Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 Practical

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 2 Objectives –Personalize the Windows 7 desktop –Add and remove gadgets –Add shortcuts –Move between windows and customize the taskbar –Resize, move, and scroll windows

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 3 Objectives –Use Windows Explorer and create folders –Move and rename folders and copy files –Move, rename, and delete files –Compress files and use the address bar –Describe and find files and folders

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 4 Objectives –Creating backup copies of your work –Using libraries to organize files –Viewing pictures from digital cameras –Capture screen with Snipping Tool –Organize files –Search and preview files –Delete and restore files –Exiting Windows

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 5 Introduction Resize, move, and scroll windows Personalize the desktop and customize the taskbar

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 6 Introduction Find files and folders Move, rename, and delete files

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 7 Skill 1: Personalize the Windows 7 Desktop Windows Explorer button Close button Window a rectangular box that displays programs, files, and folders ScreenTip a small note that describes a screen element Graphical user interface (GUI) Interface that uses graphics or pictures to represent commands and actions

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 8 Skill 1: Personalize the Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut menu lists context-sensitive commands Menu a list of commands within a category which you can choose by Desktop the working area of the Windows 7 screen Click press the left mouse button once Operating system software that controls the hardware in your computer

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 9 Skill 1: Personalize the Windows 7 Desktop Screen saver an animation that displays on your screen after a set period of computer inactivity Screen Saver Settings Dialog box a window that displays information or gives choices about a specific operation

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 10 Skill 1: Personalize the Windows 7 Desktop Computer icon Third Architecture thumbnail Control Panel icon Scroll bar up arrow

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 11 Skill 2: Add and Remove Gadgets Gadget a dynamic program that can be moved anywhere on your screen Gadgets gallery Gadget control a four-button tool set used to modify gadgets

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 12 Skill 2: Add and Remove Gadgets Weather gadget set to large Slide Show gadget inserted and moved Drag move the mouse while holding down the left mouse button, then release at the appropriate time

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 13 Skill 2: Add and Remove Gadgets Start menu gives you access to all the programs on your computer All Programs Start Button

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 14 Skill 2: Add and Remove Gadgets WordPad as the active window— the window in which typing or clicking occurs Windows shown overlapping with desktop behind

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 15 Skill 3: Add Shortcuts Windows repositioned so that desktop icons show Calculator added to pinned items Shortcut an icon linked to another file or program that opens the file or program

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 16 Skill 3: Add Shortcuts Desktop (create shortcut) command Send to submenu

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 17 Skill 3: Add Shortcuts Snipping Tool in Accessories folder Snipping Tool icon pinned to taskbar

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 18 Skill 3: Add Shortcuts Snip saved to desktop with a proper file name as a JPEG file Desktop selected File name JPEG file

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 19 Skill 4: Move Between Windows and Customize the Taskbar WordPad maximized Maximize button changes to Restore Down button Maximize enlarge a window to occupy the entire screen Minimize reduce a window to a button on the taskbar without actually closing it Restore reduce a window to the size it was before being maximized

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 20 Skill 4: Move Between Windows and Customize the Taskbar Transparent windows available (only if AERO feature is enabled) Show desktop button

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 21 Skill 4: Move Between Windows and Customize the Taskbar Switching windows using Alt + Tab Calculator is active window Jump list related files or commands you might want to jump to

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 22 Skill 4: Move Between Windows and Customize the Taskbar Taskbar displays on right side of screen Shake move a window back and forth quickly to open or close all other windows

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 23 Skill 5: Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows Diagonal Resize pointer Navigation pane (left side of window)

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 24 Skill 5: Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows Horizontal scroll Scroll box provides a visual indication of your location in the window Vertical scroll bar Scroll bar added to a window whenever it contains more content than it can display

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 25 Skill 5: Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows WordPad window snapped to the edge of the desktop

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 26 Skill 5: Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows Snip 1 inserted Your own name typed into WordPad Snip 2 inserted

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 27 Skill 6: Use Windows Explorer and Create Folders Open/close arrow Details pane Windows Explorer a program used to create and manage folders, and to copy, move, sort and delete files

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 28 Skill 6: Use Windows Explorer and Create Folders USB flash drive (name will vary) Files on USB drive would display here.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 29 Skill 6: Use Windows Explorer and Create Folders New folder button New folder in edit mode—a mode which allows you to change the name of a file or folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 30 Skill 6: Use Windows Explorer and Create Folders Name column heading Resize pointer The arrow in the Name column heading points up when the folders are displayed in ascending order (a to z) and points down when the folders are displayed in descending order (z to a).

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 31 Skill 7: Move and Rename Folders and Copy Files Student files on CD are displayed USB Flash Drive Opened

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 32 Skill 7: Move and Rename Folders and Copy Files Folder copied and renamed Files and folders can be copied by selecting, then dragging the file or folder directly on top of any other folder in the navigation pane.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 33 Skill 7: Move and Rename Folders and Copy Files Folders are listed before files. Two files copied, then pasted Clipboard a temporary storage area for content that is cut or copied

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 34 Skill 7: Move and Rename Folders and Copy Files Student files copied to the Windows 7 folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 35 Skill 8: Move, Rename, and Delete Files Files sorted by file type Word files Windows 7 folders

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 36 Skill 8: Move, Rename, and Delete Files All Word documents moved to the Documents of Firstname Lastname folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 37 Skill 8: Move, Rename, and Delete Files Views button arrow Renamed file Picture files moved into Pictures of Firstname Lastname Folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 38 Skill 8: Move, Rename, and Delete Files Delete File message box

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 39 Skill 9: Compress Files and Use the Address Bar Selected files File size of selected files Compress reduce the file size of one or more files into a single file

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 40 Skill 9: Compress Files and Use the Address Bar Compressed file created and named Total file size

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 41 Skill 9: Compress Files and Use the Address Bar Compressed file sizes Extract all files button

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 42 Skill 9: Compress Files and Use the Address Bar Address bar All folders—including the compressed folder—display in a menu.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 43 Skill 10: Explore Your Computer Using Folder Windows Desktop The working area of your computer. Folder window A Windows Vista feature that enables you to navigate to your computer’s files and folders. Dialog box A box where you decide which action the computer should take or select a setting provided in the dialog box. Folders The containers that hold files, computer programs, and other folders. Click the Start button and from the Start menu, click Documents.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 44 Skill 10: Explore Your Computer Using Folder Windows Parts of a Folder Window Name Function Address barDisplays the name of the folder window and the opened folders separated by arrows. Folders listDisplays an expandable list of all of the computer’s folders. Content paneDisplays the contents of the current folder. Back and Forward buttons Moves forward or backward through your recently viewed folders. Scroll boxMoves your view within a winder to display objects that are in the windows, but were not previously visible.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 45 Skill 10: Explore Your Computer Using Folder Windows In the Folders list, click Computer. Click Computer, open your CD/DVD tray, and then insert the student CD. When the AutoPlay dialog box displays, click Close. Double-click the Student CD icon. Icon A graphic representation of a file, folder, or computer drive. Toolbar A row of small buttons that activate commands.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 46 Skill 10: Explore Your Computer Using Folder Windows Click the Views button several times to change the icons in Content pane.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 47 Skill 11: Describe and Find Files and Folders Tags assigned to other files in the folder Tags separated by semicolons Details pane Tags custom file properties that help you find and organize files

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 48 Skill 11: Describe and Find Files and Folders Properties dialog box Details tab Description properties

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 49 Skill 11: Describe and Find Files and Folders Initial search results show only files that contains LSS in the file name. Search box

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 50 Skill 11: Describe and Find Files and Folders Saved search folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 51 Skills 12: Create Backup Copies of Your Work Zipped archive of Windows 7 folder Active folder is your storage device

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 52 Skills 12: Create Backup Copies of Your Work Backup file copied to another drive

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 53 Skills 13: Use Libraries to Organize Files Windows 7 folder on your storage device Local hard drive

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 54 Skills 13: Use Libraries to Organize Files The four default Windows libraries

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 55 Skills 13: Use Libraries to Organize Files Documents Library Locations dialog box, showing two locations

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 56 Skills 13: Use Libraries to Organize Files Windows 7 folder added to the Documents library

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 57 Skills 13: Use Libraries to Organize Files Class Work library is empty

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 58 Skills 13: Use Libraries to Organize Files Folder added to Class Work library

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 59 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Introduction folder contents Introduction folder in the Folder List

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 60 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Capture types Click Start button, point to All Programs, click Accessories folder, and click Snipping Tool to initiate Snipping Tool program. Snipping Tool Program used to create four types of screen captures.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 61 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Snipping Tool Screen Capture Types TypeDescription Free-form SnipCaptures an area drawn with your mouse. Rectangular SnipCaptures a rectangular region drawn with your mouse. Window SnipCaptures the window clicked on with your mouse. Full-screen SnipCaptures the entire screen including the taskbar.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 62 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Snipping Tool window Snipping Tool toolbar Screen capture

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 63 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Pen button Circled file name using Pen Highlighter buttonClick Eraser button to erase pen drawing or highlighting. Highlighted folder name using Highlighter Save Snip button

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 64 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Windows Photo Gallery after saving Snip

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 65 Skills 14: Capture a Screen with the Snipping Tool Clear Fit picture to frame check box.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 66 Skills 15: Organize Files Organizing files and folders requires descriptive names for files and folders, and content of folders should be of similar purpose. Organize button New folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 67 Skills 15: Organize Files Copy command Duplicates a selection and stores it in Clipboard. Clipboard Storage area in RAM that holds copied selections. Paste command Places items stored in Clipboard into a document or folder. Files copied from student data files

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 68 Skills 15: Organize Files Content paneFolder list Files can be dragged into folders. Move to ScreenTip Double-click folder to display contents.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 69 Skills 15: Organize Files Click the Delete command on the Organize menu to delete folders. New folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 70 Skills 15: Organize Files Cut Command Moves selected item from its location to Clipboard. Hold down Shift button when clicking on each file to select more than one file. Files moved to Site Photos folder Site Photos folder

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 71 Skills 15: Organize Files Click Views button arrow and then click Extra Large Icons. Files renamed Extra large icons

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 72 Skills 16: Search and Preview Files Student data files Folder saved to Documents folder and renamed

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 73 Skills 16: Search and Preview Files Windows Flip 3D Displays stacked preview of each open window and flips windows through arrow keys. Quick Launch ToolbarSwitch between windows button Press the arrow keys to flip through the stack.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 74 Skills 16: Search and Preview Files Preview pane Shortcut menu displayed by right- clicking selected text

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 75 Skills 16: Search and Preview Files All programs and files that match the typed text display. Search box Your files will differ

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 76 Skills 16: Search and Preview Files Details pane File selected

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 77 Skills 16: Search and Preview Files When a specific tag is selected, only files with that tag will be listed in Content pane. Tags column header

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 78 Skills 17: Delete and Restore Files Recycle Bin Container that stores files to be removed from computer. Restore Returns a file in the Recycle Bin to its original location. You cannot restore deleted files that were not moved to the Recycle Bin first. Right-click file and select Delete to display Delete File dialog box. File moved to Recycle Bin, not deleted

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 79 Skills 17: Delete and Restore Files File will be permanently deleted Windows Vista cannot work with deleted files.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 80 Skills 17: Delete and Restore Files Recycle Bin does not delete file until you click the Empty the Recycle Bin button. Click column heading to display files in Recycle Bin in Date Deleted order. While in Recycle Bin, files cannot be opened.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 81 Skills 17: Delete and Restore Files Click the Restore this item button in Recycle Bin to move file to original location. File restored to original location

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 82 Microsoft Windows 7 - Illustrated When you finish working on your computer, you must shut it down properly Shutting down the computer properly prevents loss of data and damage to Windows To shut down Windows and your computer: –Save and close any open documents and files –Close any open programs and windows –Shut down Windows Skills 18: Exiting Windows

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 83 Microsoft Windows 7 - Illustrated Shutting down Windows Skills 18: Exiting Windows

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 84 Microsoft Windows 7 - Illustrated Options for Ending a Windows 7 Session Shut Down Completely shuts down a computer Log Off Closes all windows, programs, and documents, logs off your user account, and displays the Welcome screen Restart Shuts down your computer and then restarts it Switch User Locks your user account and displays the Welcome screen so that another user can log on their account Lock Locks your user account, then displays the Welcome screen (same as Lock button ) Sleep Saves your work, turns off the monitor, then reduces power usage to all hardware so your computer appears off (same as Power button ) Hibernate Saves your work, then turns off your computer

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 85 Congratulations You have now completed all Skills for Windows 7