selected “Meeting room 10B, 5th floor, head office” and paste it after the “:” on the last line.Loading
  4. 4Swap the agenda itemsItems 2 and 3 are in the wrong order. Cut the selected “Item 3” line and paste it below “Item 2”.Loading

CHAPTER 2

Chapter 2 Undo and redo

Undo deletions and extra pastes with Ctrl+Z, and redo with Ctrl+Y when you went back too far.

  1. 5Bring back a deleted lineYou deleted the “Bring: laptop” line by mistake. Undo it.Loading
  2. 6Undo two extra pastesYou meant to paste “Meeting room 10B, 5th floor, head office” once on the last line, but pasted it three times. Undo the two extra pastes.Loading
  3. 7Redo after undoing too farYou fixed “October 9” to “October 8”, but pressed Ctrl+Z too many times and it went back to “9”. Redo one step.Loading

CHAPTER 3

Chapter 3 Finding text

Jump to the text you want with Ctrl+F and fix it right there.

  1. 8Find and fix the end timeThe end time says “17:00”, but it should be “16:00”. Find “17” and type “16” over it.Loading
  2. 9Find and fix the date“October 9” in the date line should be “October 8”. Find the “9” and change it to “8”.Loading

CHAPTER 4

Chapter 4 Replacing text

With Ctrl+H, replace the same text everywhere at once, or in just one place.

  1. 10Change every year to “2026”You copied last year’s notice, so the year is still “2025”. Replace every “2025” with “2026”.Loading
  2. 11Replace just one placeThere are two “Item 3” lines. Change only the upper one (Second-half targets) to “Item 2”. Leave the lower Item 3 as it is.Loading
  3. 12Undo a replacement that went too farYou replaced every “10” with “11”, and the room number changed too. Go back to before the replacement.Loading

CHAPTER 5

Chapter 5 Saving and confirming

Practice saving and how to answer “Do you want to save?”.

  1. 13Save the fileYou fixed the time in the draft (the * in the title means unsaved). Save it.Loading
  2. 14Choose “Don’t Save”You tried to close a draft you only changed as a test, and it asked “Do you want to save?”. Choose “Don’t Save”.Loading
  3. 15Cancel closingYou are still writing, but “Do you want to save?” appeared. Cancel closing and go back to the draft.Loading

CHAPTER 6

Chapter 6 Opening folders and renaming

Open folders and go back in File Explorer, and rename files with F2.

  1. 16Open the “Quotes” folderThis is the shared folder. “Meeting documents” is selected. Open the “Quotes” folder just below it.Loading
  2. 17Go up one folderYou are inside the “Quotes” folder. Go back up to “FY2026”.Loading
  3. 18Rename the file to “Quote_v2”In “Quote_final2.xlsx” (selected), delete “final2” and change it to “v2”.Loading
  4. 19Undo a renameYou renamed “Schedule.xlsx” to “1.xlsx” by mistake. Change it back.Loading

CHAPTER 7

Chapter 7 Copying, moving and deleting files

Practice copying files, moving them to another folder, deleting them and undoing.

  1. 20Duplicate a fileDuplicate “Quote_CompanyA.xlsx” (selected) as a draft. Paste it in the same folder.Loading
  2. 21Move an old quote to Archive“Quote_final.xlsx” (selected) is no longer needed. Move it to the “Archive” folder.Loading
  3. 22Move two files to Archive at onceMove both “Quote_final.xlsx” and “Quote_final2.xlsx” to “Archive”. The upper one, “Quote_final.xlsx”, is selected.Loading
  4. 23Copy everything in a folderCopy everything in “Meeting documents” as a backup (you will paste it in the next task).Loading
  5. 24Delete an unwanted copy“September meeting_minutes - Copy.docx” (selected) was created by mistake. Delete it.Loading
  6. 25Restore a deleted fileYou deleted “September meeting_minutes.docx” by mistake. Bring it back.Loading

CHAPTER 8

Chapter 8 Combination: tidy up Monday morning

Combine everything so far to finish the email draft and the shared folder.

  1. 26Fix the year and saveThis draft was copied from last year’s notice. Change every “2025” to “2026” and save.Loading
  2. 27Tidy the agendaItem 3 is above Item 2, and Item 2 appears twice. Move the selected “Item 3” line below Item 2, delete the duplicate Item 2, and save.Loading
  3. 28Line up the quote file namesRename “Quote_final.xlsx” (selected) to “Quote_v1.xlsx” and “Quote_final2.xlsx” to “Quote_v2.xlsx”.Loading
  4. 29Tidy up the shared folder (final mission)You are in “Meeting documents”. Delete the “- Copy” created by mistake (selected), and move last month’s “September meeting_minutes.docx” to “Archive”.Loading

* This simulates Notepad and File Explorer in Windows 11 and may differ from the real apps in places.

* Some actions may not work depending on your browser environment (for example, shortcuts used by extensions).

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