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The document discusses exploring and using the basic elements of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It covers topics like the desktop, start menu, windows, navigating folders, and more. Learning objectives are defined for identifying Windows parts, using elements, navigating, working with the recycle bin, getting help, and shutting down. Screenshots and explanations of functions are provided.

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1 Explorer Windows

The document discusses exploring and using the basic elements of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It covers topics like the desktop, start menu, windows, navigating folders, and more. Learning objectives are defined for identifying Windows parts, using elements, navigating, working with the recycle bin, getting help, and shutting down. Screenshots and explanations of functions are provided.

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Chapter 7

Exploring Microsoft Windows


Learning Objectives
• LO7.1: Identify the parts of the Windows desktop
• LO7.2: Use common Windows elements
• LO7.3: Navigate Windows
• LO7.4: Work with the
Recycle Bin
• LO7.5: Get Help
• LO7.6: Shut down
Windows

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LO7.1: Exploring the Windows
Desktop
• Topics Covered:
– Starting Windows and Examining the Desktop
– Using the Mouse
– Exploring the Start Menu

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Starting Windows and Examining
the Desktop
• To start Windows, you simply turn your computer on.

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Starting Windows and Examining
the Desktop
• The desktop is the workspace on the screen.
• A desktop’s theme is a set of backgrounds, window colors,
sounds, and screen savers.
• Other desktop features include:
– Taskbar
– Buttons
– Notification area
– Recycle Bin
– Pointer

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Using the Mouse

• Point: Positioning the pointer directly on top of an item.


• Click: Pressing the left mouse button and immediately
releasing it.
• Right-click: Clicking the right mouse button and immediately
releasing it.
• Double-click: Clicking the left mouse button twice in quick
succession.
• Drag: Positioning the pointer
on top of an item, and then
pressing and holding the left
mouse button while moving
the pointer.
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Using the Mouse

• When you want more


information about an item
on the desktop, you can
point to that item to make a
ScreenTip appear.
• When you right-click an
item, a shortcut menu
opens.

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Exploring the Start Menu
• The Start menu
provides access to
programs, documents,
and much more.
• The Start menu is
organized into two
panes, or separate
areas of a menu or
window.
• The search box helps
you quickly find
anything stored on your
computer.

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Exploring the Start Menu
• The right pane of the Start menu contains commands that
open windows, rectangular work areas that contain programs,
text, files, or other data, to access commonly used locations
on the computer.
– Everything on the Start menu is actually a
shortcut, or a very small file that points to
the location of the actual folder or file.
• The bottom of the right pane allows you to open windows
that help you effectively work with Windows .
– Control Panel: a windows that contains specialized tools to
change the way Windows look and behaves.

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Exploring the
Start Menu

User Area (goes to online cloud account)


Start Menu (looks like Windows 8)
Documents (goes to Windows Explorer)
Task Bar:
Program icons
Windows explorer icon
Task view

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LO7.2: Using Common Windows
Elements
• Two types of windows:
– Program windows (Microsoft Word, FireFox)
– Windows Explorer windows (My Computer)
• Manipulating Windows
– Resize windows by clicking and dragging on edge of window
– Move window by clicking on title bar and dragging to new
location
– More than one open window?
• Switch Between Open Windows by clicking on window to
activate it or by clicking on the task bar button for the
window or by holding down windows icon and pressing tab

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LO7.2: Using Common Windows
Elements
• All windows have the following elements in common:
– Title bar: banner at the top of the window that displays
window title and contains sizing buttons
– Sizing buttons: buttons used to enlarge, shrink, or close a
window
– Window title: identifies the program and document
contained in the window
– Details pane/Status bar: displays information or messages
about the task you or performing or the selected item

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Resizing and Moving Windows

• After you open a window, you can manipulate it by changing


its size and position.
• In most windows, three sizing buttons appear on the right end
of the title bar:
– Minimize button
– Maximize button or Restore Down button
– Close button

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LO 7.3: Navigating Windows

• Navigate
– move from one location to another on a computer, such as
from a Word program window to an Explorer Window
• A folder is a container that organizes files on a computer
– Drives on a computer network are represented by a folder
• A library is a central place to view and organize files and
folders stored anywhere that the computer can access
– Example: My Music, My Videos, My Pictures
• To display drive or folder contents double-click it
• Student files are saved on the network drive found by clicking
the This PC icon
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LO 7.3: Navigating Windows

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Using Windows Explorer Windows

• You can change the appearance of folder windows to suit your


preferences.
• Click on the view icon and select one of the following views:
– Extra Large Icons
– Large Icons
– Medium Icons
– Small Icons
– List
– Details
– Tiles
– Content
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Using the Navigation Pane

• Click a folder in
Address bar
Navigation pane
to navigate
directly to that
folder and
display its
contents in the
right pane.
• OR use
Navigation pane
to navigate to
other locations
on a computer
or subfolders.
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Navigation Pane
Cut (move), copy, paste

• Cutting is to move a file • Pasting is to copy a file at


from one location to one location to another
another • This keeps a file in both
• Right click the file icon locations
• Select cut • Right click the file icon
• Go to destination folder • Select copy
• Select paste • Go to destination folder
• A copy of the file exists in • Select paste
the destination only • A copy of the file exists in
both locations

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LO7.4: Working with the Recycle
Bin
• The Recycle Bin or trash can holds deleted
items until they are deleted from the
recycle bin.
• Make it a practice to regularly empty the
Recycle Bin, since storing many files in the
Recycle Bin can slow down your computer’s
start up time.

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LO7.6: Shutting Down Windows
• You should always shut down Windows before you turn off your
computer.

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