LIS508 lecture 7

Thomas Krichel

2002-11-03

Structure of talk

• basic concepts• customization• follow and practice but

• PLEASE set things back

• Literature: windows 98 step by step

look at desktop

• icons• taskbar• start button• folder icons

– opening leads new window– buttons on window

• minimize• maximize / restore• close

mouse operation

• primary button– press: select– press and move: normal drag

• secondary button– press: context menu– press and move: special drag

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

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)

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 ALT+TAB

right click on taskbar

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

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

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

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.

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

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

file finding

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

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.

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.

windows update

• http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

• do this now to see how you can update the machine

shutting down

• start shutdown shut