What is Windows 2000? Windows 2000 Foundation

Discover Windows 2000 Take a tour of the new features

The Windows 2000 Desktop Highly Functional Uncluttered Easy to use

The Start Icon Easy to use Allows you to access your programs and your data Allows you to configure your copy of Windows 2000 to suit you

The Taskbar Displays any programs that you are running Displays the time Contains the Start icon The Start Icon System Clock Running Applications Quick launch toolbar

The Recycle Bin Allows you to retrieve files that you may have accidentally deleted!

My Computer Allows access to items such as your disks

My Network Places Allows you easy access to your networks

Window Components and Selection Techniques Windows 2000 Foundation

The Title Bar Provides added information May be used to maximize or restore window size Title Bar

The Scroll Bars Allows for movement of text and graphics within a window Scroll Bars

Maximize, Minimize, Restore and Close Buttons Use the Maximize, Minimize and Restore buttons to size your applications Minimize Maximize The Restore button is only visible when the window has been maximized Running applications are displayed here Close

Borders Borders can be used for resizing a window Click and drag the vertical border to make the window narrower or wider Click and drag the horizontal border to make the window taller or shorter Click and drag the corner of the window to re-size a window in two dimensions simultaneously

The Control Icon All windows have a Control (or System) icon Click to display the Control (or System) drop down menu Control icon

Dialog Boxes Dialog boxes represent a fast way of displaying a wide range of options from which you can make choices To close a dialog box, press the Esc key

Text Boxes Allows you to enter text into dialog boxes –Click in the text box and type in the text required Note: Some text boxes have a down arrow on the right-hand side which, when clicked, will reveal a drop down list of available options

List Boxes Select from a list of options displayed

Drop Down List Boxes Drop down list of options from which an item may be selected Clicking here displays a drop down list

Check Boxes and Radio Buttons Check boxes allows the selection of one or more items Radio buttons allow a single selection from a range of options –These options are mutually exclusive Radio ButtonsCheck Boxes

Command Icons Command icons provide a shortcut to advanced features within your applications –Increasingly if you move the mouse pointer to a command icon, then a pop-up will be displayed indicating the function of the icon

Tabs Some dialog boxes have multiple sections and categories Categories are separated by tabs Click on each tab to choose available options

Mouse Selection Techniques REMEMBER THE WINDOWS TECHNIQUE Select Then Manipulate!

Keyboard Selection Techniques Accelerated application interaction Notice the keyboard shortcuts on the example illustrated –Ctrl-N –Ctrl-O –Ctrl-S Ctrl+P

Drag and Drop Techniques Allows you to move or copy items Remember: “Drag and drop” moves Control +“Drag and drop” copies

The ‘Other’ Mouse Button Click the right-hand mouse button to display a pop-up menu pertaining to the object you click on Clicking with the right- hand mouse button on the Desktop background displays this menu

What are Property Sheets? Allows for customization of the selected item Click with the right-hand mouse button

Starting to Use Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Foundation

What is the Start Icon? The initial launch point for Windows 2000 Right-clicking Left-clicking

The Start Menu Allows easy access to the components that make up Windows 2000, and also to your application programs Easily configurable to suit the way YOU wish to work –Items may be added or removed TIP: Keyboard shortcut to display the Start Menu Ctrl+Esc

The Start Icon - Programs

The Start Icon - Documents Recently opened or edited files are displayed here

The Start Icon - Settings Access to configuration utilities –Control Panel –Printers –Taskbar

The Start Icon - Search Searches all system resources –Files or folders –On the Internet –Using Microsoft Outlook –For People …

The Start Icon - Help Topics

The Start Icon - Run Allows you to run programs by entering their file name

The Start Icon - Shut Down Cleanly shuts down the system

The Startup Folder Programs in the Startup folder will start automatically when Windows 2000 is started

What is the Taskbar? Displays running applications Click with the right-hand mouse button to: –Customize Taskbar options –Customize Start Menu programs Double click to show the Date/Time Properties dialog box Click to select these programs

Controlling Applications From the Taskbar –Running applications are displayed within the Taskbar –Right clicking on these applications, as displayed in the Taskbar, will display a pop-up menu which allows you to control that program

Tiling and Cascading Windows Using the Taskbar Options include: –Cascade Windows –Tile Horizontally –Tile Vertically

Arranging Your Desktop Icons –You can easily customize the way icons are displayed on your Windows 2000 desktop –Right-click on the Desktop to display a pop-up menu –Select the required icon arrangement

Help Within Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Foundation

Help Within the Start Menu Help –Fully indexed –You can search for a word or phrase

Using The F1 Key To Get Help Pressing the F1 Key: –Invokes help –Provides application specific help

“What’s This” Help Many dialog boxes offer “What’s This” Help Click on the question mark icon Click on the item within the dialog box you need help on

Wizards Guide your through complicated processes!

The Windows 2000 Accessories Windows 2000 Foundation

What is WordPad? By default WordPad acts like a cut down version of Microsoft Word

WordPad Editing an Existing Document Word 6 files are the default file format WARNING: Do NOT edit existing Word files if the files contain styles, headers or footers

What is Paint? A simple tool for editing or creating graphics (pictures)

Paint - Drawing Tools Simple, but easy to use graphics tool

The Calculator Two modes –Standard and Scientific

The Clock Located in the Taskbar Move the mouse to the clock and after a few moments the date is displayed Double click to open the Date/Time Properties dialog box, to allow modifications

The Explorer, My Computer and the Recycle Bin Windows 2000 Foundation

What are Drives, Folders and Files? You need to understand the terminology, such as: –Physical drives –Drive letters –Folders/directories –Files

The Explorer vs. My Computer Similar function but displays files and folders in different ways

The Windows Explorer Window

Windows Explorer Toolbars

Long File Names Long file names are displayed within the Explorer File extensions are not displayed by default Example of a “long” file name

Folder Selection Techniques Levels can be expanded or contracted On each click of the plus (+) symbol, a new sub-level is displayed

Switching Drives The Explorer displays a hierarchical list of drives Easy to switch from one drive to another

Folder Creation Folders may be created within the Explorer directory tree or directly on the Desktop

Moving or Copying Files and Folders Moving or copying files with the Windows 2000 Explorer is very simple, in fact it is so simple that you should exercise a certain amount of caution when doing this or you may unwittingly end up with a result you did not expect! Files and folders can easily be moved or copied using: –Drop down menus –Pop-up menus –Drag and drop

Renaming Files or Folders Select the files and press the F2 key to allow easy renaming WARNING: Do not rename files ending in.EXE.COM.BAT.DLL.INI.SYS

Deleting Files or Folders Select a file(s) or folder(s) that you wish to delete and then press the Del key When you delete a file or folder, by default: –You are prompted for confirmation –The deleted items are sent to the Recycle Bin

The Recycle Bin and Deleted Files –Normally files deleted via the Windows Explorer are in fact moved to the Recycle Bin –Recently ‘deleted’ files may be retrieved from the Recycle Bin

Starting Programs via the Explorer Double-click to run

Or you can use the Copy command to copy objects directly to your Desktop Creating Shortcuts on the Desktop You can use ‘drag and drop’ techniques with the Windows Explorer to create shortcuts on your Desktop

Printing Windows 2000 Foundation

What is a Printer Driver? The link between a particular printer and the applications running on your Windows 2000-based PC –Different printers work in different ways and hence need their own particular printer drivers installed Windows 2000 Application programs Particular printer driver Local or networked printer

Installing a Printer Driver The Printer Installation Wizard

Setting up a Printer

Default and Installed Printers Add Printer Wizard Default printer The default printer is marked with a tick

Controlling Print Queues Control queued documents Document Name Status Owner Progress of the job Time the jobs were started

Viewing Installed Fonts You can easily view a sample of each font installed on your computer

The Clipboard, ‘Drag and Drop’ and OLE Windows 2000 Foundation

Basic Clipboard Concepts Used to copy or move information between applications Cut or Copy Paste The Windows Clipboard

Linking vs. Embedding Linking Data –If the original data is modified then the data paste linked to another application will also be changed Embedding Data –Changes to the original data will not affect data that is embedded in another program –To edit embedded data you must activate it, normally by double clicking on it –The required editing tools become available to you

In-place Activation of Embedded Objects To edit an embedded object, double click on it The required editing tools will appear –Note that if you are using older, OLE 1 compliant programs, then you may be taken to the source application in order to edit the program When you have finished editing click outside the embedded object and the editing tools are removed Double click to activate

Linking in Action - Excel and Word Linking between applications - an example –Start Excel and create a spreadsheet, then display the spreadsheet data as a chart –Copy the chart data to the Clipboard –Switch to Word and use the Paste Special, Paste Link option –The chart from Excel is now linked to Word Remember to SAVE the information in the source application, prior to setting up a paste link, or the operation may not work as expected!