1. CS-0110 Introduction to Windows XP
Spring 2009

2. What is Windows XP? Windows XP is an operating system:
Software that controls the hardware attached to your computer
Uses a graphical user interface (GUI) —graphics or pictures to represent commands and actions
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3. Introduction
Windows is the most popular operating system in use today.
In this session we will go over some of the basic fundamentals of Windows’ GUI.
Most of these will be common or similar to other GUI’s you might come across.

4. Mouse Pointing Device 3 Buttons (typically) Actions
Left, Right, & Middle
Actions
Click & Double click
Click, Drag, & Drop
Hover
Scrolling

5. Scrolling Allows one to view a document that doesn’t fit on screen.
Ways to scroll:
Click on scrollbar
Drag scrollbar
Arrow Keys
Page Up & Down Keys
Scrollwheel

6. Keyboard Primary input method for text.
Also used for commands (hotkeys)
Key Combos: [Shift] + [4] = “$”

7. Modifier keys Don’t usually do anything by themselves.
Used in combos to execute commands
Keys:
Shift (Capitals & symbols, Reverse command)
Control “Ctrl” (App. Hotkeys)
Windows (OS Hotkeys)
Alternate “Alt” (Menu Hotkeys)

8. Navigation keys Used to move around within an application
Sometimes used with modifier keys
Keys:
Arrow keys – move text cursor
Home – move to beginning
End – move to end
Page Up/Down – scroll window

9. Function keys Keys that perform special commands on their own
Windows key – Opens the start Menu
Application Key – Opens a context menu
Print Screen – Copies the screen to the clipboard
F1-F12 – Usually application specific
F1 – almost always “help”
F2 – Usually rename
F3 – Usually “search” or “find”
F5 – Usually “refresh”

10. Desktop
What you see when you clear off your desk, or close everything on your computer
Where everything is displayed, and where files and shortcuts can be stored

11. The Desktop
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12. Re-size, Move, and Scroll Windows
Windows opens in the same size and shape as it was when last used.
Windows can be increased, decreased, or moved.
Use scroll bars to display information that extends beyond the screen.
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13. Maximize, Restore, Minimize, and Close Windows
Maximize enlarges the window to occupy the entire screen.
Restore reduces the window to the size it was before being maximized.
Minimize:
Reduces the window to a button on the taskbar and removes it from the screen entirely.
Click the taskbar button to bring it back into view.
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14. Drives The hard drive (local disk) is identified by C:\ Other drives:
A floppy disk drive is identified by (A:).
A zip drive uses a removable disk that holds more information than a floppy disk.
Flash drives or USB drives or thumb drives plug into a computer Universal Serial Bus (USB) port.
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15. Examples of Drives
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16. Folder / Directory A container to store files in
Organized in a hierarchy called a tree
The top (or root) of the tree is either the drive the files are on or the desktop

17. To Create a New Folder
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18. File A set of related data bundled into one package
Has a name and an extension that indicates the type of file it is.
.txt = text file
.jpg = picture file
.mp3 = audio file

19. Folders and Files
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20. Ways to Use Files To manage data files:
Copy files from one location to another.
Delete files to remove clutter.
Archive documents for long-term storage.
Make file and folder names more descriptive.
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21. Finding Files and Folders
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22. Finding Files and Folders
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23. Clipboard
The windows clipboard is a way to easily store and move text from one application to another
Can be used to store:
Text
Pictures
Files
And More…

24. Clipboard Copy – Causes the computer to remember one thing for later
Cut – Causes the computer to remember one thing for later and remove it from the current spot
Paste – Causes the computer to take what it remembered and place it in the current location

25. Hotkeys for the Clipboard
Useful key combos for executing commands in windows and applications
Examples:
Ctrl – C, Ctrl – X, & Ctrl – V run the clipboard
Alt-F4 closes a program

26. The Recycle Bin
Windows temporarily stores files deleted from your hard drive in a Recycle Bin.
To recover deleted files, right-click the file name in the Contents pane and click Restore in the shortcut menu.
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27. Compressing Files
Compressing multiple files into a single folder that uses a .zip file extension:
Reduces the size of files to send as attachments.
Files can be unzipped for editing using the Extraction Wizard.
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28. Compressed File Results
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29. Office 2007 Requirements 500 MHz processor 256 MB RAM
1.5 Hard Drive Space
Windows XP SP2 or higher

30. Software Services
If you don’t own Windows XP, Vista, or Office 2007 and would like to, Pitt’s software services offers them free to Pitt students
Website:
Location:
105 Bellefield Hall
open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

31. FTP File Transfer Protocol A way to share files on the internet
Windows Explorer works with FTP
Class Submission Site:
ftp://ftp.cs.pitt.edu/incoming/CS0110/cole

32. Some information in these lectures is influenced by or derived from Shayne Evans, Prof. George Novacky, Dr. Yasir Khalifa, and/or John Knox’s CS-0110 lecture materials. Additional images are obtained from stock.xchng or the Wikipedia Commons under either a royalty-free or GNU license.