introduction to ms windows 98

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MICROSOFT

WINDOWS 98

INTRODUCTORY

TRAINING COURSEWARE

INTRODUCINGTHE DESKTOP ITEMS...................................................................... 2

RUNNING PROGRAMS........................................................................................ 3

WORKINGWITH FILES & FOLDERS...................................................................... 4

WORKINGWITH DESKTOP.................................................................................. 5

MAINTAININGYOURSYSTEM.............................................................................. 8

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS................................................................................... 12

WINDOWS 95/98 KEYBOARDKEYS.................................................................... 13


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Introducing Windows 98

INTRODUCINGTHE DESKTOP ITEMS

The bottom of the screen contains is the taskbar containing the Start button. You

can use this button to start a program or perform some other computer task.

Once you open a program, document or window, a representing button appears onthe taskbar. Now you can use these buttons to quickly switch between the opened

programs or windows.

Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop to see paths to all software on

your computer, to browse through your files and folders, to change setup of you

computer, to install or remove programs ...

To manage both the folders and all the files on your computer, you can use the

Windows Explorer. With it you can move, copy, delete files & folders, change

attributes of files, format disks and perform many more tasks.

To open your Windows Explorer, right-click the Start button select Explore.

If you are using a network, the Network Neighbourhood icon appears on your

desktop.

Double-click it will enable you to browse through the computers in your

workgroup and your entire network.

Windows 98 will allow you to give long and descriptive names to your files; youare not limited to eight characters with a three-character extension. Spaces within

names are supported too!

The desktopisthe large area you see when you start Windows. You can customise

the desktop by adding shortcuts to your frequently accessed programs, documents,

and printers.

To customise your desktop, right-click mouse button anywhere on the desktop and

then select Properties.

If you want to view or change information about any item, e.g. a document,program, folder, disk drive or printer, you can look at its properties. Right-click

the item and then select Properties from the menu.

In the same way, for MS-DOS-based programs, you need only to modify the

properties for the program.

There is no need to create and modify their .PIF files.

Documents and programs are stored in folders, which you can see by accessing

My Computer and Windows Explorer icons.

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Start Button

and Taskbar

My Computer

Windows

Explorer

Network

Neighbourhood

Long

filenames, e.g.

FinancialCommitteeMeeting

The desktop

Properties

Folders


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The Basics

Right-click any item to see a shortcut menu. The menu will contain common

commands that you can use on the item you clicked, e.g., by right-clicking a file,

you can choose to open, copy or delete command.

The upper-right corner of every window has a Close button, which you can click

to close the window and quit the program.

The Minimise , Maximise and Restore buttons are placed there.

Remember, only a minimised window will have a Maximise icon.

RUNNING PROGRAMS

Either : Double-click a program icon either on your desktop or on one of thevisible toolbars, usually at the bottom, top or the right hand side of the screen.

Or : Click Start move mouse pointer up to Programs move it along the

right arrow into the adjacent column move the pointer up or down to

highlight the desired program within the column and click on it. Program will

be loaded in a few moments.

Or : You can use the Windows Explorer to double-click an editable file to load

the application which created it.

1. You can also start programs by right-clicking the Start button, then click

Open.

2. Double-click the Programs group.

3. Double click a subgroup containing your program.

4. Double-click the program you want to open.

1. Click the Start button Settings.

2. Click Taskbar Start Menu Programs Add Browse.

3. Locate the program you want to start and then double-click it.4. Click Next double-click the StartUp folder.

5. Type the name that you want to see on the StartUp menu and then click Finish.

If Windows prompts you to choose an icon, click one, then select Finish.

Alternatively:

1. Right-click Start Open double-click Programs double-click StrartUp.

2. Right-click anywhere on empty space within the folder select New

Shortcut Browse Locate your program .

3. Click to select it Open Next Finish.

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Shortcut

menus

Close,

Minimise,

Maximise &

Restore

Starting a

program onyour computer

Starting a

program byusing the

Programs

groups

Starting a

program

each time

Windows

starts


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WORKINGWITH FILES & FOLDERS

1. Click the Start button ProgramsWindows Explorer or right-click Start

Explorer.

2. Click a folderon the left side

of the window

to display its

contents on the

right.

3. Click the plus

signs (+) to

display more

folders/files or

click the minus

signs (-) to collapse them.

4. To change the size of either side of the window, place the mouse pointer on

the line dividing them, when a pointer changes into a double-headed arrow,

drag the bar left or right.

5. To quickly open a folder and display its subfolders, double-click the folder on

the left side of the window.

1. In the folder window (right side!), hold down the Ctrl key while clicking each

item you want to select.

2. To select all the files andfolders in the opened

folder, click Edit menu

Select All or use the

keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A

3. To select a contiguous

group of files, mouse-drag

a rectangle around the files

you want to select or click the first file, press Shift key and keep it pressed

while clicking the last file in the selection.

1. Locate the file or folder you want to work with.

2. Drag the file or folder to its destination.

To move a file, use the SHIFT key with the drag action.

To copy a file, use the CTRL key with the drag action.

To create a shortcut, use the CTRL+SHIFT with the

drag action.

If you just drag a file with the right mouse button, a

menu will appear with the available options.


HIERARCHY

of Folders &

Files

SELECTING

Multiple Files

and Folders

DRAG & DROP

commands in

Windows

Explorer


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SHORTCUT MENUS

The Basics

1. Instead of using the standard menus to find the command you need, use the

right mouse button to click a file or folder.

2. The menu that appears shows the most frequently used commands for that file

or folder.

Right-click the file you want to send select Send To click the destination.

To add other destinations to the Send To command, within the Windows

Explorer, Shift-Ctrl-drag folders to it.

1. In a folder window, click the document you want to preview.

2. Choose File Quick View.

If the Quick View command is not on the File menu, there is no file vieweravailable for the type of file or Quick View is not installed.

To preview a document on the desktop, right-click the documentQuick

View.

To preview another document, drag its icon into the Quick View window.

To edit the document, click File Open File For Editing.

WORKINGWITH DESKTOP

1. Right-click Start Open double-click Programs File New Folder.

2. Type the name that you want to use for the submenu

ENTER

3. Double-click the folder you just created File

New Shortcut.

4. Use the Create Shortcut wizard to add items to the submenu.

1. Right-click the Desktop New Shortcut Browse locate the program

or a file for which you want to create a shortcut.2. Double-click the program or file Next Finish.

Alternatively, use the Explore to locate the program or file and Shift-Ctrl-

drag the file onto the Desktop select Create a shortcut Here.

To assign the keyboard shortcut key to a desktop shortcut, right-click the

shortcut icon Properties click one Shortcut key option press

shortcut key combination you like, e.g. Ctrl-Alt-e, OK.

To delete a shortcut, drag it to the Recycle Bin. Remember, you will delete

only the shortcut icon, this way.


PROGRAMS

SUBMENUS

Creation

DESKTOP

SHORTCUTS

Creation

SEND TO

Command

PREVIEWING

a document


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1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, open the folder you want to create the

shortcut in.

2. Click File New Shortcut or right-click New Shortcut.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

1. Right-click a blank area on the taskbar minimise All Windows.

2. To restore your windows to their original state,

right-click a blank area on the taskbar Undo

Minimise All.

1. Right-click a blank area on the taskbar.

2. Click Cascade, Tile Horizontally, or Tile

Vertically.

3. To restore your windows to their original state, right-click a blank area on the

taskbar Undo Cascade or Undo Tile.

Only open, but not closed or minimised windows will be displayed.

1. Click the Start button Settings Taskbar.

2. On the Taskbar Options or Start Menu Programs tab change settings as

needed.

1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Passwords.

2. Click the User Profiles tab.

3. Click to select the second

option, enabling users to

customise their desktop

settings.

4. Under User profile settings

select options you want.

5. The next step would be to

modify your desktop as youwant it.

Other users will be

unaffected by your

modifications.

1. You can move the taskbar to any edge of your screen by dragging it.

2. To set your computer's clock, double-click the clock on the taskbar.


FOLDER

SHORTCUTS

Creation

Minimising all

open windows

Cascade or tile

all open

windows

Customising

the taskbar or

Start menu

Enabling

multiple users

to personalise

settings

Personalising

Windows


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Using ScanDisk

to check files

and folders for

errors


MAINTAININGYOUR SYSTEM

1. Click Start Programs Accessories System Tools ScanDisk.

2. Click a drive

Standard or Thorough(with its options!)

3. To change the

settings, ScanDisk

uses, click Advanced.

4. If you want to specify

how ScanDisk repairs

any errors it finds,

make sure the

Automatically Fix

Errors box is notchecked.

5. When all options are

set, click Start

If you run out of disk space, try methods below:

1. To see how much disk space is

free, right-click the icon for the

drive in My Computer

Properties General or use

the Explorer.

2. To free up disk space, carry

out the suggested steps:

3. Empty the Recycle Bin: Right-

click it select Empty

Recycle Bin.

4. Use ScanDisk to check for

errors that may be using up

disk space.

5. Check the temporary folder (c:\windows\temp) for redundant files. Drop down

to DOS level and only then delete all files in it. Restart Windows after that.

6. Compress, if you have the compression utility, and back up, temporarily, other

unwanted files and remove them from your hard disk.

7. You can further remove Windows components, e.g. help files etc., that you

don't need, but be warned, you must know what are you doing.

8. You can also create much more disk space by using DriveSpace disk

compression on FAT16 partitions.

9. You can use third party applications dedicated to do this and similar jobs

(Norton, Mijenix, Nuts & Bolts, Checkit, Spinrite, etc.).


Creating more

space on your

had disk


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Running Disk

Cleanup

program

Running

Maintenance

wizard

The Basics

Disk Cleanup searches your drive, and then lists temporary files, Internet

cache files, and unnecessary program files that you can safely delete.

1. From the Disk Properties box (as

above) click on the Disk cleanup

icon.

2. You can access the Disk Cleanup

also by clicking Start

Programs Accessories

System Tools Disk Cleanup.

3. Make selections from the Files to

delete section. Be sure that it is

safe to delete certain type of

files, e.g. downloaded program

files or temporary internet files.

4. If in doubt, use the View Files tab to

view particular files before you

decide to delete them.

5. Under More Options you can

remove optional Windows

components or whole programs that

you do not use.

6. If you have FAT16 partition you

can convert it to FAT32 and save

extra space.

7. Under Settings you can make sure that the Disk Cleanup runs immediately

when your hard disk approaches low capacity status.

You can employ the Maintenance wizard to check your hard disk for

problems, free up hard disk space and thus make your programs run faster.

The wizard will lead you to schedule these utilities to run on a regular basis,thus making sure that your computer is performing at its best at all times.

1. Start the Maintenance wizard by clicking StartProgramsAccessories

System ToolsMaintenance wizard.

2. Follow the Wizard instructions and make selections.

Remember, your computer must be on during scheduled maintenance

tasks.

If your computer supports Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 or

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), Windows 98 will

attempt run those tasks when the computer is in suspend state or on some

computer it will wake it up to run scheduled tasks.



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1. Click Start Programs Accessories System

Tools Disk Defragmenter.

You can use the third party utilities, such as

Norton or Mijenix Utilities, both of which will doa faster, better and more professional job.

2. Click the drive you want to defragment click

OK.

3. To change the settings that Disk Defragmenter

uses, click Advanced make new selections and

click Start.

4. During the defragmentation process, you can

safely use your computer to carry out other tasks.

Note that if you do that, your computer will

operate more slowly.

5. To temporarily stop Disk Defragmenter, for

whatever reason , just click Pause.

1) You can use Backup to back up files on your hard disk to:

a) floppy disks

b) tape, zip, CDR, CDRW, DVD drives

c) another hard disk

d) another standalone or network computer.

2) When you've made

a backup, you can

restore it if your

original files are

damaged or lost.

3) To start Backup,

click Start

Programs

Accessories

System Tools

Backup

OK.4) Follow step by

step instructions

on the screen.

5) Click Start once

all selections are

made.

For more professional backups you would use hardware and software designed

to do just that job.


Speed up your

hard disk and

computer by

using Disk

Defragmenter

Using Backup

to back up

your files


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The Basics

Floppy disks (2.88Mb, 1.44Mb and

720K) are still used for backup,

transfer of files, hardware

installation, system recovery

procedures etc. Disks have to beformatted before they can be used.

1) Insert a floppy disk into its drive.

2) In My Computer or in the right

hand pain of Windows Explorer,

click the icon for the disk you want

to format.

3) Click File Format.

Formatting a disk removes all information from the disk.

You should copy system files only for bootable disks.

To quickly delete all information from old used disks, just select Quick

(erase) option. The operation takes a few seconds. Quick erase is not

secure deletion of your files, it only makes the whole disk available for

writing.

Full format is more secure deletion of your files, but for a complete

security you should use third party wipe disk utilities.

You cannot format a disk if there are files open on that disk.

To have a bootable floppy disk for your system is a wise and on occasions

a very rewarding habit.

1) To create a system bootable disk

for your computer, click on Start

Seetings Control Panel.

2) Double-click on Add/Remove

Programs Startup Disk.

3) Click on Create Disk and follow

further instructions.

The disk will contain files

necessary to start you

computer in case of bootfailure and some tools to

correct a problem.

Disk will also contain a

generic CD ROM driver to

make it operational in case of

correction or reinstallation of

your system.

From the same Add/Remove dialog box you can uninstall applications or

change items within your Windows. Both of these actions are not

recommended for a not very experienced Windows user. You may make

your Windows un-operational if you do not know what are you doing.


Formatting

Floppy disks

Creating a

Startup Disk


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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Press To

F1 Get Help on the selected dialogue box

ALT+F4 Quit a program

SHIFT+F10 View the shortcut menu for the selected item

CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu

Hold ALT+TAB Keep pressing TAB to move from one open

application to the next

CTRL+X Cut

CTRL+C Copy

CTRL+V Paste

DEL Delete

CTRL+Z Undo

SHIFT + insert the CD-ROM Bypass AutoPlay

Select an item + Press To

F2 Rename an item

F3 Find a folder or file

SHIFT + DEL Delete immediately without placing the item in

the Recycle Bin

ALT+ENTER (ALT+d-click) View item properties

CTRL + drag the file Copy a file

CTRL + SHIFT + drag the file Create a shortcut

Press To

Ctrl + A Select all

F5 Refresh a window

BACKSPACE View the folder one level up

SHIFT + click the Close button Close the selected folder & all its parent folders

Press To

CTRL + G Go to

F6 Switch between left & right panes

Numlock + Asterisk (n/keypad) Expand all subfolders under the selected folder

Numlock + Plus (n/keypad) Expand the selected folder

Numlock + Minus (n/keypad) Collapse the selected folder

Right Aarrow Expand current selection, if collapsed,

otherwise select the first subfolder

Left Arrow Collapse current selection, if expanded,

otherwise select parent folder


General

Windows keys

For Desktop,

Explorer & My

Computer

For Windows

Explorer & My

Computer

For WindowsExplorer only


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The Basics

Press To

TAB Move forward through options

SHIFT+TAB Move backward through options

CTRL+TAB Move forward through tabsCTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through tabs

Press To

F4 Open/Close a list box

F5 Refresh the files display

BACKSPACE Open folder one level up, only if selected

Press To

SHIFT 5 times Toggle StickyKeys on & off

RIGHT SHIFT for 8 secs Toggle FilterKeys on & off

NUMLOCK for 5 secs Toggle ToggleKeys on & off

Left Alt +Left Shift + Numlock Toggle MouseKeys on & off

Left Alt +Left Shift + PrtSc Toggle High Contrast on & off

WINDOWS 95/98 KEYBOARDKEYS

In Windows 95/98 you can use one of the Windows logo keys in combination with

other keys to perform various tasks. The application key is used to perform tasks

specific to an application program.

Press To

One of the Windows logo keys Open the Start menu

Win logo key + M Minimise all open windows

Win logo key + Shift + M Maximise all windows

Win logo key + E Open Windows Explorer

Win logo key + R Open the Run dialogue box

Win logo key + TAB Move through programs in the taskbar

Win logo key + F Open the Find Files dialogue boxWin logo key + Ctrl + F Open the Find Computer dialogue box

(network)

Win Logo Key + BREAK Open the System Properties dialogue box

Application Key Context sensitive shortcut menu specific to an

application


Win95/98

Logo &

Application

Keys

For properties

within

dialogue

boxes

For Open &

Save As

dialogue

boxes

Accessibility

Options

shortcut keys