Microsoft Windows Vista

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Microsoft Windows Vista

• Introduction toWindows Vista

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Logging On to the Computer

• Type your user name on the Welcome screen to
  display the password text box
• Type your password in the password text box
• Click the arrow button to log on to the computer
  to display the desktop and the Windows Sidebar on
  the desktop
• You may see the Welcome Center screen as shown in
  the next slide

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Welcome Center ScreenWindows Sidebar
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Closing the Welcome Center Window

• If the Welcome Center displays, click the Close
  button in the top right corner of the Welcome
  Center window to close the Welcome Center window
• To get back to this Welcome Center window, go to
  Start/All Programs/Accessories/Welcome Center

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Desktop
Sidebar with gadgets
Start
Taskbar
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Getting Windows Vista Help

• Click on Start
• Click on Help and Support
• Click on Windows Basics

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Personalize Desktop

• Right-click on desktop
• Choose Personalize

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Windows Sidebar

• Contains mini-programs called gadgets, which
  offer information at a glance and provide easy
  access to frequently used tools.
• For example, you can use gadgets to display a
  picture slide show, view continuously updated
  headlines, show the time or look up contacts.

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Adding/Removing Gadgets

• Adding Gadgets
• Click at top of sidebar to add gadgets and
  click on topics to view gadgets to add
• Removing Gadgets
• Move mouse over gadget and click on the X to
  close the gadget

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Opening the Start Menu

• Click the Start button on the Windows Vista
  taskbar to open the Start menu
• Point to All Programs at the bottom of the left
  pane on the Start menu to display the All
  Programs list
• Click Accessories to expand the list of programs
  and folders in the Accessories folder

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Opening the Start Menu
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Right Side of Start Menu

• Contains links to parts of Windows that you're
  likely to use frequently.
• Personal folder
• Named for whoever is currently logged on to
  Windows. For example, if the current user is
  Logan, the folder will be named Logan. This
  folder, in turn, contains user-specific files,
  including the Documents, Music, Pictures, and
  Videos folders.
• Documents
• Opens the Documents folder, where you can store
  and open text files, spreadsheets, presentations,
  and other kinds of documents.
• Pictures
• Opens the Pictures folder, where you can store
  and view digital pictures and graphics files.

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Scrolling Using Arrows, the Scroll Bar and the
Scroll Box
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Adding an Icon to the Desktop

• Right-click anything
• Choose Send to
• Choose Desktop

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Opening a Folder

• Open the Start menu
• Click on a folder such as Pictures on the Start
  menu to open that window

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Expanding the Folders List

• Click the Folders button to expand the Folders
  list in the Navigation pane of the Pictures
  window

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Collapsing the Folders List

• Click the Folders button to collapse the Folders
  list

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Working with Folders

• Expand the folder list again
• Remember that the folders arrow expands and
  collapses the folder list
• You can click on the Back button to back out of a
  folder or click on another folder in the folder
  list
• Scroll down in the folder list to display
  Computer and click Computer to display drives on
  your computer

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Viewing Drives on your Computer
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Folder List Showing a Flash Drive
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Creating a Folder on a Removable Drive

• Double-click the new drive letter that displays
  the flash drive probably the (E) icon in the
  Folders list to open it
• Right-click an open area of the right pane to
  display a shortcut menu.
• Point to New on the shortcut menu to display the
  New submenu

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Creating a Folder

• From Within Folder List
• Right-click in open area and choose New/Folder
• OR
• Click Organize / New / Folder
• From Within Application
• Click on New Folder from Save or Open dialog box

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New Folder on a Removable Drive
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Expanding a Drive
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Searching for Files or Folders

• Open Search by clicking the Start button , and
  then clicking in the Search box.
• Type a word or part of a word in the Search box.
• As you type, files from a variety of locations on
  your computer will appear that match your text.
• My example is displaying a folder, some
  favorites, and two files that have the word
  Weatherford somewhere in the file

Search Box
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Searching in a Location

• Select the folder or drive you wish to search
• Type your search in the Search Box there

Search Box
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Online Help

• http//windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/def
  ault.mspx

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Logging Off the Computer

• Open the Start menu
• Point to the arrow to the right of the Lock this
  computer button to display a menu
• Click the Log Off command, and then wait for
  Windows Vista to prompt you to save any unsaved
  and log off

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Logging Off the Computer
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Turning Off the Computer

• Click the Shut down button on the Welcome screen
  to shut down the computer