This document provides an overview of QuickTest Professional 8.0 (Basic). It describes the QuickTest window and elements, introduces object repositories and synchronization, checkpoints, parameters, and testing best practices. Key topics covered include recording and running tests, viewing results, changing object logical names, adding synchronization steps, using constant and regular expression checkpoints, and parameterizing tests using different data types in the data table. The document is intended to help users learn the basics of QuickTest Professional and properly structure, record, parameterize and execute automated tests.