Transcript Introduction to Windows - Engineering and Technology IUPUI

Introduction to Windows
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Evolution of Windows
• Windows 3.1
– First widely used successful version of Windows
– Replaced MS-DOS
• Windows 95
– Introduced Start button, taskbar for multitasking,
and My Computer for easier file management
• Windows NT
– Intended for business computing
– Increased reliability and security
Evolution of Windows (Continued)
• Windows 98
– Active desktop displays Web content
– Enables Web conventions on the desktop
• Windows 2000
– Security of NT with Windows 98 Interface
– Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000
Server
• Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
– Successor to Windows 98 for home computing
The Windows Desktop
My Computer
Start Button
Taskbar (multitasking)
Anatomy of a Window
• Title bar with Min, Max or Restore, and Close buttons
• Menu bar, Toolbar, and Address bar
• Status bar and Scroll bars
The Devices on a System
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Drive A is always a floppy disk
Drive B is a second floppy disk (obsolete)
Drive C is always a fixed disk
Drives D, E, are variable
– CD ROM
– Zip drive or removable media
– Network drives
Pull-down Menus
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Pull-down menu
Dimmed command
Ellipsis
Check
Bullet
Arrowhead
Submenu
Dialog Boxes
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Tabbed dialog box
Option buttons
Check box
Text box
Spin button
Command buttons
Dialog Boxes continued
• Command buttons
• Open List Box
• Scroll bar
• List box
• Tabbed dialog box
• Help button ?
• Cancel button
• OK button
Moving and Sizing a Window
• To Move a Window
– Click and drag the title bar
• To Size a Window
– Click and drag a corner to change the length
and width in proportion with one another
– Click and drag a border to change just the
length or the width
Formatting a Floppy
• Disk capacity
– 720Kb
– 1.44Mb
• Types of formatting
– Quick (erase)
– Full
• Label
File Management
• My Computer
– Simpler and less sophisticated
– Can result in multiple open windows at one time
• Windows Explorer
– Hierarchical view on left
– Contents of the selected folder on the right
• Multiple views available for both
– Small icons, Large icons, List, and Details view
Windows Explorer
• Folder
– Expanded
– Collapsed
• Files
– Program file
– Data file
• File names
– Name
– Extension
(type)
Moving and Copying Files
• Moving Files
– Click and drag to a
different folder on the
same drive
– Cut and Paste
– Shortcut Menu
• Copying Files
– Click and drag from one
drive to another
– Copy and Paste
– Shortcut Menu
The Help Command
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the Start button
• Tabs
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Contents tab
Index tab
Search tab
Favorites tab
• Web help