The document discusses the key components of the Windows desktop interface, including icons, the desktop area, mouse pointer, start button and menu, taskbar, and clock. It describes common elements of windows like title bars, buttons, and scroll bars. It also outlines how to use dialog boxes, arrange windows, start programs, size windows, and move between applications in Windows.
2. Understanding the Windows
Desktop
Components of the Desktop
ICON
DESKTOP
MOUSE POINTER
MY COMPUTER ICON
MY DOCUMENT ICON
RECYCLE BIN
START BUTTON
START MENU
TASKBAR
CLOCK
3. ICON
pictures that represented programs,
files, folders etc.
4. DESKTOP
this area takes up
the entire
background of the
screen.
it is a box on your
screen that
contains items
such as icons,
files or folders.
5. MY DOCUMENTS
Windows makes it easy for you by giving you
your own personal folder, called My
Documents.
This special folder will contain everything you
create in Windows.
All the documents, graphics, worksheets and
other files will be saved somewhere in this
folder.
Clicking the icon opens a folder that’s the
holding place for everything you do.
6. MOUSE POINTER
(usually an arrow) is used to select items and
choose command.
Using the Mouse
You can use the mouse quickly to select any
object on-screen, such as an icon or a
window.
There are two process involve: POINTING
and CLICKING
7. MY COMPUTER ICON
it gives you access to a window in which you
can browse through the contents of your
computer or find out information about the
disk drive, control panel & printers that you
have on your computer.
8. RECYCLE BIN
TheRecycle bin is a holding bin for the
items that the user deleted.
You can go back and take the things out
of the recycle bin, should you change of
heart in deleting something.
Serves as your electronic trash can
9. START BUTTON
Itis located on the lower left corner of your
screen.
By clicking the Start Button it will display the
start menu, which contains a list of
commands that enable you to work quickly
and easily.
10. START MENU
The start menu is
attached to the Start
Button, which you’ll
most likely to find in the
lower-left corner of the
screen. the start menu,
To see
click the start button with
your mouse. You can
also use the Ctrl+Esc
combination to pop up the
start menu.
11. Menu Item What It Does
Programs – Displays the submenu
of programs.
Documents – Displays a submenu of recent
documents you’ve open.
Settings - Displays a submenu for quick
access to the Windows tools.
Search - List commands that help you
find files, folders and programs
on disk.
12. Menu Item What It Does
Help - Begins the windows main
help system.
Run - Opens a dialog box where you
can type the name of a
command to run.
Shut Down - Offers several options for
quitting Windows.
13. TASKBAR
TheTaskbar is located at the bottom of the
screen.
You can use the taskbar to quickly launch
programs and switch to a different documents or
tasks that you have open.
14. CLOCK
Itis located on the lower right corner of the
taskbar that shows the current time.
15. THE CONTROL PANEL
Thecontrol panel is used to control the
appearance and the behavior of
Windows and the various hardware in
your personal computer.
The control panel contains icons that do
a variety of things including changing
the way your desktop looks and setting
the options for various devices in your
computer.
16. ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL
1. Click the start menu button
2. Choose Settings
3. Click on Control Panel
1. Double-click on My Computer
2. Double-click on the Control Panel Icon
17. MY NETWORK PLACES
The My Network Places icon lets you peek
at the computer at the network.
The icon is there whether or not your PC is
connected to a network.
18. INTERNET EXPLORER
Web browser, which is your gateway to the
internet.
This is a program that Microsoft adds to the
desktop for easy access.
19. WORKING WITH A WINDOW
What is a Window?
Itis a rectangular area on your
screen in which you view
program folders, files or icons.
20. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
Control Menu Icon
Title Bar
Minimize button
Restore button
Close button
Status bar
Menu bar
Scroll bars
21. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
Control Menu Icon
- it contains the control menu
commands such as resize, move,
maximize, close and split the active
window.
Title bar
- it displays the name of the program
and/ or document currently open.
Minimize Button
- reduce the size of the active window
22. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
Maximize button
- It increases the size of the active window
Restore button
- It is used to return a window to the
size it was before.
Close button
- Exits the current window
23. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
Status Bar
- registers the number of object on the
window that is currently open.
Menu Bar
- Displays the menus available for the
program/ window you are currently
working
Scroll Bars
- it allows you to shift information that is
displayed in the active window to the
left, right, up and down.
24. STARTING A NEW PROGRAM
1. Click the start button
2. Choose Programs
3. Find the program that you want
4. Click your program
25. SIZING A WINDOW BORDER
Minimize – reduce the window to a button on
the taskbar
Maximize- to enlarge the window to its
maximum size
Restore- to return a window to the size it was
before it was maximized.
26. SIZING A WINDOW BORDER
Vertical Doubled-Headed Arrows –
resize the window’s height.
Horizontal Doubled-Headed Arrows –
resize the window’s width.
Diagonal Doubled-Headed Arrows –
resize the window’s height & width
proportionally.
27. CLOSING A WINDOW
Clickthe control menu icon, choose
close.
Choose the Close command to close the
window.
QUICKIE CLOSE
Click
on the close button or press
ALT+F4.
28. Dialog boxes
It is a rectangular window which varies
in size and usually appears in the
center of the screen.
Windows uses dialog boxes to
exchange information with you (users)
29. COMPONENTS OF DIALOG BOX
1. Text box
2. List box
3. Drop-down list box
4. Option button
5. Check box
6. Tabbed Pages
30. Text box
Provides with a place to type an entry
such as a name for a file you want; to
save or a path you wants to use to find a
specific file.
Ex. Saving file – filename
31. List Box
Presents a list of possible choices which
you can choose.
Scroll bars often accompany a list box
so that you can scroll through the list
Ex. Slide transition - slide show
32. Drop-down list box
This box is a single-line list box with a
down arrow button to the right of it.
When you click on the arrow, the drop
down list box opens to displays a list of
choices.
Ex. Font style & sizes
33. Option Button
Presents a group of related choices from
which you can choose only one. Simply
click on the option button you want to
select, and all others become
deselected.
Ex. Printing Documents
34. Check Boxes
Present a single option or group of
related options. A check mark appears
in the box next to an option to indicate
that this is active.
Ex. Inserting Slide number
35. Tabbed Pages
Represented multiple sections of a
dialog box. One tab is displayed at a
time, and each tab contains related
options. Choosing a tab changes the
options that appear in the dialog box.
Ex. Viewing header & footer
36. ARRANGING WINDOWS
Cascade – lays all open windows on top
of each other
Tile – if you need all open windows at
the same time.
Tile horizontally
Tile vertically
37. Moving between applications
Press ALT+TAB to switch to a different
application, the icons and application name of
all windows appear in one dialog box.