Chapter 3

Hello Class,

How is everyone this week? I hope everyone is doing well and progressing efficiently in their work. Now, what did we cover in the last lecture? You guys still remember? Well, for chapter 3, we basically covered Windows XP. I hope you guys absorbed a few new tricks here and there on how to manipulate and handle your Windows XP.

The first part of this chapter is fairly simple really. All you need to know is how to TURN ON and TURN OFF Windows. I bet that is not a problem right? The next part was to get familiar with the DESKTOP. What is a DESKTOP? A DESKTOP is your workplace on the screen. You are required to know the desktop items and know what they are used for. The default desktop items would be:-

1. My Computer
2. Recycle Bin
3. My Documents

As you can see, there's not a lot but you must know that you control your desktop and you can put shortcut links for your favorite programs and place them on your desktop. Next, I taught you about pointing devices and in this case, it's your mouse. Although there aren't many things to know about but for some users, the mouse plays an important role in creating their work. So, in order to change your settings for your mouse, go to Control Panel and select Mouse and just adjust the settings to fit your standards. Below is a picture of a mouse in case you're wondering ;) .



The next part of the lecture was to teach you guys how to start programs and run multiple programs. There are 2 ways for you to do this:-

1. Access the program from your Start Menu and double-click on the icon to start it.
2. You can also open the Windows Explorer (WINDOWS KEY + E) and then you can navigate to search for the program and then double-click on the icon.

Isn't that nice and simple. Well, as you are aware of, Windows allow us to run multiple programs at one time. To switch between programs quickly, press ALT + TAB simultaneously and keep on pressing the TAB (Keeping your other finger on the ALT key) and release all keys when you've selected the program you want.

Moving on, do you notice a three-panel box on the top right hand corner of the screen? Okay, those are buttons to manipulate the Windows box and they are:-

1. Minimize - To minimize window to place in your task bar
2. Maximize - To maximize window to fit your maximum screen size
3. Close - To close your program or you can just press ALT + F4

Lastly, what we went through in this chapter is the techniques used to find and run programs, documents or files in your whole system. A brief explanation is as below:-

1. CTRL + F is to find and it allows you to search any documents in your system. If the items exist, it will list them out and allow you to access them directly.
2. CTRL + R is to run a program directly if you know what programs you want to use. This saves time and gives us real-time execution.

Alright class, I think that's basically most of what we learnt in this chapter. I apologize for the delay but I hope you guys can still catch up because you people are brilliant people. Till the next chapter guys...


Cheers...