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Windows 10 exercises
Exercise 1
In this exercise you will learn how to jump to an app in a situation where you have opened
several apps already.
Open at least 5 apps (programs). Test the following three methods to jump to the app you want
to open.
1. Click the Task View button in the Taskbar and scroll and select the app you want to
open.
2. Press + Tab and scroll and select the app you want to open.
3. Press Alt + Tab and press Tab key continuously while pressing Alt key until you find
the app you want to open.

Exercise 2
In this exercise you will learn how to keep two windows side by side.
Open the two programs, Microsoft Word and any internet browser. Keep Word and browser
windows side by side.
You want to copy some text from a web page and paste into Word document. And you want to
keep both windows open side by side and then copy text from web page and paste them in to
Word document
Hint: Click and drag a window's title bar to the right side of the screen, and select a window thumbnail for the left
side of the screen. Or, press + → or + .

Usage: You want to copy some text from a web page and paste into Word document while keeping keep both
windows open side by side.

Exercise 3
In this exercise, you will practice working with File Explorer windows.
1. In the Window taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.
2. Click the Maximize button at the top right corner of the window.

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3. Click the Minimize button. The File Explorer window disappears from the screen. Notice
that the File Explorer icon now displays with a line beneath it, indicating that it is a
button. You can access the File Explorer window from its taskbar button.
4. Click the File Explorer button on the taskbar to redisplay the maximized File Explorer
window.
5. Click the Restore Down button at the top right corner of the window to reduce its size.
6. In the Navigation pane, under the Quick Access heading, click Desktop to view the
contents of the Desktop in the Contents pane.
7. At the bottom right corner of the Contents pane, click each of the two view buttons to
compare the views. Ensure that thumbnails are displayed before proceeding to the next
step.
8. Click the View tab in the ribbon, then in the Layout group, click List. Now the names of
the files and folders display in a list.
9. Click the Close button to close the File Explorer window. The window is removed from
the screen, and the File Explorer button in the taskbar becomes an icon (without an
underline) once again.

Exercise 4
In this exercise, you will move a window around the screen and resize it.
1. Click the File Explorer icon in the taskbar.
2. If the window appears full screen, click the Restore Down button.
3. Position the mouse pointer in the title bar of the window, then click and drag the window
to a new position on the desktop.
4. Practice moving the window around to several different locations.
5. Move the mouse pointer to the right edge of the window and hold the mouse over the
border until the pointer changes to a horizontal double-headed arrow.
6. Drag the border to approximately one inch (2.5 cm) from the right side of the screen.
7. Move the mouse pointer to the lower right corner of the window and drag the corner of
the window until the window is approximately half the current size.
8. Resize the window to approximately the size it was originally.
9. Click Close to close the File Explorer window.

Exercise 5
In this exercise, you will create, and rename folders and, create shortcuts to folders.

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1. In the Window taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

2. In the Navigation pane on left, double-click Pictures. You are now viewing the files and
folders in the Windows Pictures folder.
3. Click New folder in the Quick Access toolbar to create a new item near the top of the
Contents pane.
4. Type your first and last name for the new folder and press ENTER.
5. Double-click your new folder to view the contents (it should be empty).
Now, create some subfolders within your folder.
6. In the Contents pane, right-click to display the shortcut menu, click New, and then click
Folder.
7. Type: Personal and press ENTER. You have created a new folder that resides within the
folder with your name in the Pictures folder.
8. Move up one level by clicking Pictures in the Address bar, as shown in the following.

You should now be looking at the contents of the Pictures folder. You can use the path in the
Address bar to help you navigate quickly to a specific location.
9. Double-click the folder with your name once again to move back down one level.
10. In the Contents pane, right-click, click New, and then Folder.
11. Type: Worksheets as the name of the new folder and press ENTER.
12. Repeat steps 10 and 11 to create the Documents, Misc, and Slide Shows folders. When
you are finished, your folders should display as shown:

Now, try renaming a folder.

13. In the Contents pane in the File Explorer window, right-click the Documents folder, then
click Rename in the shortcut menu.
14. Type: Docs and press ENTER. The folder is renamed.
Now, try creating a shortcut on the Desktop that will take you to the Personal folder inside the
folder with your name.

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15. In the Navigation pane in the File Explorer window, under This PC, click Desktop. The
desktop contents display in the Contents pane.
16. Right-click in a blank area of the Contents pane, click New, and click Shortcut.
17. Click the Browse button.
18. In the Browse for Files or Folders dialog box, click This PC, then click Pictures, then
click <your name>, then click Personal and click OK to set the target for the shortcut.
19. In the Create Shortcut wizard, click Next.
20. Type: JustMe in the Type a name for this shortcut box, to specify a new name for the
shortcut.
21. Click Finish. Windows creates the shortcut on the Desktop.
22. Minimize the File Explorer window.
23. On the Desktop, double-click the JustMe shortcut. Windows opens a new File Explorer
window and shows the contents of the Pictures\<your name>\Personal folder.
24. Close all open File Explorer windows.

Exercise 6
In this exercise, you will use different views in File Explorer.
First, you will change the location that is displayed automatically when File Explorer launches.
1. Click the File Explorer icon in the taskbar to open File Explorer. By default, File
Explorer opens to show Quick access. (Windows keeps track of your recently used files
and folders and adds them to the Quick access list.) You can, however, specify that you
want File Explorer to open to This PC.
2. In the File Explorer window, click the File menu, then click Change folder and search
options.
3. At the top of the General tab of the Folder Options dialog box, display the Open File
Explorer to dropdown list and click This PC.
4. Click Apply, then click OK.
5. Close and then re-open File Explorer. Now, File Explorer opens to This PC.
Now, use a shortcut to open a folder in File Explorer.
6. Close the File Explorer window again.
7. On the Desktop, double-click the JustMe shortcut to display the folder in File Explorer.

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8. In the Address bar, click Pictures to jump to that folder.

Now, try some different views.
9. Right-click a blank area in the Contents pane, point to View, then click Tiles to display
the contents of the folder as tiles.
10. Click the View tab, then in the Layout section, click List.
11. Click the View tab, then in the Layout section, click Details.
12. Click the Date modified column heading to sort the contents by date.
13. Click the Type column heading to sort the contents by file type.
14. Try changing the view a few more times to see what you like.
15. Make Name the last heading sort and List the last view style you apply

Exercise 7
In this exercise, you will delete files and folders and work with the Recycle Bin.
As there are no files in your folders, first create a file and then delete it. In order to create a text
file, open Notepad and write your name and save it as my name in the Personal folder.
1. Ensure that you are viewing your folder in the File Explorer window.
2. Open the Personal folder, select the my name file, then press DELETE to delete the file
and move it to the Recycle Bin.
3. Move up one level to your folder, then right-click the Misc folder and click Delete in the
shortcut menu to delete the folder and move it to the Recycle Bin.
Now, restore the folder.
4. On the Desktop, double-click the Recycle Bin icon to open the Recycle Bin.
5. Select the Misc folder, then click the Manage tab and click Restore the selected items.
The Misc folder is restored to its previous location.
6. Close the Recycle Bin, then in the File Explorer window, navigate to your folder if
necessary to verify that the Misc folder has been restored.
7. In the Address bar, click Pictures to move up one level.
Next you will delete your folder and the Desktop shortcut and then empty the Recycle Bin.
8. Right-click your folder, then click Delete. Your folder is deleted and moved to the
Recycle Bin.
9. On the Desktop, right-click the JustMe shortcut, then click Delete. Your shortcut is
deleted and moved to the Recycle Bin.

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10. On the Desktop, right-click the Recycle Bin, then click Empty Recycle Bin. Click Yes to
confirm that you want to permanently delete the contents of the Recycle Bin.
11. Close the File Explorer window.