Transcript Introduction to Computers and the Windows Operating System

Introduction to Computers and the
Windows Operating System
Part I
Instructor: Shayna Keces
236-0302, ext. 441
October 2003
Agenda
What is a computer?
What is an operating system?
The Windows Screen
Starting and shutting down your computer
The mouse according to Windows
Opening and closing programs
Menu bars and Tool Bars
Cut/Copy and Paste
Further study
What is a personal computer
Screen
Box, tower, etc.
motherboard
hard drive
floppy drive
CD-ROM/DVD
Keyboard and mouse
Peripherals
Operating system
Program used to control computer, link
between user and internal working of
computer and programs
Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux
Windows
Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP?
Desktop and icons
Task bar
Start button
Programs
Starting your computer
Before starting your computer make sure you
do not have a diskette in your A drive
To start your computer just turn on the power
switch or power bar (the computer will take a
few minutes to go through its initialization
procedure and you will eventually see your
desktop and icons)
If this does not happen check that your
monitor (i.e. screen ) is on.
Starting your computer, cont.
If computer was shut improperly, you
may see a screen saying Windows
would like to check your files for errors.
It may then say it has found an error
and ask if it should fix the error. You will
probably want to tell it to fix the error
and skip the undo disk and next time try
to do a proper shutdown
Shutting down your computer
Windows is very finicky about being shut down
properly (do not just shut the power off)
Move your cursor to start button and click
Click on the radio button beside Shut down
Click on OK button
WAIT (Windows will go through an elaborate
process of making sure all programs are shut
down. You will then see a Windows screen and
eventually a black screen with the words “It’s
now safe to turn off your computer”)
Shutting down your computer,
cont.
You may now turn off the power
button/bar.
In some cases when Windows cannot
finish it’s shutdown sequence, your may
have to shut down by restarting or
shutting off the power before Windows
is ready.
Restarting your computer
Sometimes your computer will start doing
funny things or your mouse will stop working
Try ALT + CTL + DELETE
If you see a program is not responding, you
can try to highlight that program and press
the “End Task” button.
If nothing happens try ALT + CTL + DELETE
again. This will restart your computer
Restarting your computer,
cont.
If your mouse is working you can click
on Start button, click on Shutdown but
click on the radio button beside Restart
and your computer will restart
Useful if your modem stops functioning.
Mouse
Pointing device that moves pointer or
cursor
Point and click (tip of the arrow is the
point)
Left and right buttons
Start programs - 1 click vs 2 clicks
Highlight text (click and drag)
Practice makes perfect
Cursor Types
Arrow
Busy
Text
Double arrow
Hand
Scrolling pages
Mouse
Click on up and down arrows
or
Click on top of and below that darker box
without touching the box
or
Click and drag the darker box
Keyboard (make sure cursor is on page by
clicking on empty space)
Use arrow keys
Use page up, page down, home and end
Opening Programs
If on desktop as icon, double click on
icon. If does not open press “Enter”
key.
Click on “Start” button, Move cursor up
to “Programs”. After menu on the right
appears move cursor over to menu and
up or down to required program. Click
on program
If program has been minimized and
appears on task bar, click on square
representing program.
Closing programs
Click on the X icon in the top right hand
corner of the window
or
Put your cursor on File in menu bar and click,
then move cursor down the drop-down menu
to the bottom to word “Quit” or “Exit” or
“Close”. Click on the word
or
Hold down the Alt key and press F4.
Enlarge Screen
Minimize window
Close
Program
Title bar
Menu bar
Tool bar
Status bar
Start button
Format bar
Task bar
Using Menu Bars
All Windows programs have a menu bar and
everything you can do with that program will
be available from one of the drop-down
menus
Place tip of the cursor on the word in Menu
bar and click. Move cursor down drop-down
menu to action you want to perform and click.
If item has an arrow pointing to the right move
cursor to the right to see the submenu.
Menu items common to most
Windows programs
File (includes New file, open file, save and print
functions)
Edit (includes Find and Cut, Copy and Paste)
View (allows you to change the look of screen
by adding and subtracting bars like tool bar)
Tools (most programs but program specific)
Window (allows you arrange windows and
choose between different files)
Help used to give help in program’s functions
and gives version no. for troubleshooting
purposes
Cut/Copy and Paste
Place your cursor at the beginning of the text
you would like to cut or copy, click with lefthand button keeping the button down.
Move the cursor to right to highlight the
section or words you want to copy (move
cursor down to get whole paragraph or page)
When the text you wanted to copy or move is
highlighted, let go of the mouse button
If you highlight too much text, do not let go of
the button but adjust the cursor until you have
the right amount of text. If you let go, start
over by clicking anywhere that is not a link
and start over.
Cut/Copy and Paste, cont.
Move cursor to Edit in Menu bar and move
down the drop down menu until you reach
“Cut” or “Copy” and click (“Cut” will remove
the text and “Copy” will leave it where it is)
Move the cursor to the area of the document
or file where you would like to put the text and
click making sure the blinking cursor is where
you want the text to be
Move cursor to Edit in Menu bar and move
down drop down menu until you reach Paste
and click
Using Tool Bars
Icons which represent frequently used actions
Place tip of cursor in middle of icon and click
Opening files, printing, and saving files are
common in tool bars
If you do not know what an icon signifies,
move cursor over the icon and wait for a
couple of seconds and a brief description will
appear.
If do not need tool bar (all actions available
from Menu bar) can get rid of tool bar by
clicking on “View” in Menu bar
Further study - Books
Stokes, Abby. It’s never too late to love a
computer. 004.16 S874
Kraynak, Joe. The complete idiot’s guide to
computer basics. 004.16 Kra
Russ, Walter. The secret guide to computers :
the world's top-rated computer tutorial
004.16 W233 2001
Gookin, Dan. PCs for dummies quick
reference
004.16 G659
[Maran, Ruth, Paul Whitehead]. Computers
simplified 004.16 M311 2000
Further study - Videos
Beginning computers for seniors
[videorecording] : and kids of all ages
V004.16 B417
Microsoft Windows 98 video tutorial
[videorecording]
V005.4469 W5n
Learning Microsoft Windows 98
[videorecording]
V005.4469 W5Lp
Teach yourself Windows 95/98
[videorecording]
V005.4469 W5vi
Further study – Internet sites
Computer training tutorials
http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorial
s/index.html
Using computers
http://www.elmlane.com/usingcomputers/index.as
p
Introduction to using computers
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
Learning Windows
http://plugandwork.com/winhelp.htm
http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/win95_tut/win95me
nu.htm