Richlyn M.

Mannag
BSIT 101I
PRELIM LAB EXERCISE #3 -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.
12.Click the Tips window icon on the taskbar.

13. Click the Close button on the top-right corner of the window to exit the app.
14. 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
the 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 task bar 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: 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.