Essentials of Windows 95/97

Robert Grauer and Maryann Barber

Objectives

1. Describe the objects on the Desktop

2. Explain buttons and window operations

4. Understand dialog boxes

5. Use the Help menu

6. Obtain the Practice Files

7. Explain how folders organize a disk

8. Delete a file and recover it

The Desktop

• Start button

• My Computer

• Network Neighborhood

• Recycle Bin

• Internet Icon

• Taskbar

Components of a Window

• Title bar• Menu bar• Toolbar• Status bar• Minimize button

• Maximize button• Restore button• Close button• Horizontal scroll

bar• Vertical scroll bar

Dialog Boxes

• Option (radio) buttons• Check boxes• Text boxes• List boxes• Tabs• What’s This button

The Practice Files

• Download from the Web– www.prenhall.com/grauer

• Copy from a network drive– See your instructor

• Duplicate a data disk– Copy Disk command

Basics of File Management

• Files – Program files– Data files

• File name (up to 255 characters)• File types and associations• Folders

– Compress and Expand

Device designations

• Drive A (floppy drive)• Drive C (first hard disk)• Drive D and above

– Additional hard disks– CD-ROM– Other (e.g., tape backup)

My Computer and Explorer

• Views– Large icons

– Details– Small icons– List

• Toolbar• Suppress (display) extensions

File Management Commands

• Copy command• Move command• Delete

– Recycle Bin– Write protect a floppy disk