Introduction to Microsoft

Windows

Lecture Outline

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 Operating System vs. Application
Software
• OS: Is a set of • App: Programs that
instructions that perform application
controls the computer functions
and tells how to run • Word processing
programs • Spreadsheets
• “Windows” is most
• Database
popular example
• Presentations

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GUI = Graphical User Interface
• Displays graphics (blue background)
• Displays text

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 Desktop
• Backgrounds

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 Icons
• Programs you use a lot; sitting on your
desktop

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 4 Parts of the Taskbar
• Start
• Quick launch
• Taskbar button area
• Tray

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 Start Button
• Programs
• Settings
• Documents
• Shut Down Computer

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 3 Icons on Quick Launch Toolbar
• You only have to click once
• Show desktop
• Internet Explorer
• Outlook Express

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 Tray Status Area
• Contains clock, speaker volume, controls
operation of system (automatically started)

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 7 Mouse Operations
• Point
• Left click
• Right click
• Double click
• Left drag
• Right drag
• Scroll button

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 Screen Tip or Tool Tip
• When you point to an object or button, you
click on the tip to receive additional
information about the button or object

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 Shortcut or Object Menu
• Result of right clicking on an object
• Displays a set of commands specifically
for that object
• You only right click to get lazy menu, then
go back to your left click to select
something
• “It’s right to be lazy”

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 More Menus
• Menu- A list of related • Ellipsis commands-
commands more information
• Command- directed required to execute
to perform a specific the command (…)
action
• Submenu or
cascading menu- a
menu under a menu
(triangle)

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 More Menus:
• Dialog box- Displays when an ellipsis
command is chosen to supply more
information
• Dimmed Commands- commands
temporarily unavailable
• Standard Buttons Toolbar- Buttons for
frequently used commands (print, save,
open, cut, copy, paste).
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 Active Window: window currently
being used
• 3 Ways to identify the • Title bar:
Active window: • The blue bar at the
• Dark blue title bar top of the window that
• It’s the window that is identifies the name of
in front the window
• Button on taskbar that • Can be used to move
is pushed in window with pointer
mouse

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 Menus and Buttons:
• System menu- picture icon at top left of running
program
• Minimize button- collapses the running program
to the taskbar so that it doesn’t display on
desktop (_)
• Maximize button- expands window to fill entire
screen (unconnected square in middle)
• Restore down button- returns a window to the
size it was before maximizing (connected
squares in middle).
• Close button- closes window (X)

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 3 ways to display information in a
window that is not visible:
• Maximize
• Stretch to resize
• Scroll area

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 Scrolls:
• Scroll arrows- used to scroll line by
line/short distances
• Scroll bar (elevator shaft)- used to scroll
one screen at a time
• Scroll box (elevator)- used to scroll long
distances quickly

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 Left Drag vs. Right Drag
• Left Drag: • Right Drag:
• A default operation • A menu will display
takes place and the and you can specify
result may not be the “exact” operation
what you intended you want to do
• Could accidentally • **Preferred method
delete something you because it is safer
cannot retrieve

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 WINDOWS EXPLORER:
• Application program included with
windows that allows you to view contents
of a computer and organize the files or
folders.

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 3 Ways to start Explorer:
• Start – programs – accessories – windows
explorer
• Right click on “my computer” icon –
explore
• Right click on “start button” explore

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 2 panes in Explorer:
• Folders Pane: • Content Pane:
• Displays hierarchical • Displays files &
structure of the folders within a
computer chosen item within
the folder’s pane

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 Minus vs. Plus Sign:
• Minus: • Plus:
• Indicates folder/drive • Indicates folder/drive
contains more folders contains more folders
that are visible in that are not visible in
folder’s pane folder’s pane
• Collapses folder • Expands folder
(closes) (opens)

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 Status Bar:
• Indicates number of objects in contents
pane
• Indicates amount of free/unused disk
space
• Tells size of chosen objects.

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 Steps to Create Folders:
• Choose drive/folder from folders pane
where new folder is to appear
• Right click in content pane
• Choose New – Folder
• Type the folder’s name then press [enter]

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 *Select multiple adjacent (side by
side) objects:
• Click on first object
• Hold [shift] on keyboard
• Click on last object

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 *Select multiple non-adjacent
objects:
• Click on first object
• Hold [ctrl] on keyboard
• Click on next object to be selected

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 *Steps to copy a file/folder:
• Select object(s) from source drive/folder
• Right drag selected objects to the
destination folder/drive
• Choose “copy here”

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 *Steps to rename a file/folder:
• Select object
• Right click on object
• Choose “rename”
• Type new name and [enter]

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 *Steps to delete a file/folder:
• Select object
• Right click on object
• Choose “delete”
• Instead of choosing delete, can also: use
delete key on keyboard or the X on tool
belt

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 Deletion:
hard disk vs jump drive/memory
stick (good test question!)
• Hard Disk: • Memory Stick:
• Temporarily stored in • Does not go to
recycle bin and can recycle bin and
be restored cannot be restored

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 Steps to restore a deleted file:
• Go to the “recycle bin”
• Choose the object to undelete
• Right click on object
• Choose “restore”

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