LIS508 lecture 7

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LIS508 lecture 7

• Thomas Krichel
• 2002-11-03

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Structure of talk

• basic concepts
• customization
• follow and practice but
• PLEASE set things back
• Literature windows 98 step by step

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look at desktop

• icons
• taskbar
• start button
• folder icons
• opening leads new window
• buttons on window
• minimize
• maximize / restore
• close

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mouse operation

• primary button
• press select
• press and move normal drag
• secondary button
• press context menu
• press and move special drag

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a window

• is a rectangular, bordered element on the windows
  98 screen
• only one window is active at a time
• a window can be resized
• a window has a title line
• a window has a menu
• activate with ALT
• select using arrow keys

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more about a window

• if the contents is too large to fit the size,
  scroll bars are displayed.
• They allow the logical contents to be navigated
  from the physical window.
• if all windows are closed, you see the desktop
  (this is how I define the desktop)

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the toolbar

• can be moved like other windows
• desktop item shows the desktop
• context sensitive menu has useful customization
• auto hide
• always on top
• small/big items
• show clock
• off the bar use ALTTAB

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right click on taskbar

• allows to order windows
• tile horizontal
• tile vertical
• cascade

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web active desktop

• customize my desktop
• you can customize to achieve web style desktop
• web folder option achieve that
• other aspects can be changed in appearance
• you can create a new active channel with the
  display properties box

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desktop color and background

• can be set with desktop right click ? properties
• center pattern leaves a single instance in the
  middle
• choose tile or stretch to fill background
• you can put your own picture
• you can set a screensaver
• protects privacy
• saves monitor power
• makes you feel like a geek.
• don't add a password here

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creating shortcuts

• a shortcut is a file that is a pointer to another
  file.
• take an application from the menu and use the
  special drag to put it on the desktop
• you can rename (secondary click) and delete a
  shortcut. deleting the shortcut does not remove
  the target of the shortcut.

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my computer

• is a top-level access to files and folders on the
  computer
• in web style, moving over an icon will give you
  information about it
• you can use the address bar to type name of files
  and folders, it has auto-completion

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file sorting

• in the standard tool bar with the folder ? views
• sort
• by date, by size, by name
• icon style
• large, small, list, details
• open folders and move files in there to create
  order

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file finding

• in start ? find ? file or folders
• name
• contents
• location
• date
• file type

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delete

• to delete file, righclick on the item, select
  delete
• that moves it in the recycling bin
• then click right on the recycling bin and remove
  it from there.

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customizing the start button

• you can special drag often-used items (programs
  or folders) to the start menu
• you can rearrange items on the tool bar with the
  ghost and locator bar
• similar exercise can be done on the favorites
  list in the folder view.
• you can even move programs to the tool bar for
  quick access.

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windows update

• http//windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• do this now to see how you can update the machine

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shutting down

• start ? shutdown ? shut