Windows 98

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The 8 Most Important Things to Know About
Windows 98
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1) Terms to Know
6) Using Help
2) Starting an Office 97 Application
7)File Managment
8) Finding a missing file
3) Multitasking
4) Utilizing the Right Mouse Button
5) Saving files
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Terms to Know
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The Desktop
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The Taskbar
The taskbar contains the start button which is
the starting point for opening the start menu
which opens further menus to open programs The
taskbar lets you move between tasks of any open
windows or programs.
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An Example of an Icon

• This desktop is filled with many icons.
• An icon is a small picture representation of a
  simple way to access a program, a file, or a
  task.

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• To Practice Opening a Window Double Click
  on the My Computer Icon

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An Example of a Window
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Title Bar
Notice the description of this Window in the
title bar is My Computer To Move a Window on
the Desktop click on the title bar and drag to a
new position
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To Minimize a Window

• Click on the first box with a dash in it
• Notice that the window is now minimized and
  showing on the taskbar located on the bottom of
  the screen

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To Get the Minimized Window Back on the Desktop

• Click on the description of the title bar which
  is present on the task bar

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To Maximize a Window

• Click on the second box with a square in it
• Notice how the window fills the entire desktop

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To Close a Window

• Click on the third box with an X in it.
• Notice how the window is completely gone from the
  desktop and taskbar.

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Starting an Application
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Starting an Application

• Use the Start Button
• Programs
• Microsoft Word

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Now you try this

• Open up Word and then minimize it
• Open up Excel and minimize it
• Now we are ready to multitask !

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Multitasking
Running Several Different Programs at the Same
Time
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Creating a Document in Word

• Maximize Word
• File Menu
• New
• Double click on blank document icon (may not be
  necessary)
• Type a few sentences

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Creating a Document in Excel

• Right now you have two options
• 1) Minimize Word to the taskbar before maximizing
  Excel
• (this is comparable to shoving material on your
  desk off to the side making room for something
  new)
• 2) Simply click on the Excel without minimizing
  Word
• (this is comparable to stacking new material over
  previous material on your desk)

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Creating a Document in Excel

• File Menu
• New
• Type in a few numbers in the cells

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Now Lets Copy the Cells from Excel into Word
Using the Menu

• Highlight the cells with numbers in them
• Edit Menu
• Copy
• Use your preferred method of multitasking back to
  Word
• In Word place the cursor after your sentences
• Edit Menu
• Paste

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Right Click
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Now lets do the Same Copy Using the Right Mouse
Click

• Go back to Excel
• Highlight the cells with numbers to be copied
• Right click on top of the highlighted area
• Notice the shortcut menu that appears
• Left click on the Copy option
• Go back to Word
• Place the cursor in the document
• Right click to get the shortcut menu
• Left click to paste

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Could You Tell the Difference Between Your Left
and Right Mouse Buttons?
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Saving Files
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Saving Documents

• Saving is easy, the hard part is remember where
  you saved your file because there are many places
  to save. But dont worry you will know how to
  recover those lost files by the end of this
  presentation.

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Saving to Your Home Directory

• File Menu
• Save
• You will get a saving dialogue box
• Click on the arrow to view your options

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Creating File Names

• File Names are not limited to 8 characters, in
  fact you can use up to 225 characters!
• Change the doc1.doc in the file name text box to
  a more meaningful file name to you

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Choosing an extension for your file name

• You do not need to type in the 3 letter extension
  because you can select it below the file name in
  the saving dialogue box.

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How to Know If You Have Saved

• Notice the title bar of the Word document is
  Document 1
• Click on the Save button
• Notice the title bar of the Word document has now
  changed to your file name.
• Now close Word
• Now close Excel (you should get this)

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Using Help
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3 Options for Using Help in Excel
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Microsoft Excel Help
This will bring down the Microsoft Helper Guy You
can type in your question in the form of a
sentence Click Search It will refer you to the
help it thinks you need
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Using Contents and Index Help
Just double click a topic marked with a book Then
it will provide subtopics that are marked with a
question mark Double click to get the help you
need
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Using Contents and Index Help
Make sure the Index Tab is selected Type in the
word you are looking for If the word is in the
database it will show up and may have
subcategories as well Double click to find what
you are looking for
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Using Whats This? Help
This will change your cursor into an arrow and a
question mark Click on any area of the screen you
are unsure of to obtain a definition such as the
one pictured here
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Help Menus Across Applications
The help menus will be very much the same from
one application to another. The only difference
is the help is specifically targeted for a
particular program. Otherwise the format of the
help menu is the same.
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File Management
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Finding Missing Files
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How to Find a Missing File

• Start Button
• Find
• File or Folders

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Type the name of the file in the Named text
box Use the arrow to select the area to search in
the Look in dropdown list box Click the Find Now
Button
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Your Results of the Search
From here you can find the path or double click
on the file to access it
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Searching for a forgotten file name

• If you know the three letter extension, but not
  the file name try this
• (this is just an example for a word document)
• .doc
• the asterisk is a wildcard for the file name

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TabMenuTool tipToolbar
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You Are Done