WINDOWSPart 1 – Start Up Basics

Using the Computer

• Cold Boot – Turning on the Computer

• Warm Boot– Logging on the Computer

Use the Mouse

• Mouse – a hand-held device that you use to interact with the computer

• Input device used to:

1. Point

2. Make selections

Mouse Techniques1. Pointing – moving the mouse to position

the mouse pointer over an item

2. Clicking – pressing the left button

3. Double-clicking – pressing the left button twice quickly

4. Dragging – point to an item, press & hold the left button, move the mouse to a new location then release the button

5. Right-clicking – point to a item, press the right button

Your Desktop

Taskbar

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

• Allows you to interact with the software using graphics & visual images such as icons

• Controls how you enter data and instructions and how the screen displays information

Icon(GUI)

Start Button

Quick Launch Buttons

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Displaying the Start MenuDisplaying the Start Menu

Cascading Menu

Adding an Icon to the Desktop

• Click the Start button, point to My Computer on the Start menu, and click the right mouse button

• Click Show on Desktop on the shortcut menu

• Click an open area on the desktop to close the start menu

Starting A New Document

• Start the program (a new document will usually start automatically)

• Within a program:– Select the New command on the File menu

or under the Microsoft Office Button

– Click the New icon, usually the first icon to the left on the standard toolbar

– Use the keyboard shortcut for the New command (usually Control + N)

Saving A Document

• Saving – places a copy of a document in one of the computer’s disk drives

• May be saved in: – Hard (internal) disk of the computer– Removable medium

• CD ROM, Flash drive, or server (internal) disk

• This document will not be erased when your computer is shut down or you log off

Steps To Save A Document

• On the Tool Bar, click on the Office Button

• Highlight ‘Save as’ and then select ‘97-2003’

• This will save the file in Compatibility Mode as a .doc instead of a .dox

• The first time you save, the Save As dialog box appears & asks you where to save– “Save in ____”

My Computer

Shows all drives in your computer

Where To Save

• “C” – Hard drive• “A” – 3.5” disk drive • “D” – DVD/CD-RW drive• “H” – server is usually

(your folder size is 75 megabytes)

• Other drive letters vary• Removable disk or flash

drive must be inserted into the disk drive or USB port

Plugging a USB Flash Drive into a USB Port

•Plug the USB flash drive into a USB port on the computer

•Click on My Computer to open flash drive

•Locate device under removable storage

DELETING FILES• Permanently deleted

– From Server (H drive)– From Floppy Disk/FlashDrive

• File goes to Recycle Bin– From Hard Drive (C)– Can be recovered or permanently deleted

• Recycle Bin – can reverse the delete by restore files

• Empty Recycle Bin – permanently deletes files

CLIPBOARD

• Clipboard – where text, images, etc. go when you copy or cut them until you paste them

Keying Text

• Insertion point - the flashing line

– When typing, text is entered to left of the insertion point

• To erase an error to the left, use your backspace key.

• To erase an error to the right, use your delete key.

FONTS

• Font size - measured in points

• Serif fonts – have feet (Times New Roman)

– This is Times New Roman• Sans Serif fonts – without feet (Arial)

– This is Arial

• TrueType fonts – scalable (can be sized)

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Logging Off from the Computer

• Click the Start button on the taskbar and then point to Log Off on the Start menu

• Click Log Off• Point to the Log Off

button in the Log Off Windows dialog box

• Click the Log Off button

Shutting Down the Computer

• Point to the Turn off computer link on the Welcome screen

• Click Turn off computer

• Point to the Turn Off button in the Turn off computer dialog box

• Click the Turn Off button