Working with Windows:
Windows Basics

 Title: Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101

Lesson Objectives

  • Identify the parts of the user interface and of a window
  • Start and shut down Windows
  • Use the mouse to click, double-click, right click, and drag
  • Open an application from the Start menu and close it
  • Move, resize, minimize, maximize, and restore a window
  • Properly use the different inputs in a dialog box
  • Use Help for Windows and for an application


Where you are:
JegsWorks > Lessons > Windows

Before you start...

Project 1: Windows Basics
    Desktop & Taskbar
    Window
    MouseTo subtopics
    Dialog BoxTo subtopics
    Windows HelpTo subtopics
    Summary
    Quiz
    ExercisesTo subtopics

Project 2: Files & FoldersTo subtopics

    Search
    Glossary

Windows uses a GUI (Graphical User Interface) so almost everything can be done using mouse clicks on icons and buttons. You don't have to memorize commands or remember keystroke combinations. Instead of typing commands, you can SEE what you are doing. Later, once you know your way around, you will find it useful and often faster to type in commands or use those odd combinations of keystrokes.

Versions

Windows now comes in many different versions and often several flavors for a particular version. Confusing? Probably! Your workplace, friends, and school may all be using a different version. So it is worth a bit of trouble to get familiar with what you might see out there, as well as what you see on your own computer.

These lessons are going to show you many of the "looks" that you might run into. Many of the tools and features underneath are the similar in all the versions. It's just getting to them that changes.