10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Lesson - 15 Introduction Windows 7, previous version of the latest version (Windows 8.1) of Microsoft Windows, was produced for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, and media center PCs. Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and reached general retail availability on October 22, 2009. 2 Some New Features of Windows 7 Libraries Multi-Touch Aero Peek Aero Shake Jump Lists Taskbar Icons New Themes Snapping Internet Explorer 9 Windows Media Player 12 Gadgets Desktop Slideshow Libraries Libraries help you quickly access files and folders located in different places of your computer or network. Libraries bring files and folders you need to one place, no matter where they are stored. 3 4 Multi-Touch If you ve got a touch-screen PC, you can easily read online newspapers or manage your files without the need for a mouse. All you need is your fingers. For example, in order to zoom in on picture, just put your two fingers on the screen and spread them apart. Aero Peek Aero Peek lets us preview the desktop in an X-Ray vision mode. Using this feature, we can peer past all your open windows straight to the Windows 7 desktop. 5 6 1
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Aero Shake You can use Aero Shake to quickly minimize all open windows except the one you re shaking. This feature can save you time if you want to focus on a single window without minimizing all your other open windows one by one. You can then restore all of those windows by shaking the open window again. Jump Lists Jump lists give you the option of viewing a list of recently accessed files by application, even when the application is not open, by right-clicking on the program s icon in the taskbar. Jump lists have also been integrated into the Start Menu. 7 8 Taskbar Icons In Windows 7, we can close any application using its preview window. We can pause Media Player using its thumbnail. New Themes Windows 7 offers you new themes with an Aero desktop experience. New themes include a set of desktop background pictures sliding over time. 9 10 Snapping Snapping is a new way of resizing open windows. All we need to do is drag a window to the top, left, or right edge of the screen. We can resize the window in several ways depending on which side you drag. Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 9 was released as the fastest and safest version of all Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers. After Windows 7 was released, Internet Explorer 9 was introduced to Windows users. 11 12 2
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Windows Media Player 12 Windows Media Player now plays the most popular audio and video formats, including new support for 3GP, AAC, AVCHD, DivX, MOV, and XVid. Gadgets Gadgets are mini-programs that come with Windows. In Windows Vista, gadgets were placed in the sidebar located along the right edge of the screen. Windows 7 sets gadgets free, and now we can place gadgets anywhere we want on the screen. 13 14 Desktop Slideshow The Desktop Slideshow feature allows the user to change the wallpaper at specified intervals, ranging from 10 seconds to 1 day. Each Windows 7 theme has its own slideshow, which contains several wallpapers. We can also create our own desktop slideshow using your own pictures. 15 Lesson - 16 www.semainformatics.wordpress.com Logging On to Windows When the installation of Microsoft Windows 7 is finished and you turn on your computer, the Windows 7 logon screen will appear. If we set a password for your user account during the installation of Windows, click on the user account button and enter our password. If we did not set a password, just click on the button and log on to Windows 7. Windows Desktop When we log on to Windows, the first thing we will see on the screen is the desktop. 17 18 3
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Windows 7 Desktop Components Some of Windows 7 Desktop Components are: 1. Start Button 2. Most Used Programs List 3. Search Box 4. Mouse Pointer 5. Taskbar Buttons 6. Tooltip 7. Taskbar 8. Start Menu 9. Gadgets 10. Pinned Items List 11. Icon 12. Notification Area 19 Taskbar The taskbar is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen. Unlike the desktop, which can get obscured by open windows, the taskbar is almost always visible. It has four main sections: The show desktop button The Start button The middle section The notification area 20 Quick Lunch Default Quick Lunch buttons are: Internet Explorer Windows Media Player Windows Explorer Start Button The Start button is located on the left edge of the taskbar. It is the most important component on the Windows desktop. It is used to open the Start menu, which is used to access all your programs as well as recently used programs and files. 21 22 Time and Date The time and date are displayed near the right edge of the taskbar. You can change time and date settings by clicking on the time and date icon. 23 Window A window is a frame on the screen that displays the contents of opened: files, folders, or programs. Several windows can be displayed on the screen at one time, either side by side, top to bottom, or overlapping. 24 4
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Taskbar Buttons Taskbar buttons are icons representing open and pinned programs, folders, or files. Whenever you open a program, folder, or file, Windows creates a corresponding button on the taskbar. The button shows an icon that represents the open program. Start Menu You can open the Start menu by clicking the Start button or by using the <Ctrl>+<Esc> key combination or by pressing from keyboard. The Start menu lets you easily access the most useful items on your computer. All Programs Most frequently used programs Search box. 25 26 Recycle Bin The Recycle Bin stores all the files you delete from your computer. We can use the Recycle Bin to restore files you have accidentally deleted. We get more disk space by emptying the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin is the only folder displayed on the desktop when you first start Windows 7. Computer Icon You can access all your drives, removable media (e.g., DVD or flash memory), folders, and files using the Computer icon. It is the main access to all files in your computer. 27 28 Network Icon The Network icon provides access to the computers and devices on our network. From there, we can see the contents of network computers and find shared files and folders. We can also view and install network devices, such as printers. 29 User s Folder By default when we save a file it is saved to User Folder. By default, it contains (user files and folders) folders such as: Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos and Downloads. This folder is named after the user account s name. 30 5
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Control Panel We can use the Control Panel to change settings for Windows. These settings control nearly everything about how Windows looks and works, and they allow us to set up Windows so that it s just right for us. Shortcuts Shortcuts are a type of icon that offers quick access to files, folders, or programs. Shortcuts look similar to other icons except that they have a small, curved arrow in the bottom-left corner. We can create, copy, move, and delete a shortcut without affecting the file, folder, or program itself. 31 32 Icons Files, folders, and programs are represented by small pictures called icons. A file s icon is represented by the program the file was created. For example: A Microsoft Word document s icon is similar to the icon of the Microsoft Word program in which the document was created. The name of the file, folder, or program is displayed under the icon. Icon of a Word Document Icon of a Folder Icon of the Word Program Gadgets Gadgets are mini-programs that come with Windows 7. Using gadgets, you can access frequently used tools. We can place gadgets anywhere on the screen by dragging them. 33 34 Lesson - 17 Understanding Windows Windows are frames on the desktop that contain the contents of opened files, folders, or programs. Windows can be closed, resized, moved, minimized to a button on the taskbar, or maximized to take up the whole screen. www.semainformatics.wordpress.com 36 6
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Parts of a Window Main parts of Windows are: Back Button Forward Button Address Bar Menu Bar Toolbar Minimize Button Maximize/Restore Down Button Close Button Search Box Selected Item Groups Navigation Pane Preview Pane Scroll Bar Details Pane 37 Title Bar The title bar is a horizontal bar at the top of each window of a program. The title bar contains: the program icon, the title of the window, the minimize button, the maximize button, the close button. 38 Toolbar A toolbar is a row, column, or block on-screen of buttons or icons in a program. Toolbar of Windows Explorer When Any Folder is Selected Toolbar of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 39 Navigation Pane The navigation pane is used to access libraries, folders, saved searches, and even entire hard disks. We can use: the Favorites section to open your most commonly used folders and searches, the Libraries section to access your libraries, and the Computer folder to browse folders and subfolders. 40 Search Box A search box is included at the top of each open window or on the Start menu. It is used for looking for any item in the current folder or library. When we start typing, the search starts automatically. Address Bar The address bar is used to navigate to a different folder or library or to return to the previous one. 41 42 7
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Back and Forward Buttons Back and Forward buttons are used to navigate to other folders or libraries that we have already opened without closing the current folder. Details Pane The details pane displays the most common properties related to the selected item. File properties are information about a file, such as: its size, the date we last modified it, and any descriptive tags we might have added to the file. Back Forward 43 Details Pane for an.mp3 File 44 Preview Pane The preview pane displays the contents of most files. If you ve selected a picture, music, or a text file, you can see their content without opening them in a program. If the preview pane is not displayed in Windows Explorer, click on in the toolbar to turn it on. Menu Bar The menu bar is a long bar where function menus are located. We can use function menus to perform several operations, such as: opening, copying, or moving a file or folder. Almost every program has a specific menu bar. If a menu bar is not displayed in Windows Explorer, use the Organize button. 45 46 Using a Program Icon A program icon is located at the left edge of a title bar of a program. The program icon displays a pop-up menu. This menu lets us access the: minimize, maximize, close, restore, resize, and move the window options. To display the program or folder icon pop-up menu, click on the program or folder icon in the title bar or press <Alt> + <Spacebar> Using the Scroll Bars The scroll bar is used to scroll through a list of files or folders in order to display or select them. When the contents of a window are too large to fit in the screen, scroll bars appear to scroll both vertically and horizontally through the window. 47 48 8
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Lesson - 18 Manipulating Windows We can work with several programs at a time in Windows. To make working with several programs at once very easy, we can change the size of the windows by: maximize minimize resize a window 50 Minimizing a Window Minimizing windows is useful if you need to view the desktop or just want to temporarily hide the open window. Minimizing a window displays the window in the taskbar as a button. Ways to minimize a window: Click the Minimize button on the title bar. Click the program icon on the title bar. From the pop-up menu, select Minimize. Right-click on the title bar. From the pop-up menu, select Minimize. In order to minimize all open windows, use the + <M> key combination. 51 Maximizing a Window A maximized window fills the entire screen. Ways to maximize a window are: Click the Maximize button on the title bar Click on the program icon on the title bar; from the popup menu, select Maximize Double-click the title bar Using Snapping Tool If a window is open but not maximized, use + <Up Arrow>. 52 Restoring a Window A maximized window fills the entire screen. Ways to maximize a window are: Click the Restore Down button on the title bar Click on the program icon on the title bar; from the pop-up menu, select Restore Double-click the title bar Using Snapping Tool If a window is open but not maximized, use + <Down Arrow>. 53 Snapping a Window Snapping is a new way of resizing windows. All we have to do is drag a window until the mouse pointer reaches the left, right, or top edge of the screen. Shortcut keys for snapping are: + <Left Arrow>, + <Right Arrow> + <Up Arrow>. 54 9
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Shaking a Window We can use the Aero Shake feature to quickly minimize every open window except the one you re shaking. We can then restore all of those windows by shaking the open window again. We can also use the + <Home> key combination to minimize all windows except the active one. 55 Moving a Window There are different ways to move a window. Click and drag the window title bar to the position you want Click on the program or folder icon on the title bar. From the Program icon, select Move. 56 Resizing a Window You can resize a window by changing the width or height of a window. To resize an open window: Change the width, point to the left or right window border. Change the height, point to the top or bottom window border. Change the height and width at the same time, point to any window corner. 57 Switching Between Windows There are several ways of switching between open windows. Click the taskbar button that corresponds to the window you want to switch to. Press and hold down the Alt key and press the Tab key to display the task list. We can cycle through items in the order they were opened using the <Alt>+<Esc> key combination. 58 Switching Between Windows Flip 3D Feature Another way of cycling through open windows is using the Flip 3D feature of Windows 7. In order to switch between windows using Flip 3D, use: +<Tab> key combination. <Ctrl>+ +<Tab> to keep the Flip 3D open. 59 Tiling and Cascading Windows When you have several windows or programs open, you can have Windows 7 automatically arrange them for you, instead of manually resizing and pushing them around. Windows can organize your windows in two different ways by tiling and cascading. Tiling Windows Horizontally or Vertically Cascading Windows 60 10
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Tiling Windows Tiling Windows Horizontally Right-click on an empty area from the shortcut menu, select: Show windows stacked. Tiling Windows Vertically Right-click on an empty area from the shortcut menu, select: Show windows side by side. Cascading Windows Cascading windows arranges all open windows so that title bars are listed under each other. In order to cascade windows: right-clicking on the taskbar, select Cascade windows. 61 62 Lesson - 19 Introduction A command is a directive to a computer program to perform a specific task. The commands can be given to a program in several ways, such as: Using menus Toolbars Shortcut menus and keystroke shortcuts. 64 Introduction Window menus change according to the current file, folder, or program opened. You can select a menu item with mouse or you can use the Alt key to use menu bar. 65 File Menu The File menu offers tasks to manage files and folders. File menu include tasks like: Creating Opening Exploring Creating shortcuts, Renaming Deleting file or folder 66 11
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review View Menu Edit Menu The View menu offers tasks to change how files and folders in a window are viewed. View menu include tasks like: Change display of files and folder Show or hide toolbars and the status bar Arranging Icons etc 67 The Edit menu also offers tasks to manage content of files and folders. Edit menu include tasks like: copying, cutting, and pasting Undoing Redoing file and folder actions. 68 Tools Menu Help Menu The Tools menu offers tasks to: manage network drives, synchronize offline files and folders, and set folder options. The Help menu offers a link to the Help and Support Center, offers to check the legality of your Windows 7 copy, and displays information about your copy of Windows 7. 69 70 Dialog Boxes Dialog Boxes Some commands in menus include additional options. Such commands have a ( ) sign after the command text. When you select such a command, a dialog box appears. Dialog boxes have controls to help selections, including: 1. Tab 2. Radio button 3. Button 71 72 12
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Dialog Boxes Dialog boxes have controls to help selections, including: 1. List box 2. Check box 3. Combo box 4. Ok button 5. Cancel button 6. Text box. 73 Running Programs There are different methods for opening or running programs. You can start a program by clicking the Start button, pointing to All Programs, then clicking the program. You can start a program opening Windows Explorer, pointing to the program icon, then double-clicking the program. You can also start a program by using the Run command. 74 Lesson - 20 Running Programs There are three ways to run programs: by clicking the Start button, pointing to All Programs, then clicking the program. You can start a program opening Windows Explorer, pointing to the program icon, then double-clicking the program. (C:\Program Files\...) You can also start a program by using the Run command 76 Command Types Command Name When we click at this type of command it is executed directly (Ex: Save) Command Name When we click at this type of command a dialog box is opened (Ex: Save As ). Command Name > When we click at this type of command a sub menu is displayed (Ex: All Programs > ) Opening Run Command To open Run command: Start / All Programs / Accessories / Run On Search box of Start Menu type Run, then select Run command from Start Menu From Keyboard Window key + R Start / Run 77 78 13
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Basics of Files and Folders A file is a collection of information, such as a program, a set of data used by a program, or a usercreated document. Each file is created by a program. A folder (directory) is a container of related files and subfolders. File Extensions A file extension is a suffix applied to the file name to indicate the file format. Each type of file has its own extension. File extensions basically tell operating systems what kind of data file it is and with which application it is associated. Folders don t have any extensions since they are directories Ex: projekt.doc Extension (Surname of file) Extensions can be 1 to 4 or 5 letters 79 80 81 82 83 84 14
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Lesson - 21 85 www.semainformatics.wordpress.com What is Windows Explorer? Windows Explorer displays the hierarchical structure of files, folders, and drives on your computer. Using Windows Explorer, we can Explore, copy, move, rename, and search for files and folders. 87 What can we do with Windows Explorer? With windows explorer we can: Open a File or Folder Create a new Folder Renaming Files and Folders Selecting Files and Folders Copying Files and Folders Moving Files and Folders Deleting Files and Folders Restoring Files and Folders Creating shortcuts of Files and Folders Sorting Files and Folders Grouping Files and Folders Changing View of Files and Folders Searching for Files and Folders Saving Files and Folders Changing attributes of Files and Folders Compressing Files and Folders 88 Open a File or Folder Some of ways to open files and folders are: Double click on Files and Folders From Windows Explorer Toolbar select Open Right Click on Files and Folders then from Pop-up menu select Open Select Files or Folders then from keyboard press Enter. 89 Creating a New Folder Some of ways to create new folders are: From Windows Explorer Menu Bar select File / New / Folder From Windows Explorer Toolbar click the New Folder button. Right-click on any empty space in a folder or desktop and from shortcut menu select New / Folder. Click <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<N> key combination. 90 15
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Renaming Files and Folders Some of ways to rename files and folders after they have been selected are: From Windows Explorer Menu Bar select File / Rename Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Rename. Select the File or folder and click F2 from keyboard. Note that file names cannot contain the following characters: \ / : *? <> 91 Selecting Files and Folders Selecting multiple files or folders helps us to copy, move, delete, and compress these files. To select non-consecutive files or folders, press and hold down the Ctrl key, then click each item. To select consecutive files or folders, click the first item, press and hold down the Shift key, then click the last item. We can also select consecutive items using Shift and the arrow keys. 92 Selecting All Files and Folders To select all the files and folders in a window, From Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit menu/ Select All Use the <Ctrl>+<A> key combination; Draw a rectangle around any adjacent files you want to select. Copying Files and Folders The copy operation duplicates the file or folder. Some of the ways to copy files and folders are: Source Destination Select the files or folders and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Copy. Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Copy. Select the File or folder and click Ctrl + C from keyboard. Click on empty area and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Paste. Right-click on empty area and from shortcut menu select Paste. Click on empty area and click Ctrl + V from keyboard. 93 Hold on Ctrl key and drag and drop files from source to destination. 94 Moving Files and Folders The move operation transfers files or folders to a different location. Some of the ways to move files and folders are: Source Select the files or folders and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Cut. Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Cut. Select the File or folder and click Ctrl + X from keyboard. Destination Click on empty area and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select Edit / Paste. Right-click on empty area and from shortcut menu select Paste. Click on empty area and click Ctrl + V from keyboard. Deleting Files and Folders There are two ways to delete items: Send them to the Recycle Bin Delete them permanently. Items sent to the Recycle Bin can be restored; Those that are deleted permanently can only be restored using special recovery programs, such Recuva, Smart Recovery, Get Data Back, PC Recovery, etc Drag and from files from source to destination. 95 96 16
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Deleting Files and Folders Some of the ways to copy files and folders to recycle bin are: Select files or folders and from Windows Explorer Menu Bar select File menu/ Delete. Right-click on file or folder and from shortcut menu select Delete. Select files or folders and click Delete from keyboard. To delete items permanently, use <Shift>+<Delete> key combination. 97 Restoring Files and Folders To restore a deleted file from the Recycle Bin, open the Recycle Bin and follow one of these ways: Double-click on the item you want to restore, from dialog box click the Restore button, then click the OK button. Select deleted item then from Windows Explore Toolbar click Restore this Item button. Right click on deleted item then from shortcut menu select Restore. 98 Emptying the Recycle Bin Emptying the Recycle Bin will delete the items in it, which means that items will be permanently deleted. To empty the Recycle Bin: From Windows Explorer Menu Bar File / Empty Recycle Bin From Windows Explore Toolbar click Empty the Recycle Bin button. right-click on Recycle Bin Icon, and from shortcut menu select Empty Recycle Bin. 99 Creating shortcuts of Files and Folders A shortcut is a file that provides immediate access to a program, folder, or file. Shortcuts appear as icons with curved arrows on the Desktop. To create a shortcut for any item on the desktop, rightclick any blank area on the desktop. From the shortcut menu, after hovering over New, select Shortcut. 100 Creating shortcuts of Files and Folders Alternative ways to create a shortcut are: Right-click an item, from shortcut menu select Create Shortcut, or Right-click an item, from shortcut menu select Send to, then select Desktop (create shortcut). Lesson - 22 101 www.semainformatics.wordpress.com 17
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Applying a Desktop Theme Personalization Window Options Ways to apply a desktop theme are: Start / Control Panel / Personalization Right Click / Personalize Some of Personalization Window Options are: Customizing Desktop Background Customizing Windows Colors Customizing Windows Sounds Customizing Screen Saver 103 104 Applying Background Picture To change Desktop Background click: Start / Control Panel / Personalization / Desktop Background Right Click / Personalize / Desktop Background Applying Background Picture Desktop Background Windows Options are: Background Pictures Picture Position Automatically change picture every (from 10 seconds to one day) 105 106 Changing the Screen Resolution The screen resolution of a display is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. Ways to apply a desktop theme are: Start / Control Panel / Display / Adjust Resolution Right Click / Screen Resolution 107 Important Note Review of lesson between pages 231 247 couldn't be done. You will review it by your self. You are responsible for this lesson too. 108 18
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Lesson - 23 Introduction to Notepad Notepad is basic ASCII text editor. Standard way to open Notepad is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Notepad The default extension on Notepad is: *.txt (text) www.semainformatics.wordpress.com 110 Introduction to WordPad WordPad is a simple text editor which includes features like: Independently font formatting Text Alignment Text indent Line spacing Inserting different objects like: picture, paint drawings, date and time Find and replace characters or words, etc... Introduction to WordPad Default WordPad extension is *.rtf (rich text file) Standard way to open WordPad is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / WordPad 111 112 Introduction to Paint Paint is a drawing tool you can use to create simple drawings. Default Paint extension is *.bmp (Bitmap) Standard way to open Paint is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Paint Sound Recorder Is used to record sounds. In order to record sounds you must have sound card and microphone installed on our computer. Standard way to open Sound Recorder is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Sound Recorder 113 114 19
10 Classes 2 nd Exam Review Snipping Tool You can use the Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot or snip any object on your screen. You can then annotate, save, or share the image. Standard way to open Snipping Tool is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Snipping Tool Run Command Using the Run command is a quick way to open programs, files, folders, websites etc. Some of ways to open Run Command are: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Run Window Key + R from keyboard. 115 116 Calculator Is used to make simple or scientific calculations. It has different views (modes) like: standard, scientific, programmer and statistics. Standard way to open Calculator is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Calculator 117 Command Prompt It offers access on MS-DOS (Microsoft Operating System) operating system. Standard way to open Command Prompt is: Start /All Programs / Accessories / Command Prompt 118 www.semainformatics.wordpress.com 20