Creating. Viewing.

Renaming and Deleting Folders Copying Files or Folders

At some
point, you may want to create folder or subfolder a a Windows offers several ways of
working with
Steps to create a new folder files and folders.
Step 1 Go to the location where Copying and moving are two useful techniques
you want to create .
Folder a New
Steps to copy or paste a file or folder
Step 2 Right click blank
on a
area Step 1 Open the location that contains the
Step 3 Point to New and then click file/folder, which you want to copy
Step 4
Folder
Type a name for the New
Folder, and then press Enter. Step 2 Right click the file/folder and then
choose Copy
Steps to create a sub folder with in a folder Step 3 Open the location where you want to
Step 1 Open
Folder store the copied filefolder
Step 2 Choose File New> Folder Step 4 Right click on a blank area within the
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Share with
The copy of the original file is now stored in the
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new location.
New
Felder
Step 3 A New Foider icon appears in Folder Moving Files and Folders
(By default name as New Folder) Moving files and folders is relatively easy using
4 mouse.
Step Type the new name of sub folder and press Enter.
Steps to move files or folders
Steps to open and view the contents of the folder
1 Double click on the lcon where the folder is Step 1 Open the location that contains the
Step placed. file/folder, which you want to move
Step 2 The lcon folder opens.
Step 2 Right click the file/folder and the
or
choose Cut.
Step 1 Right-click on the lcon.
Step 3 Open the location where you want to
Step 2 Choose Open (or Explore) store the cutted file/folder.
Now, you can view the contents of the folder. Step 4 Right click on a blank area with the
Steps to rename a folder location, and then choose Paste.

This process is same as renaming a file. Now, the original file is stored in the new
location.
Step 1 Locate your Folder.
Step 2 Right click on the Folder lcon. Selecting More than One File or Folder
You may need to copy or move multiple files and
Step 3 Choose Rename.
folders from one drive to another drive.
Step 4 The folder name is highlighted in blue, ready to be
Steps to copy or move more than
retyped
Step 5 Type a new name and press Enter. One File or Folder
Step 1 Hold down the Ctrl key and click
Steps to delete a folder select the Files or Folders you want to
Step 1 Locate your Folder. move or copy.

Step 2 Right click on the Folder lcon. Step 2 The files or folders darken as they get
Step 3 Choose Delete. selected.
Step 4 A Delete Folder dialog box appears asking you, you are Step 3 For copy or move the file/folder, folow
Sure you want to send the file to the
the steps, which are already discusseu
Recycle Bin. in previous headings.
Step 5 Choose Yes.
Note To select a consecutive group of files, click u
Step 6 The folder is deleted and moved to the Recycle Bin. first file, press and hold down the Shift key an
Note You can also press Shift + Delete keys from the keyboard to delete click the last file. All the files will get seleced
files/folders permanently
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a folder
provides you convenient
pace to store your important files and folders. Remmber,
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Minimising, Maximising, Restoring
you can quickly reach documents from the Start menu or and Closing Window
hydouble-clicking the Documents icon on your desktop. Windows allows you to easily enlarge, hide or shrink a
The Documents folder looks something like the picture window using the Minimise, Maximise, Restore and Close
given below: buttons.
The Minimise Button is among the three buttons at the
right end of the title bar. This button has a small dash
(or minus sign). The Minimise button shrinks the window and
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go back to this window, click on task bar where it is shrinked.
The Maximise Button, which Minimise Maximise Close
looks like a small window, is
used to enlarge a window to
cover the entire desktop.
After a window is maximised, the Maximise button changes
to the Restore button. It looks like two Windows near one
Document Folder another. If you click the Restore button, the Maximised window
h e n you save a file, the file is automatically saved in shrinks to its previous size (the size before you maximised it).
Inents unless you have chosen a different folder or The Close button, which is represented by cross sign. If you
rive. click on close button, the operating window will get closed.

xploring Computer Resizing Windows

puter is another tool, which is helpful, if you preferit Resizing a window is slightly different from minimising,
Viewin the contents of a single folder or drive. When
Bets restoring or maximising
ts open.
Pen, various drives and folders are displayed.
 Steps to Change the Size of
Step 1 Place
Window Creating Shortcut
the mouse
of the pointer over any corner
window. (You can also A shortcut is a computer desktop icon that enables a user te
pointer over the place the
borders of the window).
se
and select a particular program or data object easily. The shoe
Step 2 The mouse icon has a small arrow in the left corner to help you distingui
pointer
changes into a guish it
double-headed arrow. from the actual icon that represents programs and files.
Step 3 Click and
hold down the left When you delete a shortcut, the original item still exists on .
button. mouse
computer at their original location.
your
Step 4 Drag the
arrow out or in, to
window larger or smaller. make the Steps to Create a Shortcut
Step 5 Release the mouse Step 1 Right click on the desktop orthe area where you want
to place the shortcut. In the right-click menu, point to
window is resized. button when the New and then select Shortcut.
Note Make
sure, the mouse Step 2 The Create Shortcut wizard opens. You need to select
headed arrow before pointer changes into a two-
you try to resize the window. the path to the program, click on the Browse buttonto
begin.
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the Title Bar
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Minimise button.)
Create Shortcut Wizard
Step 3 Drag the windows to the place where
you Step 3 Navigate to the folder where the program is
want to place it and release the mouse
located and select it, click the OK buttoon.
button.
Step 4 Press the Next button to continue.
Tiling and Cascading Windows Step 5 You need to enter the name of the shortcut in the
Type a name for this shortcut' field and click to the
Sometimes, moving and resizing multiple windows Finish button.
can create confusion. To keep better track of multiple
windows, try cascading tiling
or

In cascading, windows are layered on top of each other.

the windows.Windows Accessories
Windows includes few programs called accessories,
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Steps to Cascade the Windows Across the Text Editors such as
(Notepad, WordPad), Paint and Calculator. You can
Screen open any accessory from the start menu.
Step 1 Right click on the task bar You can also find most of
these programs by choosing
Step 2 Click Cascade windows. Start> All Programs > Accessories
In tiling, windows are next to each other. Windows where, you will see all the accessories.
can be tiled horizontally or vertically. If windows are
tiled horizontally, they appear one above another. Text Editor
Tf windows are tiled vertically, they appear side by side. Text Editor is a
computer program used for writing aand
modifying documents or
program codes.
Steps to Tile the Windows Across the Screen Text editor provides a
Step 1 Right click on the task bar. "Blank" display screen with a line
fixed n
length and visible line. Text editors can be used to enter m
Step 2 Click Show windows stacked (for tiling language, source statements or to create documents pro as
horizontally) or Show windows side by technical manuals. Su
side (for tiling vertically).
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Painting Tool
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Paint is a painting tool that
drawing or
can

this, you c a n easily change the settings (like font, style and for simple drawings and basic image editing.
ige) of your text file. It does not support the line-by-line text
Using painting tools, you draw and edit pictures.
can
ting mechanism. The size of a notepad file should not be
and is stored in ASCII format. You can use paint like a digital sketchpad to make
orethan 64 kilobytes simple pictures, creative projects, or to add text and
ASCII, stands for American Standards Code for information designs to other pictures.
Interchange. ASCII text files are universally used for exchanging
information between computers.
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Step 1 Click the Start button on the taskbar Fi
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Step 2 Select All Programs AccessoriesNotepad.
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It only deals with text.

format.

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Painting Tool Window

To start the Paint:

Click Start All Programs Accessories > Paint

Notepad Window
or
WordPad Open the Start Menu and type MSpaint.exe in the
WordPad is a free rich text editor. It is able to create, edit and search box and press Enter.
savedocuments as a plain-text format (.txt), rich text format (rtf)
and document (doc) format. WordPad is window's text editor o
Calculator
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program helps to create documents such as letters, memos, reports, Calculator is a tool
listsetc. To start the WordPad that performs simple
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button. multiplication and division.
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search box and press Enter. type Calc.exe
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Media Player media files, organise
interface to play digital
Windows media player is an easy-to-use
To open Windows media player
Start menu> All Programs-
Click on

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Purble place, Solitaire, Spider solitai re etc.
like Chess titans, Hearts,
Windows have some games

To open Games
Start menu> All Programs
Click on

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Features of Windows 8
start screen, you got a set of files
Windows 8's new start screen. On the
Screen Once you Log in, you are taken to
()Start and of which show information and notifications that corresponds to the
each of which represents an application, many
associated applications.
in Windows 8, most notably in the
New Windows Windows Explorer has gone through a few changes
Explorer
(it)
like view, it has three ribbon panes ie. Home, Share and View, that
"Ribbon interface. Instead of traditional m e n u s
earlier used to be in the m e n u s .
gives the access to the features that
Windows 8 is the first version of Windows to
include built-in antivirus protection.
(ii) Built-in Antivirus
antivirus package for older versions of Windows, now appears
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), the optional free
Consumer Preview.
under the Windows Defender Umbrella in Windows 8
are an inventive alternatives in
Windows 8 rather than tapping in textul
(iv) Picture Passwords Picture passwords
passwords.
Windows 8 installation and start from null.
() Reset PC This feature provides an automated way to completely wipe a

Administrator
Start

Internet Store Music

Calenda Maps SkyDrive Games Video Finance

Contacts Messaging Photos

Windows 8 Start Screen

Windows 10 n b e r , 2014

Windows 10 is an upcoming version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It was unveiled on 30th Septen
and scheduled to be released in late 2015.
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Windows 10 To Press

start Menu The familiar Start menu is back, but it Search for computers Ctrl+Windows Key +
ings with a new customise space for users' favourite
brin Cut Ctrl +X
and live tiles.
apps Undo Ctrl+Z

Snap ap Enhancements A user can have four apps Delete Delete

napped on the same screen with a new quadrant
ndows will also show other apps and
layout. Wind Display the bottom of the active End
windowv
orograms unning for additional snapping. Also, it
makes smart suggestions on filling available screen Carry out the command for the Enter
active option of botton in a dialog
with other open apps.
space box
New Task View Button Windows 10, a new task-view Backout the current situation EsC
button on the taskbar for quick switching between
Display Help in a dialog box 1
open files and quick access to any desktop can be
created.
Activate the menu bar in the active F10
program
Multiple Desktops User can create multiple desktops
for different purposes and projects and switch between Rename selected item F2
these desktops easily and pick up where user left Search for a file or folder 3
his/her work on each desktop.
Display the address bar list in+ F4
Faster Searching File explorer now displays recent My Computer or Windows Expiorer
used files and frequently visited folders making it easy Display the item in the active list in F4
to find recently used files. a dialog box
Refresh the active window
Keyboard Shortcuts for MS-Windows
Display the top of the active window Home
To Press
To create a new folder Right click+W+Enter
View properties for the selected Alt+Enter
tem Switch Toggle keys on and off Num Lock for five
seconds
Cycle through items in the order Alt+Esc
they were opened Delete selected item permanently Shift+ Delete
without placing the item in the
Close the active item, or quit the Alt+F4 Recycle Bin
active program
Display the shortcut menu for the Shift+F10
Open the shortcut menu for the Alt+Spacebar selected item
active window
Move backward through options in Shift+tab
Switch between open programs Alt+Tab a dialog box

To restart the Ctrl+Alt+Del Display or hide the Start menu Windows Key
computer
Display the corresponding menu Alt+Underlined letter Lock your computer it you are Windows Key+L
in a menu name Connected to a network domain,
or switch users of you are not
Select all Ctrl+A connected to a network domain
Copy Ctrl+C Display the system Properties Windows Key +Break
dialog box
Display the Start menu Ctrl+Esc
Show the desktop Windows Key +D
Create shortcut to selected item Ctrl+Shift while
dragging an item Open My Computer Windows Key+E
Search for a file or folder
Highlight a block of text Ctrl+Shift with any of Windows Key+F
the arrow keys Display Windows Help Windows Key+F1
MOve backward through tabs Ctrl+Shift+Tab Minimise all Windows Windows Key +M
in a
dialog box Open the Run dialog box Windows Key+R
Move forward through tabs
in a
Ctrl+Tab Restores minimised windows Windows Key+Shift
dialog box +M
Paste Ctrl+Vor Shift+ Insert Opens Utility Manager Windows Key+U