Everyday Computer Skills · Documents, PDFs & Printing · Lesson 5 of 5

Challenge: Grandpa's Boarding Pass

Help Grandpa print his boarding pass and send a screenshot home.

A trip to plan

Grandpa Joe is flying to visit his sister on Saturday. He checked in online, and the airline emailed his boarding pass. A boarding pass is the ticket that lets you get on the plane.

He calls you over to his Windows laptop. "The email has a file attached," he says. "I want a paper copy for the airport. I also want to send a picture of my flight times to your mom."

He clicks the file. It opens in Microsoft Edge and looks exactly like the airline's page, with the logo and a barcode. The name ends in a dot and three letters.

Printing the pass

The PDF has three pages. Page 1 is the boarding pass. Pages 2 and 3 are baggage rules Grandpa doesn't need.

You press Ctrl+P to open the Print dialog. The printer name matches the one on his desk. Copies is set to 1, which is all he needs.

A screenshot for the family

Now Grandpa wants to send your mom his flight times. You open the boarding pass again.

You press Windows+Shift+S and drag a box around just the flight number and times. You leave out the barcode and his booking code, since those are private.

Then you open a new email to your mom.

Keeping the pass private

The next day, Grandpa gets a text. It says it is from the airline. It asks him to reply with a screenshot of his boarding pass and his card number "to confirm the seat."

Then an email arrives from an unknown sender with a file called Seat_Upgrade.zip.