Welcome to introduction to Windows April 9, 2011 Facilitator: Joyce Gerald Director of Title I Jasper County School District

The Desktop The first thing that you see when you open your computer is the screen it is called the “DESKTOP”!

Using the Mouse: How to hold the Mouse“ Let's shake hands." You know how to do that. Reach out and grab the mouse as if you were shaking hands. The rounded top fits into the palm of your hand and the cord extends away from you. Your thumb rests on the left side of the mouse, your index finger rests on the left button, your middle finger rests on the right button, and your remaining two fingers grip the right side of the mouse.

How to use the mouse Clicking the Mouse Definitions: Clicking - Pressing down gently on the mouse button while holding the mouse perfectly still. The perfectly still part is important, but is not a problem if you press the button gently. New users sometime jerk the mouse as they click because they are trying to click too hard. Instructions which simply say "click," usually mean click with the left mouse button. Left-Clicking - Clicking with the index finger. Even if you are left-handed, if you have followed the instructions above and reversed the left and right buttons, you are using the index finger. So, left-click means index finger-click. Right-Clicking - Clicking with the middle finger. Even if you are left-handed, if you have followed the instructions above and reversed the left and right buttons, you are using the middle finger. So, right-click means middle finger-click. Click and Drag - Gently depress the mouse button and leave it depressed while you move the mouse. If you do this when the tip of your mouse pointer is over an object (title bar, icon, folder, etc.) your mouse pointer drags the object to a new location. When you let go of the mouse button, the object is dropped into a new location. This is almost always done while holding down the left mouse button (index finger button), but there are some times when you may be instruct to click and drag using the right mouse button (middle finger button).

How to use the Mouse An excellent, almost playful, exercise is available on the internet to help someone practice their mouse skills. Move your mouse until the pointer moves on top of the colored underlined words in this paragraph. When the pointer turns into a finger stop moving the mouse, and gently click one time on the left side mouse button. After you are finished with the page of exercises, close it and you will come back to this page.Another mouse skill needed is dragging and dropping. To accomplish that you place the mouse pointer over an object (like a folder or a shortcut), depress the mouse button and slide the mouse. Do not let go of the mouse button until you have moved the object where you want it to be. To practice that skill visit a practice page, scroll to the bottom of the page and look for a red block in a yellow box. Follow the instructions you find there. After practicing that skill, close the window to come back to this page.After you are finished with the page of exercisesTo practice that skill visit a practice page Here is another collection of drag and drop activities to help develop early mouse skills - Early Mouse SkillsEarly Mouse Skills If you want to do some more click and drag practice, visit Snaith Primary School's Magnetic Poetry section. Click and drag the words to arrange them into a sentence. When you have completed playing... uh, practicing in the magnetic poetry section, close that browser window to come back to this page.Snaith Primary School's Magnetic Poetry section

The Start Button To locate the start button we must first learn the name of the bar that it sits on! That bar is called the task bar! The task bar has the clock, and the date on the right hand side. To get to the ALL programs you can click on the “Start” Icon. It is located in the bottom left hand corner of the task bar. This is the TASK BAR This little circle with the windows flag is called the START icon!

Another way to get to the start menu is.. Click on this key on the keyboard Just click on the windows flag on the keyboard. It is next to the “crtl” key ON THE KEYBOARD. This website tells you how to read the keyboard: Start menu activities:

How to find out if Microsoft office is on your computer. 1.Click Start, 2.Click all programs 3.Scroll down to the yellow Icon that says Microsoft Office. 4.It is in alphabetical order. If it is not there.. Then you need to purchase the products.

To find the documents folder Click the start button gently touch the ‘Documents” Icon. It will tell you what is in there.

To find your pictures Click the start button. Click pictures The pictures will be in that folder.

To change your desktop background Open the sample pictures folder. Right mouse click on any picture in there. Click on set as desktop background.

To set a scrolling desktop background. 1.Right mouse click on the desktop. 2.Click personalize 3.Under Aero themes click on the theme that you want. 4.It will become a scrolling desktop background.