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Windows is a graphical user interface that allows users to interact with a computer through graphical objects like images and polygons. The desktop is the first screen users see after starting Windows and contains icons, folders, and application shortcuts. Common windows elements include the title bar, menu bar, toolbars, and buttons to minimize, maximize, and close windows. Users can interact with files and folders using a mouse by clicking, double clicking, dragging and dropping, copying, cutting and pasting, renaming, and deleting.

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Windows is a graphical user interface that allows users to interact with a computer through graphical objects like images and polygons. The desktop is the first screen users see after starting Windows and contains icons, folders, and application shortcuts. Common windows elements include the title bar, menu bar, toolbars, and buttons to minimize, maximize, and close windows. Users can interact with files and folders using a mouse by clicking, double clicking, dragging and dropping, copying, cutting and pasting, renaming, and deleting.

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Chapter Three

Windows

What is Windows?
A rectangular parts of a computer screen that contains a display
different from the rest of the screen.
Graphical Objects
Images
2D polygon objects
3D Polygon Objects
Graphical user Interface (GUI)
Older operating systems, such as DOS called CLI are used by
typing command using keyboard.
Windows XP environment is an example of GUI
Users interact with computer using mouse more than the keyboard.
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The Desktop
Windows desktop has different components
Icons =>My document, my computer, My Network place,
internet explorer, recycle bin
Start button
Quick launch toolbar
Task bar
System tray area

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The Windows Desktop
The Desktop is the very first screen you see after Windows starts.
There you find folders, icons and application shortcuts

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Icons

DESKTOP
Notification Area
Start Button
Taskbar
Quick Launch Toolbar

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Window Elements(Basic parts of windows)
 Title bar – displays the title of the program and the file name
 Menu bar – contains names of drop down menus used to access
tools
 Toolbar(s) – third and sometimes fourth bars, contains button
shortcuts of the most commonly used tools
 Minimize button – makes the current window shrink from the
desktop while remaining open
 Resize button – changes the size of the current window
 Maximize button – returns the current window to full screen size
 Close button – closes / quits the program of the current window
 Scroll bars –used to move the window area to display hidden
parts

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Title bar
Menu bar

Toolbar(s)

Window Control Buttons

Common Window Elements


Scroll Bars

Status Bar

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Menu Bar components
File: Controls things like opening, saving and printing files and Exiting programs
Edit: containing the main editing commands like Cut, Copy and paste.
View: allows you to customize how your application appears to you
Tools: a common area to set up your application parameter
Help: Where you can find help, updates and About the program version

My computer window Components


Files Stored in this computer
Hard disk device
Icons
Device with Removable storage
System tasks
-View System information
-Add or remove a program
- change a setting
Address Bar: My computer and others
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Mouse Activities on files and folders
Single Click :-to select the file
Double Click:-To open the file
Right Click:-To view options
Dragging
- Often in windows there is more than one way of Opening Files/folders
Double click the left button of the mouse on the file/folder or
Right click on the file/folder and then click the open option.
Make new Folders:-Two ways
1.Open a window for the folder should be oriented
 Click on the file menu and select new, then folder
 Type the name and press enter
2.Open a window for the folder should be created
 Right click anywhere in the window, then folder
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Type name and press enter.
Delete files/Folder:-Two ways
Single click the file/folder
Go to file menu, then click delete
Or
Right click on the file or folder, then Clicks delete option.
If you do not need the file to be recycle bin
Select the file/folder
Press shift key and then press delete key
Click yes to delete

Rename files/Folder:-

Right click on the file or folder, then Clicks Rename option.

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Cut/copy & paste files/folder
Used to move files /folder from one location to another location.
For copy to paste the original files/folder remains in its old location.
For cut & paste it is removed from old location
There are two ways
a.Select the file/folder
a.Click edit menu then copy or cut
b.Go to the destination folder
c.Click edit then paste
b.First Right click on the file /folder
Choose cut or copy
Open the new window or folder
Right click anywhere in the window
Choose paste
You could see copying dialog box
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Alternate
Select the files/folder
Keep the selected icon visible, and open up a new window
Drag and drop
When dragging
Simply drag and drop=Cut & paste
Ctrl key+ Drag and drop=Copy & paste
The Recycle bin
It is a garbage of deleted files/folder
You can restore deleted files/folders to the original location.
Find your important files
Select the file, them go to the file menu
Choose Restore
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Accessories
It is the small programs in the system.
To perform commonly required tasks.
E.g
WordPad=Simple text document editor
Paint=Simple drawing program
Calculator=Performing numerical calculations
Note pad=Used for webpage design
Entertainment=Sound Record, Volume Control, Windows media player

System Tools Contains


System backup programs
Disk cleaning up
System Restore Programs
System information Programs
Disks Derangement
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WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Windows System Key Combinations


 CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
 ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
 ALT+F4: Quite program
WINDOWS PROGRAM KEY COMBINATIONS
CTRL+B = Bold
CTRL+C = Copy
CTRL+I = Italic
CTRL+A = Select All
CTRL+X = Cut
CTRL+V = Paste
CTRL+Z = Undo
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 ALT+U underlined letter: Opens the menu
 ALT+F4: Closes the current window
 CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document interface (MDI)

General folder /Short cut Control


 F4: Select the GO To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box
( If the tool bar is active in windows Explorer)
 F5: Refreshes the current window.
 F6: Moves among panes in windows Explorer
 CTRL+G: Opens the GO TO Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
 CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
 CTRL +A: Select all the items in the current window
 BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
 SHIFT + click + close button: for folders, close the current folder plus all parent
folders
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Accessibility Shortcuts
 Press SHIFT five times: Toggles sticky Keys on and off
 Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight second: toggles Filter keys on and off
 Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles Toggle keys On and off
 Left ALT+ Left SHLFT+ NUMLOCK: Toggles Mouse Keys on and off
 Left ALT+ Left SHLFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off
Documents short cuts
HOME – to beginning of line or far left of field or screen
END – to end of line, or far right of filed or screen
CTRL+END – to the bottom
PAGE UP – Moves you up in your document or dialogue box by one page
PAGE DOWN – moves you down in your document or dialogue list by one page
Ctrl + ENTER – New page

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