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The document discusses the Windows desktop interface and its components like icons, files, folders and directories. It explains that the desktop is the main screen area where opened programs and items appear. Icons represent files, folders and programs, and can be moved and arranged on the desktop. Files are documents saved on the hard drive, while folders (also called directories) organize files similarly to folders in a filing cabinet.

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Windows OS

The document discusses the Windows desktop interface and its components like icons, files, folders and directories. It explains that the desktop is the main screen area where opened programs and items appear. Icons represent files, folders and programs, and can be moved and arranged on the desktop. Files are documents saved on the hard drive, while folders (also called directories) organize files similarly to folders in a filing cabinet.

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WINDOWS OS

SUBTITLE
WINDOWS DESKTOP
WINDOWS DESKTOP

The desktop is the main screen area that you see after you
turn on your computer and log on to MS Windows.

Like the top of an actual desk, it serves as a surface for your


work. When you open programs or folders, they appear on
the desktop.

You can also put things on the desktop, such as files and
folders, and arrange them however you want.
DESKTOP ICONS
The MS Windows desktop contains icons. Icons are
small pictures that represent files, folders, programs,
and other items.

The number of icons you see depends on the


components installed in MS Windows. When you
first start Windows, you'll see at least one icon on
your desktop: Recycle Bin (trash can).
The MS Windows desktop may contain different icons
representing files, folders, application/program shortcuts, recycle
bin etc.
SELECTING & MOVING ICONS
By default, MS Windows stacks icons in columns on the left side of
the desktop. But you can move an icon by dragging it to a new place
on the desktop:
ARRANGING ICONS
You can arrange the icons on your desktop as follows:
1. Right-click on an empty area of the desktop.
2. Point to Sort by.
3. Click one of the commands on the submenu, as
explained in the table.
ARRANGING ICONS

To automatically arrange the icons in columns along the left


side of your desktop:
1. Right-click on an empty area of the desktop.
2. Point to View.
3. Click Auto arrange icons.

Note that:
When switched on, the Align icons to grid option
snaps icons into place as designated by an invisible grid on
your screen. The grid keeps the icons aligned with each
other.
DIRECTORIES, FILES, AND FOLDERS
WHAT IS A FILE?

Every document that you have saved on your hard drive is


called a file. Whenever you write a paper in a word
processor and save it, you have just created a file.

Similarly, every Excel spreadsheet is a file. So is every


Access database. So is every JPEG or GIF image. So is every
MP3 music song. If you create a web page and call it
‘my_resume.html’, then you have just created a new file
which must be stored on your hard drive, a floppy disk, or
some other storage device on your computer.
WHAT IS A FOLDER?
Think of your disk drives as large filing cabinets. However, think of them as large filing
cabinets that have no drawers and none of those manila folders inside. Instead, whenever
you have a paper or document you wish to file away, you just toss it directly into your large
cabinet. After a few hundred documents have been tossed haphazardly inside this cabinet,
you would of course discover that finding any one document inside that large pile of papers is
time-consuming and difficult. Instead, what most of us do is to label a series of manila
folders and then place them inside our file cabinet. You might keep a folder dedicated to
academic transcripts, another for tax papers, another for old poetry you’ve written, and
another to hold the warranties that came with your new PC.

The same thing applies to your hard drive. In Windows, a folder (also called a directory) is
analogous to the yellow folders people use in filing cabinets. You might create a folder on
your drive called “school essays”, and another called “scanned photos”, and perhaps another
called “215_homework”. Over time you will come to accumulate a number of different
folders, but you will be glad you did since finding and organizing your documents will be
significantly easier.
ACCESS FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN WINDOWS

Windows Explorer gives you much more efficient control over your files and directories.

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