1. Working on the Windows XP Desktop
Project 2
Working on the Windows XP Desktop

2. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
Launch an application, create a text document, and save the document on the desktop
Create, name, and save a text document directly on the desktop
Move documents to the My Documents folder
Arrange objects in the My Documents folder in groups

3. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Create and name a folder in the My Documents folder
Move documents into a folder
Add and delete a shortcut on the Start menu
Open a document using a shortcut on the Start menu
Create and delete a shortcut on the desktop

4. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Open a folder using a desktop shortcut
Modify and print documents in a folder
Open, modify, and delete multiple documents
Understand taskbar button grouping
Minimize all open windows
Copy a folder onto a floppy disk
Open a folder stored on a floppy disk

5. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Delete multiple files and folders
Understand user accounts and user account types
Change a password and picture
Switch between user accounts

6. INTRODUCTION
Notepad – a popular application program available with Windows XP, to create text documents

8. CREATING A DOCUMENT BY LAUNCHING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM
Word processing program
Spreadsheet program
Presentation graphics program
Application-centric approach
Opening an application program and then creating a document

9. CREATING A DOCUMENT BY LAUNCHING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM
Click the Start button.
Point to All Programs on the Start menu.
Point to Accessories on the All Programs submenu.
Point to Notepad on the Accessories submenu.

10. Click Notepad

11. Type the following information in Notepad, pressing the ENTER key to move to the next line:
insertion point

12. SAVING A DOCUMENT ON THE DESKTOP
File name
Click File on the menu bar and then point to Save As

13. Click Save As

14. Type Sanchez Reminders (Monday) in the File name text box
Type Sanchez Reminders (Monday) in the File name text box. Point to the Desktop icon on the shortcut bar.
Click the Desktop button and then point to the Save button in the Save As dialog box

15. Click the Save button

17. PRINTING A DOCUMENT FROM AN APPLICATION PROGRAM
Click File on the menu bar and then point to Print

18. Click Print

19. Point to the Print button in the Print dialog box, and click it.

20. CLOSING A DOCUMENT
Point to the Close button on the Notepad title bar

21. Click the Close button

22. CREATING AND NAMING A DOCUMENT ON THE DESKTOP
Document-centric approach
Ex: Creating a blank document on the desktop and then using Notepad to enter data into the document
Right-click an open area on the desktop, point to New on the shortcut menu, and then point to Text Document on the New submenu

23. Click Text Document

24. Naming a Document Type Pearson Reminders (Monday) in the icon title text box and then press the ENTER key

26. OPENING A DOCUMENT ON THE DESKTOP
Point to the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon on the desktop

27. Double-click the Pearson Reminders (Monday)
icon

29. Type the following information in Notepad, pressing the ENTER key to move to the next line:

30. CLOSING AND SAVING A DOCUMENT
Click the Close button on the Notepad title bar. Point to the Yes button in the Notepad dialog box

31. Click the Yes button

32. Click an open area of the desktop to deselect the Pearson Reminders (Monday) document on the desktop

33. STORING DOCUMENTS IN THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER
A central location for storing and managing documents and folders

34. MOVING MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS TO THE MY DUCUMENTS FOLDERS
Click the Sanchez icon on the desktop. While holding down the SHIFT key, click the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon on the desktop, and then release the SHIFT key

35. Drag the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon onto the Start button on the taskbar. Do not release the left mouse button

36. Drag the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon onto the My Documents command on the Start menu. Do not release the left mouse button

38. Release the left mouse button

39. Click an open area of the desktop to remove the Start menu

40. OPENING THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER
Click the Start button. Click My Documents on the Start menu

42. ARRANGING THE ICONS IN THE MY DOCUMENTS WINDOW
Title view
Large Icons format
Click View on the menu bar, point to Arrange Icons by on the View menu, and then point to Show in Groups on the Arrange Icons by submenu

43. Click Show in Groups

45. ARRANGING THE ICONS IN A FOLDER BY FILE TYPE
Click View on the menu bar, point to Arrange icons by on the View menu, and then point to Type

46. Click Type

48. CREATING A FOLDER IN THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER
Point to Make a new folder in the File and Folder Tasks area of the My Documents window

49. Click Make a new folder. Type Daily Reminders in the icon title text box and then press the ENTER key

51. MOVING DOCUMENTS INTO A FOLDER
Right-drag the Sanchez Reminders (Monday) icon onto the Daily Reminders folder icon. Point to Move Here on the shortcut menu

52. Click Move Here

53. Right-drag the Pearson Reminders
(Monday) icon onto the Daily Reminders icon. Click Move Here on the shortcut menu. Point to the Close button in the My Documents window

54. Click the Close button

55. CREATING FOLDER SHORTCUTS
A link to any object on the computer or on a network, such as a program, file, folder, disk drive, Web page, printer, or another computer

56. ADDING A SHORTCUT ON THE START MENU
Click the Start button. Click My Documents on the Start menu. Point to the Daily Reminders icon in the My Documents window

57. Drag the Daily Reminders icon onto the Start button
Drag the Daily Reminders icon onto the Start button. Do not release the left mouse button

58. Release the left mouse button

59. Click an open area of the desktop to close the Start menu
Click an open area of the desktop to close the Start menu. Click the Close button in the My Documents window

60. OPENING A FOLDER USING A SHORTCUT ON THE START MENU
Click the Start button. Point to Daily Reminders in the pinned items list

61. Click Daily Reminders. Point to the Close button in the Daily Reminders
window

62. Click the Close button in the Daily Reminders window

63. REMOVING A SHORTCUT FROM THE START MENU
Click the Start button. Right-click Daily Reminders on the Start menu and then point to Remove from This List on the shortcut menu

64. Click Remove from This List

65. Click an open area of the desktop to close the Start menu

66. CREATING A SHORTCUT ON THE DESKTOP
Click the Start button. Click My Documents on the Start menu. Right-drag the Daily Reminders icon from the My Documents window into an open area of the desktop. Point to Create Shortcuts here on the shortcut menu

67. Click Create Shortcuts Here
Click Create Shortcuts Here. Point to the Close button in the My Documents window

68. Click the Close button in the My Documents window

69. OPENING A FOLDER USING A SHORTCUT ON THE DESKTOP
Double-click the Shortcut to Daily Reminders folder icon on the desktop. Move and resize the Daily Reminders shown in the following figure:

71. OPENING AND MODIFYING A DOCUMENT STORED IN A FOLDER
Double-click the Sanchez Reminders (Monday) icon in the Daily Reminders window

72. Press the DOWN ARROW key five times to move the insertion point to the end of the document.
Type 4. Notify Sales – NetMeeting at 3:00 p.m. and then press the ENTER key

74. OPENING MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS
Multitasking
Multiple programs running at the same time
Click the Daily Reminders button on the taskbar. Point to the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon in the Daily Reminders window

75. Double-click the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon
Double-click the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon. Press the DOWN ARROW key five times to move the insertion point to the end of the document in the Notepad window. Type 4. Call Dan – Birthday Party for Carol and then press the ENTER key

77. OPENING AN INACTIVE WINDOW
Click the Sanchez Reminders (Monday) – Notepad button on the taskbar. When the window opens, type 5. Dinner with Art Perez – 7:00 p.m., The Crab House and then press the ENTER key

79. TASKBAR BUTTON GROUPING
Displays a single button on the taskbar for multiple documents opened by the same application program

81. MINIMIZING ALL OPEN WINDOWS
Show the Desktop command
Right-click an open area of the taskbar and then point to Show the Desktop

82. Click Show the Desktop

83. CLOSING MULTIPLE WINDOWS
Right-click the Sanchez Reminders (Monday) – Notepad button on the taskbar. Point to Close

84. Click Close. Point to the Yes button in the Notepad dialog box

85. button on the taskbar. Point to Close.
Click the Yes button. Right-click the Pearson Reminders (Monday) – Notepad
button on the taskbar. Point to Close.

86. Click Close. When the Notepad dialog box displays asking if you want to save the changes, click the Yes button

87. PRINTING A DOCUMENT FROM WITHIN A FOLDER
Click the Daily Reminders button on the taskbar. Click the Pearson Reminders (Monday) icon in the Daily Reminders folder to select the icon. While holding down the SHIFT key, click the Sanchez Reminders (Monday) icon, and then release the SHIFT key.

88. Right-click the Sanchez Reminders (Monday) icon.
Point to Print on the shortcut menu.

89. Click Print

90. Click the Close button in the Daily Reminders window

91. COPYING A FOLDER ONTO A FLOPPY DISK
Backup
Insert a formatted floppy disk into drive A
Click the Start button. Click My Documents on the Start menu. Right-click the Daily Reminders icon in the My Documents window. Point to Send To on the shortcut menu. Point to 3½ Floppy (A:) on the Send To submenu

92. Click 3½ Floppy (A:)

93. Click the Close button in the My Documents window

94. OPENING A FOLDER ON A FLOPPY DISK
Click the Start button and then click My Computer. Point to the 3½ Floppy (A:) icon in the My Computer window

95. Double-click 3½ Floppy (A:)
Double-click 3½ Floppy (A:). Point to the Daily Reminders icon in the 3½ Floppy (A:) window

96. Double-click the Daily Reminders icon
Double-click the Daily Reminders icon. Point to the Close button on the Daily Reminders title bar.

97. Click the Close button. Remove the floppy disk from drive A.

98. DELETING SHORTCUTS, FILES, AND FOLDERS
Delete a shortcut
Delete an icon
Recycle Bin

99. DELETING A SHORTCUT FROM THE DESKTOP
Right-drag the Shortcut to Daily Reminders icon onto the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop. Point to Move Here on the shortcut menu

100. Click Move Here

101. DELETING MULTIPLE FILES
Click the Start menu. Click My Documents. Double-click the Daily Reminders icon in the My Documents folder. Place the mouse pointer below and to the right of the two document icons in the Daily Reminders window. Drag through until both icons are selected. Point to Delete the selected items in the Daily Reminders Window

102. Click Delete the selected items
Click Delete the selected items. Point to the Yes button in the Confirm Multiple File Delete dialog box.

103. Click the Yes button. Point to the Close button in the Daily Reminders window

104. Click the Close button

105. DELETING A FOLDER FROM THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER
Click the Start button. Click My Documents on the Start menu. Drag the Daily Reminders icon to the Recycle Bin. Do not release the left mouse button

106. Release the left mouse button
Release the left mouse button. Point to the Close button in the My Documents window

107. Click the Close button.

108. WORKING WITH USER ACCOUNTS
Computer administrator
User account
Permission
Domain
Workgroup
.NET passport

110. PASSWORDS
A security measure used to restrict access to user accounts, computer networks, and computer resources
Password hint

111. CHANGING A PASSWORD
Click the Start button. Point to Control Panel on the Start menu

112. Click Control Panel. Point to User Accounts in the Control Panel window.

113. Click User Accounts. Point to Change my password in the User Accounts window

114. Click Change my password
Click Change my password. Type lakers in the Type your current password text box, type #1Lakersfan in the Type a new password text box, and type #1Lakersfan in the Type the new password again to confirm text box, and type Brad is a Lakers fan in the Type a word or phrase to use as a password hint text box. Point to the Change Password button.

115. Click the Change Password button
Click the Change Password button. Click the Close button in the User Accounts window. Click the Close button in the Control Panel window.

116. CHANGING A USER PICTURE
Click the Start button. Click Control Panel. Click User Accounts. Point to Change my picture in the User Accounts window

117. Click Change my picture. Point to the dirt bike picture in the list box.

118. Click the dirt bike picture. Point to the Change Picture button.

119. Click the Change Picture button

120. Click the Close button in the User Accounts window. Click the Close
Button in the Control Panel window.

121. SWITCHING BETWEEN USER ACCOUNTS
Fast User Switching
Allows you to switch from one user account to another user account quickly without having to log off from the computer before switching and then log on to the computer after switching
Click the Start button. Point to the Log Off button on the Start menu

122. Click the Log Off button
Click the Log Off button. Point to the Switch User button in the Log Off Windows dialog box.

123. Click the Switch User button. Point to Guest on the Welcome screen

124. Click the Guest icon. Click the Start button to display the Start menu.

125. Click an open area of the desktop to remove the Start menu.

126. LOGGING OFF THE GUEST ACCOUNT FROM THE COMPUTER
Click the Start button on the taskbar
Click Log Off on the Start menu
Click the Log Off button in the Log Off Windows dialog box

127. LOGGING OFF FROM THE COMPUTER
Click the Brad Wilson icon on the Welcome screen. If necessary, enter a password
Click the Start button on the taskbar
Click Log Off on the Start menu
Click the Log Off button in the Log Off Windows dialog box

128. TURNING OFF THE COMPUTER
Click the Turn off computer button on the Welcome screen
Click the Turn Off button in the Turn off computer dialog box
If necessary, click the Yes button in the Windows dialog box

129. CHAPTER SUMMARY
Launch an application, create a text document, and save the document on the desktop
Create, name, and save a text document directly on the desktop
Move documents to the My Documents folder
Arrange objects in the My Documents folder in groups

130. CHAPTER SUMMARY Create and name a folder in the My Documents folder
Move documents into a folder
Add and delete a shortcut on the Start menu
Open a document using a shortcut on the Start menu
Create and delete a shortcut on the desktop

131. CHAPTER SUMMARY Open a folder using a desktop shortcut
Modify and print documents in a folder
Open, modify, and delete multiple documents
Understand taskbar button grouping
Minimize all open windows
Copy a folder onto a floppy disk
Open a folder stored on a floppy disk

132. CHAPTER SUMMARY Delete multiple files and folders
Understand user accounts and user account types
Change a password and picture
Switch between user accounts

133. Project 2 Complete