Managing Windows: Practice Exercise #4

The document provides instructions for practicing basic Windows file and folder management tasks including: 1) Opening programs from the Start menu like Microsoft Word and Paint. 2) Managing programs using the task bar tabs to minimize, maximize and close programs. 3) Creating new folders on the desktop and moving them into the My Documents folder. 4) Renaming folders by right clicking and selecting "rename" and deleting folders by right clicking and selecting "delete" or dragging them to the recycle bin.

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Managing Windows

Practice Exercise #4
1. Go to the Start menu on your desktop and click once.
2. Move your mouse up slowly until it is over “Programs”, another menu
should pop up to the right.

3. Move your mouse slowly until it is over Microsoft Office. Another menu
should pop up on the right.
4. Move your mouse to the right and then find the program “Microsoft Word”
Click once. Microsoft Word should open on your desktop.
5. Use the buttons on the top right corner to minimize Microsoft Word.
6. You should now see a tab for Word in the task bar at the bottom of the
page. If you do not see it, ask your instructor for help.
Practice Exercise #5
1. Go to the Start menu on your desktop and click once. Use you mouse to
move to the menu for “Programs”. A new menu will pop up on the right.
Find the menu for “Accessories”
2. When the accessories menu pops up, move your mouse over the program
called “Paint” and click once.
3. Paint should open on your desktop. Try using your mouse to draw a
picture in Paint.
4. Minimize Paint. Do you see a tab for Paint in your task bar?
Practice Exercise #6
1. Use the Start menu to open the “Search” menu. Choose one from the menu.
This function can be used to find files or programs on your computer.
2. Minimize Search. How many tabs are in your task bar?
3. Maximize Paint and then close the program by clicking the red X in the upper
right hand corner. A window will pop up asking you if you want to save your
changes. Click “No”.
4. How many tabs do you see now?
5. Maximize Search and then close it. How many tabs are
there now?

6. Maximize Word and then close it. How many tabs are
there now?
File and Folders

Practice Exercise #7

1. You can make a new folder on the desktop. With your mouse, point to a
space on the desktop that has no icons.

2. Click once on the right mouse button. A new menu pops up.

3. From the menu, hover over “New”. Another menu will pop up.

4. Choose “Folder” from this menu by click once with the left mouse button.

5. A new folder will appear on your desktop named “New Folder”.

6. Repeat this exercise until you have 4 new folders on the desktop.

Practice Exercise #8

1. You can move folders to new places

2. From the Start menu, find “Documents” when a new menu pops up,
choose “My documents” by clicking once.

3. The “My Documents” folder should open on the desktop.

4. You will move your new folders into “My Documents”.

5. Click on the icon for your new folder and drag and drop this folder into the
My Documents window. Move all 4 folders.

6. The icons for the new folders should now be in the My Documents
window.
Practice Exercise #9

1. You can rename and delete folders.

2. Choose a folder to rename and right click on the folder. A new menu
should pop up.

3. From this menu, choose “rename” This should make your folder name

look like this:

4. Type in your name to create a folder with your name.

5. Rename one of the other folders “employment”

6. Let’s delete the third folder. To do this, right click on the folder icon and
choose “delete”. A window will pop up asking if you are sure, click “Yes”.

7. You can also delete a folder by dragging it into the recycle bin. Try
dragging and dropping the fourth folder into the recycle bin.