Project 1

In this project, you use File Explorer to navigate parts of the Windows file system.
You also learn how to take a screenshot, which is an image of the screen or the
active window, and then use the Paint application to save the image as a png file.
You take screenshots as you navigate with File Explorer. Submit the screenshots
as your instructor requests.

1. Start File Explorer and then click the Desktop icon in the Navigation pane.
2. Press the Print Screen key to capture an image of the Desktop window and
save it temporarily on the Clipboard. (The Print Screen key on your keyboard
might be labeled Prt Scr or something similar.)
3. Display the Charms bar, click the Search charm, type Paint, and then press
the Enter key to start Paint, a graphics application provided with Windows.
4. Press the Ctrl+V keys to paste the image of the Desktop window in Paint.
5. Click the Save button on Paint’s Quick Access Toolbar. Use the Navigation
pane in the Save As dialog box to navigate to the location where you save your
data files. Click the File name box, type Desktop as the filename, and then press
the Enter key to save the image as a file named Desktop. Minimize the Paint
window.
6. In the Desktop window, double-click the Recycle Bin icon to open the Recycle
Bin in File Explorer. Display its contents in Large icons view.
7. Press the Print Screen key to capture an image of the Recycle Bin contents.
8. In the Paint window, click the File tab, and then click New to start a new Paint
file. Press the Ctrl+V keys to paste the image of the Recycle Bin contents in
Paint.
9. Use the same technique as in Step 5 to save the image as a Paint file named
Recycle Bin.
10. In File Explorer, navigate to the Music folder. Use the same technique as in
Steps 7–9 to take a screenshot of the Music folder in File Explorer, saving the
image as a Paint file named Music.
11. Insert all aforementioned images into the file: Project1. Docx and submit to
Google classroom.
Project 2
In this project, you work with the files you created in Project 3–1 by organizing
them into a folder and performing other file management tasks with them. Some
steps require you to perform new tasks or solve problems independently.
1. Start File Explorer, if necessary, and then navigate to the location where you
store your data files, which should include the Desktop, Music, and Recycle Bin
files.
2. Create a folder named Screenshots.
3. Move the Desktop, Music, and Recycle Bin files to the Screenshots folder.
4. Rename the Music file to Music Folder.
5. Right-click the Desktop file, point to Open with on the shortcut menu, and then
click Paint to open the image in Paint.
6. On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the Text button (which looks like an
uppercase A), and then click a blank area of the image. Type your name, and
then click a blank area to deselect the name. Click the Save button on the Quick
Access Toolbar to save the Desktop file using the same name and location, and
then closes Paint.
7. Return to the Lesson 3 folder. Right-click the Screenshots folder, and then
click Create shortcut to create a shortcut to the Screenshots folder.
8. Rename the Screenshots – Shortcut icon to Project 3–2.
9. Screenshot a picture of File Explorer and insert it into the file Project2.Docx
and submit to Google Classroom.

Project 3
In this project, you use shortcut menus and Windows Help and Support to learn
more about data file types, and then answer questions about what you learned.
Write down your answer in a Word file: Project3.docx and submit the written
answers on Google Classroom.
1. Use File Explorer to navigate to a folder that contains graphics files. (Hint: If
you completed Projects 3–1 and 3–2, you can navigate to the Screenshots folder
in the Lesson 3 folder.)
2. If necessary, display the files in Details view. What are their file types?
3. Right-click a graphics file, and then point to Open with on the shortcut menu.
Which applications are listed?
4. Open the graphics file with any application except Paint. Which application did
you choose? What happens when you select the application?
5. Close the application you started. If you started a Windows app, press the
Alt+F4 keys to close the app, and then click the Desktop tile to return to the
desktop.
6. Press the F1 key to open Windows Help and Support. On the Help home
page, click the Windows website link in the “More to explore” area to display the
Windows How-to home page in a browser. Use the Search box on this page to
search for information about zip files.
7. Answer the following questions:
 What does it mean to zip a file?
 Why might you want to zip a file?
 How can you open a file that has been zipped?
 What is the file type of a compressed file when it appears in a File Explorer
window?
8. Close all open windows.

Project 4

The Web is your best source for learning about file types. Research the following
file extensions on the Web and then list which application you can use to open
files in each format. Also identify the kind of data created by each file type. For
example, .docx files are word-processing documents you create with Microsoft
Word. Write down your answers into Project4.docx and submit to Google
Classroom.
1. .aiff
2. .flv
3. .txt
4. .msg
5. .svg