Introduction to Windows Your Name Goes Here

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 Start Button Taskbar (multitasking) My Computer

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 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 Pull-down menu Dimmed command Ellipsis Check Bullet Arrowhead Submenu

Dialog Boxes 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 Accessed from the Start button Tabs –Contents tab –Index tab –Search tab –Favorites tab Web help