Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Prerequisites Essentials of Windows® 2000 By Robert T. Grauer Maryann Barber

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Objectives  Describe objects on the Windows desktop  Explain the significance of the common user interface  Explain the similarities in appearance between Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000  Use the Help command  Format a floppy disk  Define a File; differentiate between a program file and a data file  Explain how folders are used to organize the files on a disk  Distinguish between My Computer and Windows Explorer  Use Internet Explorer to access the Internet and download the practice files  Copy and/or move a file from one folder to another

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Windows 2000 is the newest and most powerful version of the Windows operating system. You can think of Windows 2000 as a combination of Windows NT 4.0 with the Windows 98 interface; i.e., it combines the security and reliability of the NT operating system with the device support and ease of use in Windows 98.

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Windows 2000 Professional (previously called Windows NT Workstation 5.0) is the mainstream desktop operating system. It is also the version of Windows 2000 that you would order for a home computer. Windows 2000 Server is installed on a server to manage a network. Two Versions of Windows 2000

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows The Desktop Start Button Taskbar (multitasking) My Computer

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Windows 95, NT, 98, and 2000 How Many Mouse Clicks to select the object? To open it?

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Windows 98 and 2000 Only How Many Mouse Clicks to select the object? To open it?

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Anatomy of a Window  Title bar  Min, Max, Close, and Restore buttons  Menu bar  Toolbar  Status Bar  Scroll bars  Large Icons view

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Common User Interface Can You Name Each Item? 

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Moving and Sizing a Window  Size a window Drag a Border Drag a Corner  Move a window Drag the Title Bar

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Pull-down Menus  Pull-down menu  Dimmed command  Ellipsis  Check  Bullet  Arrowhead  Submenu

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Dialog Boxes  Tabbed dialog box  Option buttons  Check box  Text box  Spin button  Command buttons

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Dialog Boxes continued  Command buttons  Open List Box  Scroll bar  List box  Tabbed dialog box  What’s This? button  Cancel button  OK button Right-Click Mouse

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows The Mouse  Point  Click  Right Click  Double Click  Drag  Mouse Pointer

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows The Help Command  Accessed from the Start button  Contents tab  Index tab  Search tab  Favorites tab  Web help

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Formatting a Floppy  Format command  Quick (erase)  Full  Label

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Files and Folders  Folder Expanded Collapsed  File Type  File  Program file  Data file

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Welcome to Windows 2000 Hands-On Exercise 1 1.Turn the Computer On 2.Open My Computer 3.Set Folder Options 4.Move and Size a Window 5.Format a Floppy Disk 6.The Help Command 7.Shut Down the Computer

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Hands-On Exercise 2 1.Start Internet Explorer 2.Download the Practice Files 3.Install the Practice Files 4.Delete the Compressed File 5.Modify a File 6.Check Your Work The Exploring Windows Home Page

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows The Practice Files (via a LAN) Hands-On Exercise 3 1.Start the Windows Explorer 2.Set Folder Options 3.Collapse the Individual Drives 4.Select the Network Drive 5.Copy the Individual Files 6.Display a Web Page

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Hands-On Exercise 4 1.Create a New Folder 2.Move a File 3.Copy a Folder 4.Modify a Document 5.Copy (Back UP) a File 6.Delete a Folder 7.The Recycle Bin 8.Write-Protect a Disk The Windows Explorer

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Summary  Windows operations take place on desktop  Begin at Start button  Mouse is essential  Window elements  Dialog box supplies information for commands  Floppy disks  Organize using files and folders

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Practice With Windows 2000  My Computer  Windows Explorer  Companion Web Sites  Organize Your Work  The Windows 2000 Web Page  Implement a Screen Saver  The Active Desktop  Users and Passwords

Exploring Microsoft Office Prerequisites: Essentials of Windows Case Studies  Planning for Disaster  Your First Consultants Job  File Compression  The Threat of Virus Infection  The Briefcase  Cut, Copy, and Paste  The Control Panel