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Introduction Windows 7, previous version
of the latest version (Windows 8.1) of Microsoft Windows, was produced for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, and media center PCs.
Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and reached general retail availability on October 22, 2009.
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Some New Features of Windows 7 Libraries
Multi-Touch
Aero Peek
Aero Shake
Jump Lists
Taskbar Icons
New Themes
Snapping
Internet Explorer 9
Windows Media Player 12
Gadgets
Desktop Slideshow
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Libraries Libraries help you quickly
access files and folders located in different places of your computer or network.
Libraries bring files and folders you need to one place, no matter where they are stored.
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Multi-Touch If you’ve got a touch-screen
PC, you can easily read online newspapers or manage your files without the need for a mouse.
All you need is your fingers. For example, in order to
zoom in on picture, just put your two fingers on the screen and spread them apart.
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Aero Peek Aero Peek lets us preview
the desktop in an X-Ray vision mode.
Using this feature, we can peer past all your open windows straight to the Windows 7 desktop.
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Aero Shake You can use Aero Shake to
quickly minimize all open windows except the one you’re shaking.
This feature can save you time if you want to focus on a single window without minimizing all your other open windows one by one.
You can then restore all of those windows by shaking the open window again.
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Jump Lists Jump lists give you the option
of viewing a list of recently accessed files by application, even when the application is not open, by right-clicking on the program’s icon in the taskbar.
Jump lists have also been integrated into the Start Menu.
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Taskbar Icons In Windows 7, we can
close any application using its preview window.
We can pause Media Player using its thumbnail.
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New Themes Windows 7 offers you
new themes with an Aero desktop experience.
New themes include a set of desktop background pictures sliding over time.
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Snapping Snapping is a new way of
resizing open windows.
All we need to do is drag a window to the top, left, or right edge of the screen.
We can resize the window in several ways depending on which side you drag.
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Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 9 was
released as the fastest and safest version of all Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers.
After Windows 7 was released, Internet Explorer 9 was introduced to Windows users.
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Windows Media Player 12 Windows Media Player
now plays the most popular audio and video formats, including new support for 3GP, AAC, AVCHD, DivX, MOV, and XVid.
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Gadgets Gadgets are mini-programs
that come with Windows.
In Windows Vista, gadgets were placed in the sidebar located along the right edge of the screen.
Windows 7 sets gadgets free, and now we can place gadgets anywhere we want on the screen.
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Desktop Slideshow The Desktop Slideshow
feature allows the user to change the wallpaper at specified intervals, ranging from 10 seconds to 1 day.
Each Windows 7 theme has its own slideshow, which contains several wallpapers.
We can also create our own desktop slideshow using your own pictures.
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Logging On to Windows When the installation of
Microsoft Windows 7 is finished and you turn on your computer, the Windows 7 logon screen will appear.
If we set a password for your user account during the installation of Windows, click on the user account button and enter our password.
If we did not set a password, just click on the button and log on to Windows 7.
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Windows Desktop When we log on to Windows, the first thing we will see on
the screen is the desktop.
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Windows 7 Desktop Components Some of Windows 7 Desktop Components are:
1. Start Button 2. Most Used Programs List 3. Search Box 4. Mouse Pointer 5. Taskbar Buttons 6. Tooltip 7. Taskbar 8. Start Menu 9. Gadgets 10. Pinned Items List 11. Icon 12. Notification Area
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Taskbar The taskbar is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of the
screen.
Unlike the desktop, which can get obscured by open windows, the taskbar is almost always visible.
It has four main sections:
The Start button The middle section The notification area
The show desktop button
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Quick Lunch Default Quick Lunch
buttons are:
Internet Explorer
Windows Media Player
Windows Explorer
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Start Button The Start button is located
on the left edge of the taskbar.
It is the most important component on the Windows desktop.
It is used to open the Start menu, which is used to access all your programs as well as recently used programs and files.
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Time and Date The time and date are
displayed near the right edge of the taskbar.
You can change time and date settings by clicking on the time and date icon.
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Window A window is a frame on the
screen that displays the contents of opened: files,
folders, or
programs.
Several windows can be displayed on the screen at one time, either side by side,
top to bottom,
or overlapping.
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Taskbar Buttons Taskbar buttons are icons representing open and pinned
programs, folders, or files.
Whenever you open a program, folder, or file, Windows creates a corresponding button on the taskbar.
The button shows an icon that represents the open program.
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Start Menu You can open the Start menu
by clicking the Start button or by using the <Ctrl>+<Esc> key combination or by pressing from keyboard.
The Start menu lets you easily access the most useful items on your computer. All Programs
Most frequently used programs
Search box.
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Recycle Bin The Recycle Bin stores all the
files you delete from your computer.
We can use the Recycle Bin to restore files you have accidentally deleted.
We get more disk space by emptying the Recycle Bin.
The Recycle Bin is the only folder displayed on the desktop when you first start Windows 7.
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Computer Icon You can access all your
drives, removable media (e.g., DVD or flash memory), folders, and files using the Computer icon.
It is the main access to all files in your computer.
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Network Icon The Network icon provides
access to the computers and devices on our network.
From there, we can see the contents of network computers and find shared files and folders.
We can also view and install network devices, such as printers.
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User’s Folder By default when we save a file
it is saved to User Folder.
By default, it contains (user files and folders) folders such as: Documents,
My Music,
My Pictures,
My Videos and
Downloads.
This folder is named after the user account’s name.
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Control Panel We can use the Control
Panel to change settings for Windows.
These settings control nearly everything about how Windows looks and works, and they allow us to set up Windows so that it’s just right for us.
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Shortcuts Shortcuts are a type of icon
that offers quick access to files, folders, or programs.
Shortcuts look similar to other icons except that they have a small, curved arrow in the bottom-left corner.
We can create, copy, move, and delete a shortcut without affecting the file, folder, or program itself.
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Icons Files, folders, and programs are
represented by small pictures called icons.
A file’s icon is represented by the program the file was created.
For example: A Microsoft Word document’s
icon is similar to the icon of the Microsoft Word program in which the document was created.
The name of the file, folder, or program is displayed under the icon.
Icon of a Word Document
Icon of the Word Program
Icon of a Folder
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Gadgets Gadgets are mini-programs
that come with Windows 7.
Using gadgets, you can access frequently used tools.
We can place gadgets anywhere on the screen by dragging them.
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Understanding Windows Windows are frames on the
desktop that contain the contents of opened files, folders, or programs.
Windows can be closed, resized, moved, minimized to a button on the taskbar, or maximized to take up the whole screen.
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Parts of a Window Main parts of Windows are:
Back Button
Forward Button
Address Bar
Menu Bar
Toolbar
Minimize Button
Maximize/Restore Down Button
Close Button
Search Box
Selected Item
Groups
Navigation Pane
Preview Pane
Scroll Bar
Details Pane
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Title Bar The title bar is a horizontal bar at the top of each window of
a program.
The title bar contains:
the program icon,
the title of the window,
the minimize button,
the maximize button,
the close button.
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Toolbar A toolbar is a row, column, or block on-screen of buttons or
icons in a program.
Toolbar of Windows Explorer When Any Folder is Selected
Toolbar of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
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Navigation Pane The navigation pane is used to
access libraries, folders, saved searches, and even entire hard disks.
We can use: the Favorites section to open
your most commonly used folders and searches,
the Libraries section to access your libraries,
and the Computer folder to browse folders and subfolders.
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Search Box A search box is included at
the top of each open window or on the Start menu.
It is used for looking for any item in the current folder or library.
When we start typing, the search starts automatically.
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Address Bar The address bar is used to navigate to a different folder or
library or to return to the previous one.
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Back and Forward Buttons Back and Forward buttons
are used to navigate to other folders or libraries that we have already opened without closing the current folder.
Back Forward
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Details Pane The details pane displays the most common properties
related to the selected item.
File properties are information about a file, such as:
its size,
the date we last modified it,
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Preview Pane The preview pane displays
the contents of most files.
If you’ve selected a picture, music, or a text file, you can see their content without opening them in a program.
If the preview pane is not displayed in Windows Explorer, click on in the toolbar to turn it on.
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Menu Bar The menu bar is a long bar
where function menus are located.
We can use function menus to perform several operations, such as: opening, copying, or moving a file or folder.
Almost every program has a specific menu bar.
If a menu bar is not displayed in Windows Explorer, use the Organize button.
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Using a Program Icon A program icon is located at the left edge of a title bar of a program. The program icon displays a pop-up menu. This menu lets us access the:
minimize, maximize, close, restore, resize, and move the window options.
To display the program or folder icon pop-up menu, click on the program or folder icon in the title bar or press <Alt> + <Spacebar>
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Using the Scroll Bars The scroll bar is used to scroll through a list of files or folders
in order to display or select them.
When the contents of a window are too large to fit in the screen, scroll bars appear to scroll both vertically and horizontally through the window.
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Manipulating Windows We can work with several
programs at a time in Windows.
To make working with several programs at once very easy, we can change the size of the windows by:
maximize
minimize
resize a window
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Minimizing a Window Minimizing windows is useful if you need to view the desktop or just want to
temporarily hide the open window.
Minimizing a window displays the window in the taskbar as a button.
Ways to minimize a window:
Click the Minimize button on the title bar.
Click the program icon on the title bar. From the pop-up menu, select Minimize.
Right-click on the title bar. From the pop-up menu, select Minimize.
In order to minimize all open windows, use the + <M> key combination.
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Maximizing a Window A maximized window fills the
entire screen. Ways to maximize a window
are: Click the Maximize button
on the title bar Click on the program icon on
the title bar; from the pop-up menu, select Maximize
Double-click the title bar Using Snapping Tool If a window is open but not
maximized, use + <Up Arrow>.
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Restoring a Window A maximized window fills the
entire screen. Ways to maximize a window are:
Click the Restore Down button on the title bar
Click on the program icon on the title bar; from the pop-up menu, select Restore
Double-click the title bar Using Snapping Tool If a window is open but not
maximized, use + <Down Arrow>.
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Snapping a Window Snapping is a new way of
resizing windows.
All we have to do is drag a window until the mouse pointer reaches the left, right, or top edge of the screen.
Shortcut keys for snapping are:
+ <Left Arrow>,
+ <Right Arrow>
+ <Up Arrow>.
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Shaking a Window We can use the Aero Shake
feature to quickly minimize every open window except the one you’re shaking.
We can then restore all of those windows by shaking the open window again.
We can also use the + <Home> key combination to minimize all windows except the active one.
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Moving a Window There are different ways to
move a window.
Click and drag the window title bar to the position you want
Click on the program or folder icon on the title bar.
From the Program icon, select Move.
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Resizing a Window You can resize a window by
changing the width or height of a window.
To resize an open window: Change the width, point to
the left or right window border.
Change the height, point to the top or bottom window border.
Change the height and width at the same time, point to any window corner.
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Switching Between Windows There are several ways of switching between open windows.
Click the taskbar button that corresponds to the window you want to switch to.
Press and hold down the Alt key and press the Tab key to display the task list.
We can cycle through items in the order they were opened using the <Alt>+<Esc> key combination.
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Switching Between Windows Flip 3D Feature Another way of cycling through
open windows is using the Flip 3D feature of Windows 7.
In order to switch between windows using Flip 3D, use:
+<Tab> key combination.
<Ctrl>+ +<Tab> to keep the Flip 3D open.
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Tiling and Cascading Windows When you have several windows or
programs open, you can have Windows 7 automatically arrange them for you, instead of manually resizing and pushing them around.
Windows can organize your windows in two different ways by tiling and cascading.
Tiling Windows Horizontally or Vertically
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Tiling Windows Tiling Windows Horizontally
Right-click on an empty area from the shortcut menu, select:
Show windows stacked.
Tiling Windows Vertically
Right-click on an empty area from the shortcut menu, select:
Show windows side by side.
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Cascading Windows Cascading windows arranges
all open windows so that title bars are listed under each other.
In order to cascade windows:
right-clicking on the taskbar,
select Cascade windows.
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Introduction A command is a directive to
a computer program to perform a specific task.
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Introduction Window menus change
according to the current file, folder, or program opened.
You can select a menu item with mouse or you can use the Alt key to use menu bar.
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File Menu The File menu offers tasks to
manage files and folders.
File menu include tasks like:
Creating
Opening
Exploring
Creating shortcuts,
Renaming
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View Menu The View menu offers tasks to
change how files and folders in a window are viewed.
View menu include tasks like:
Change display of files and folder
Show or hide toolbars and the status bar
Arranging Icons etc…
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Edit Menu The Edit menu also offers tasks
to manage content of files and folders.
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cutting, and
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Undoing
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Tools Menu The Tools menu offers
tasks to:
manage network drives,
synchronize offline files and folders, and
set folder options.
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Help Menu
The Help menu
offers a link to the Help and Support Center,
offers to check the legality of your Windows 7 copy, and
displays information about your copy of Windows 7.
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Dialog Boxes Some commands in menus
include additional options.
Such commands have a (…) sign after the command text.
When you select such a command, a dialog box appears.
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Dialog Boxes Dialog boxes have
controls to help selections, including:
1. Tab
2. Radio button
3. Button
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Dialog Boxes Dialog boxes have
controls to help selections, including:
1. List box
2. Check box
3. Combo box
4. Ok button
5. Cancel button
6. Text box.
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Running Programs There are different methods for
opening or running programs. You can start a program by clicking
the Start button, pointing to All Programs, then clicking the program.
You can start a program opening Windows Explorer, pointing to the program icon, then double-clicking the program.
You can also start a program by using the Run command.
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Running Programs There are three ways to run programs:
by clicking the Start button, pointing to All Programs, then clicking the program.
You can start a program opening Windows Explorer, pointing to the program icon, then double-clicking the program. (C:\Program Files\...)
You can also start a program by using the Run command
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Command Types Command Name
When we click at this type of command it is executed directly (Ex: Save)
Command Name …
When we click at this type of command a dialog box is opened (Ex: Save As…).
Command Name >
When we click at this type of command a sub menu is displayed (Ex: All Programs > )
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Opening Run Command
To open Run command:
Start / All Programs / Accessories / Run
On Search box of Start Menu type Run, then select Run command from Start Menu
From Keyboard Window key + R
Start / Run
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Basics of Files and Folders A file is a collection of
information, such as a program, a set of data used by a program, or a user-created document.
Each file is created by a program.
A folder (directory) is a container of related files and subfolders.
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File Extensions A file extension is a suffix applied
to the file name to indicate the file format.
Each type of file has its own extension.
File extensions basically tell operating systems what kind of data file it is and with which application it is associated.
Folders don’t have any extensions since they are directories
Ex:
projekt.doc Extension (Surname of file)
Extensions can be 1 to 4 or 5 letters
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What is Windows Explorer? Windows Explorer displays the
hierarchical structure of files, folders, and drives on your computer.
Using Windows Explorer, we can Explore, copy, move, rename, and search for files and folders.
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What can we do with Windows Explorer? With windows explorer we can:
Open a File or Folder
Create a new Folder
Renaming Files and Folders
Selecting Files and Folders
Copying Files and Folders
Moving Files and Folders
Deleting Files and Folders
Restoring Files and Folders
Creating shortcuts of Files and Folders
Sorting Files and Folders
Grouping Files and Folders
Changing View of Files and Folders
Searching for Files and Folders
Saving Files and Folders
Changing attributes of Files and Folders
Compressing Files and Folders
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Open a File or Folder Some of ways to open files and
folders are: Double click on Files and
Folders
From Windows Explorer Toolbar select Open
Right Click on Files and Folders then from Pop-up menu select Open
Select Files or Folders then from keyboard press Enter.
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Creating a New Folder Some of ways to create new folders
are: From Windows Explorer Menu Bar
select File / New / Folder
From Windows Explorer Toolbar click the New Folder button.
Right-click on any empty space in a folder or desktop and from shortcut menu select New / Folder.
Click <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<N> key combination.
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Renaming Files and Folders Some of ways to rename files and
folders after they have been selected are: From Windows Explorer Menu
Bar select File / Rename Right-click on file or folder and
from shortcut menu select Rename.
Select the File or folder and click F2 from keyboard.
Note that file names cannot contain the following characters: \ / : * ? “ <>|
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Selecting Files and Folders Selecting multiple files or folders helps us to copy, move, delete, and compress
these files.
To select non-consecutive files or folders, press and hold down the Ctrl key, then click each item.
To select consecutive files or folders, click the first item, press and hold down the Shift key, then click the last item.
We can also select consecutive items using Shift and the arrow keys.
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Selecting All Files and Folders To select all the files and folders
in a window, From Windows Explorer Menu Bar
select Edit menu/ Select All
Use the <Ctrl>+<A> key combination;
Draw a rectangle around any adjacent files you want to select.
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Copying Files and Folders The copy operation duplicates the file or folder. Some of the ways to copy files and folders are:
Source
Select the files or folders and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Copy.
Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Copy.
Select the File or folder and click Ctrl + C from keyboard.
Click on empty area and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Paste.
Right-click on empty area and from shortcut menu select Paste.
Click on empty area and click Ctrl + V from keyboard.
Destination
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Moving Files and Folders The move operation transfers files or folders to a different location. Some of the ways to move files and folders are:
Source
Select the files or folders and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Cut.
Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Cut.
Select the File or folder and click Ctrl + X from keyboard.
Click on empty area and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Paste.
Right-click on empty area and from shortcut menu select Paste.
Click on empty area and click Ctrl + V from keyboard.
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Deleting Files and Folders There are two ways to delete items:
Send them to the Recycle Bin
Delete them permanently.
Items sent to the Recycle Bin can be restored;
Those that are deleted permanently can only be restored using special recovery programs, such Recuva,
Smart Recovery,
Get Data Back,
PC Recovery, etc…
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Deleting Files and Folders Some of the ways to copy files and
folders to recycle bin are:
Select files or folders and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select File menu/ Delete.
Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Delete.
Select files or folders and click Delete from keyboard.
To delete items permanently, use <Shift>+<Delete> key combination.
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Restoring Files and Folders To restore a deleted file from
the Recycle Bin, open the Recycle Bin and follow one of these ways: Double-click on the item you
want to restore, from dialog box click the Restore button, then click the OK button.
Select deleted item then from Windows Explore Toolbar click Restore this Item button.
Right click on deleted item then from shortcut menu select Restore.
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Emptying the Recycle Bin Emptying the Recycle Bin will
delete the items in it, which means that items will be permanently deleted.
To empty the Recycle Bin: From Windows Explorer Menu
Bar File / Empty Recycle Bin
From Windows Explore Toolbar click Empty the Recycle Bin button.
right-click on Recycle Bin Icon, and from shortcut menu select Empty Recycle Bin.
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Creating shortcuts of Files and Folders A shortcut is a file that
provides immediate access to a program, folder, or file.
Shortcuts appear as icons with curved arrows on the Desktop.
To create a shortcut for any item on the desktop, right-click any blank area on the desktop. From the shortcut menu, after hovering over New, select Shortcut.
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Creating shortcuts of Files and Folders Alternative ways to create a shortcut are:
Right-click an item, from shortcut menu select Create Shortcut, or
Right-click an item, from shortcut menu select Send to, then select Desktop (create shortcut).
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Applying a Desktop Theme
Ways to apply a desktop theme are:
Start / Control Panel / Personalization
Right Click / Personalize
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Personalization Window Options
Some of Personalization Window Options are:
Customizing Desktop Background
Customizing Windows Colors
Customizing Windows Sounds
Customizing Screen Saver
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Applying Background Picture
To change Desktop Background click:
Start / Control Panel / Personalization / Desktop Background
Right Click / Personalize / Desktop Background
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Applying Background Picture Desktop Background
Windows Options are:
Background Pictures
Picture Position
Automatically change picture every (from 10 seconds to one day)
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Changing the Screen Resolution
The screen resolution of a display is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
Ways to apply a desktop theme are: Start / Control Panel /
Display / Adjust Resolution
Right Click / Screen Resolution
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Important Note Review of lesson between pages 231 – 247
couldn't be done.
You will review it by your self.
You are responsible for this lesson too.
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Introduction to Notepad Notepad is basic ASCII text
editor.
Standard way to open Notepad is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Notepad
The default extension on Notepad is: *.txt (text)
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Introduction to WordPad WordPad is a simple text editor which includes features
like:
Independently font formatting
Text Alignment
Text indent
Line spacing
Inserting different objects like: picture, paint drawings, date and time
Find and replace characters or words, etc...
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Introduction to WordPad Default WordPad extension
is *.rtf (rich text file)
Standard way to open WordPad is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / WordPad
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Introduction to Paint
Paint is a drawing tool you can use to create simple drawings.
Default Paint extension is *.bmp (Bitmap)
Standard way to open Paint is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Paint
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Sound Recorder Is used to record sounds.
In order to record sounds you must have sound card and microphone installed on our computer.
Standard way to open Sound Recorder is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Sound Recorder
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Snipping Tool You can use the Snipping
Tool to capture a screen shot or snip any object on your screen.
You can then annotate, save, or share the image.
Standard way to open Snipping Tool is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Snipping Tool
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Run Command Using the Run command is
a quick way to open programs, files, folders, websites etc.
Some of ways to open Run Command are: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Run
Window Key + R from keyboard.
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Calculator Is used to make simple or
scientific calculations.
It has different views (modes) like:
standard,
scientific,
programmer and
statistics.
Standard way to open Calculator is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Calculator
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Command Prompt It offers access on MS-DOS
(Microsoft Operating System) operating system.
Standard way to open Command Prompt is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Command Prompt
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