with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall1 PowerPoint Presentation to Accompany GO! with Windows 7 Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 ‘ {]

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall2 Objectives Get Started with Windows 7 Use the Start Menu and Manage Windows Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall3 Objectives Create, Move, and Rename Folders Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files Find Files and Folders

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall4 Getting Started with Windows 7 Coordinates activities of computer hardware Controls how screen is displayed Controls how programs are opened and closed Controls start-up and shut-down Controls computers navigation procedures

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall5 Get Started with Windows 7 Windows 7 is an operating system Available in several versions –Starter –Home Premium –Professional –Ultimate –Enterprise

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall6 Getting Started with Windows 7 Windows 7 desktop

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall7 Getting Started with Windows 7 Parts of a Window

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall8 Getting Started with Windows 7 Menu is a list of commands within category on a shortcut menu Shortcut menu is context sensitive

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall9 Getting Started with Windows 7 Windows Aero–user interface–3D appearance Transparent window frames Live previews of open windows Multiple color schemes Requires extra memory Good video card

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall10 Getting Started with Windows 7 Personalizing the desktop

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall11 Getting Started with Windows 7 Gadgets display dynamic programs Can be moved anywhere on screen

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall12 Use the Start Menu and Manage Windows Start menu –Provides access to programs –Enables you to change the way Windows operates –Access and configure network –Get help and support Submenus are second-level menus Pinned program area–reserved area for program display

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall13 Use the Start Menu and Manage Windows Start menu

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall14 Use the Start Menu and Manage Windows Shortcuts can be added to –Start menu –Desktop –Taskbar

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall15 Use the Start Menu and Manage Windows Windows can be minimized, maximized, and restored Windows can be displayed or hidden –Use shortcut

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall16 Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows Windows generally open the same as when last used Horizontal scroll bar moves content left and right Vertical scroll bar moves content up and down Taskbar quickly reviews window content Taskbar can be moved to any edge of desktop

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall17 Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows Multiple windows opened

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall18 Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows Moving and resizing a window

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall19 Create, Move, and Rename Folders Data you create can be lost if you don’t save before you turn the computer off Files can be stored on a drive More commonly files are stored in folders Folders organize files Windows Explorer enables –Folders to be created –Files to be copied, moved, sorted, and deleted

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall20 Create, Move, and Rename Folders Libraries are used to sort files Four libraries are setup by default –Documents –Music –Pictures –Videos Each library assigned two folders –User folder –Public folder

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall21 Create, Move, and Rename Folders Computer storage devices –Hard drive (local disk) –Flash, USB, or thumb drives –CD drive –DVD drive

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall22 Create, Move, and Rename Folders Create new folder Store different types of files Rename new folder –Edit mode –Right-click Sort folders –Ascending order –Descending order Resize columns

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall23 Create, Move, and Rename Folders Move folders including files –From drive to drive –To another location same drive

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall24 Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files Copying files is a data management task May need to reduce clutter on drive Move to different folder or drive Archive files and folders Change names to be more descriptive

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall25 Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files Drag files to another device to copy –Original remains in original location Drag file to location same drive (move) –Original no longer in original location File extension may not display –Default setting in Windows 7 is to hide them File extensions can be associated with programs

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall26 Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files Files with graphics can be large To reduce size, files can be compressed Can compress content of folder, several files, or single file Compressed file has.zip extension Can be uncompressed

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall27 Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall28 Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files Navigate folders and drives using address bar

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall29 Find Files and Folders Files and folders accumulate Easy to forget name or location Can add tags Tags are custom file properties Tags are part of the file’s metadata

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall30 Find Files and Folders

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall31 Find Files and Folders A search folder is created under Favorites Created on the hard drive Retains conditions specified during search Recreates same search each time Searches only in specific location

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall32 Find Files and Folders Wildcards can be used in searches *–represents one or more characters –Example c*t will return all words starting with c and ending with t ?–represents single character –Example c?t will return all three letter words starting with c and ending with t Especially useful if file or folder name is misspelled

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall33 Objectives Get Started with Windows 7 Use the Start Menu and Manage Windows Resize, Move, and Scroll Windows

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall34 Objectives Create, Move, and Rename Folders Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete Files Find Files and Folders

with Windows 7 Getting Started© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall35 35 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall