Nimuel Vincent F.

Reyes
BSIT 101l

Prelims Lab Exercise #2 - M1U2

Lab 2 / Navigating the Windows User Interface

Exercise 1 / Exploring the Start Screen

1. Press a key to open the privacy shade then, if necessary, click the icon representing your
computer account.

2. With your account name and picture showing, type your password. Remember that this is
case-sensitive, so upper- and lower-case characters are treated as different.
3. Press ENTER or click the arrow button. Wait for the desktop to load.

4. Point to the Start button and click once to show the start screen menu.
5. On the right-hand side of the taskbar, click Notification and then click Tablet mode. Notice
that start is now displayed as a full screen.

6. At the top of the Start Screen on the left-hand side, click All Apps then locate and click the
Tips tile.
7. Take a few minutes to read the various articles.

8. Press the Start key to switch to the Start Screen again.

9. Back on the main part of the Start Screen practice customizing the tile layout:
 Drag tiles to new positions.
 Right-click or long finger-press to resize a tile.

10.

From the Start Screen, if you have a touchscreen, swipe from the right edge to view Notification,
Otherwise, click Notifications on the taskbar.
11. Click Tablet mode to switch back to desktop mode.

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lick the Tips window icon on the taskbar.

13. Click the Close button on the top-right corner of the window to exit the app.

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Click Start, click Settings and then click Personalization. You can make any changes you want
to the pictures and colors used on the desktop.
15. Close the Settings app when you have finished.

Exercise 2 / Exploring the Desktop and Taskbar

1. Press the START key to switch to the Start Screen

2. Open the Photos file. If prompted to add a Microsoft account, click the Close button to
cancel the dialog.

3.
Click Start and then type Paint, then click the icon that appears in the search results. This loads
the Paint application. This is an example of a desktop application.
4. In Paint, create picture; perhaps of a boat sailing on the sea.

5.

When you have created a picture, click the File menu on the ribbon once, Move the mouse
down the menu to point to the Save command click one.
6. Enter a file name of The Sea, double-click the Pictures folder, and then click the Save
button.
7. Press the keys Start+E together (hold down the START and press E then release both at

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same time). This should open a File Explorer window.

8. Double-click the Pictures folder to view the file where you saved it.
9. Look at the taskbar – you should see underlined icons for the three windows you have open.
Note the difference between open windows and icons that have been “pinned” to the taskbar
but that aren’t currently running. Also, the active (currently selected) window is shown with a
highlight.

10. Click the icons to switch between the windows. Right-click the icons to observe their shortcut
menus (do not select anything from the menus though).
11. Try using the ALT+TAB keyboard shortcut. Hold down the ALT key then press-and release-
TAB. This shows a list of open desktop windows and Start Screen apps. Still holding ALT,
press TAB again and keep pressing it to cycle through the icons until you have found one
you want to look at. Release the ALT key to open the selected app or window.

12. Press START+TAB or click the taskbar icon to open Task View. Alternatively, if you have a
touchscreen, you can swipe from the left edge.
13. Click the Photos app to select it.
14. Press START+D or click the empty space on the taskbar to the right of the date and time to
minimize all windows. You can also use the START+D to return to the desktop from the
Start Screen Quickly

15.

Press START+D to show all the windows again then practice using the window control icons to
maximize, restore, and minimize them.
16. Practice arranging windows on the desktop:

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 Using its title bar, drag the File Explorer window to the left edge. Select this Paint
window to display alongside it.
 Drag the Paint window out of its current position and then to the top of the screen to
maximize it.
 Drag the Paint window back to the middle of the screen to restore the window size then
use the window borders to resize it manually.
 Drag the title bar on the Paint window then shake the window to minimize all other
windows. Shake again to restore them.
17. Close all the open windows using either the button or by pressing ALT+F4. You can close
minimized windows from the taskbar by right-clicking and selecting Close window.

18.

Point to each of the icons in the Notification Area in turn. A screen Tip will be displayed to
identify each one.
19. Right-click an empty part of the taskbar and select Taskbar settings. This opens a dialog to
configure the taskbar.
20. Browse the options on the Taskbar tab.

21.

Click the Start tab.

22. Browse the options.

23.

Open the Start Screen, click the Power icon in the bottom-left. Select Shut down from the
submenu.