INTRODUCTION TO

WINDOWS
 Operating System - Windows

The main function of any operating system is being an intermediary between

us and the physical parts of the computer (screen, keyboard, hard disk,
printer,...), making it easier to handle.

For example, there is no need for us to know exactly in what part of the hard
disk we have saved a certain document we created, the operating systems
takes care of it.
Right Click on Desktop
Date & Time Tool Bar
Open Programs
Windows Explorer - FILES AND FOLDERS
Title Bar Menu Bar

Standard Bar

Address Bar

Scroll Bar

Status Bar
Windows Explorer - FILES AND FOLDERS
• Select Multiple
Files
• Create & Delete
File / Folder
• Recycle Bin
• Permanent
Delete
• Cut, Copy, Paste
• Drag n Move
FILE AND FOLDER PROPERTIES FOLDER OPTIONS
File Extensions / Types
Searching
Configuring the Screen

… Explore all tabs

Control Panel
Adding hardware that is not Plug&Play

… An installation Disc / Drivers may be required

Device Manager
Eg: Install Printer
The Print Manager

Printer Properties
 System Tools
Windows incorporates certain tools such as the Disk Defragmenter, the Disk
Cleanup the tool to free disk space, the Scheduled Tasks, etc. Almost all of these
tools are designed to optimize the behaviour of the computer.
System Information & Restore
Formatting a disk & Disk Cleanup
 Windows Media Player
This tool allows us to listen to music from a CD, pen drive, tune radio stations, play
a video, etc. It also lets us burn record songs from a CD / DVD to our hard drive so
that we can set up a playlist to listen to the songs.

• Handling the Player

• Create a playlist
•Menu Options & Settings
Windows Help
Keyboard Word Access Excel PowerPoint
command
Ctrl-A Select entire Select all Select all Select all
document
Ctrl-B Bold Bold Bold Bold
Ctrl-C or F3 Copy Copy Copy Copy
Ctrl-F n/a Find Find n/a
Ctrl-G Go to n/a n/a n/a
Ctrl-H n/a Replace text n/a n/a
Ctrl-I Italics n/a n/a Italics
Ctrl-M n/a n/a Format a Add (create)
number slide
Ctrl-N New New New New
document document document presentation
Alt-N n/a Create a new n/a n/a
object
Ctrl-O Open Open Open Open
Ctrl-P Print Print Print Print
Ctrl-Q Quit Quit Quit Quit
Ctrl-R n/a New record Fill Right n/a
Ctrl-TAB Save as Display Page Save as n/a
Ctrl-S Save Save Query Save Save
Ctrl-U Underline n/a Underline Underline Text
Ctrl-V Paste Paste Paste Paste text
Ctrl-X Cut Cut Cut Cut
Ctrl-Z Undo Undo Undo Undo
Keyboard Word Access Excel PowerPoint
command
F1 Help Help Help Help

F7 Spell/grammar Spell check Spell check Spell check

check

Ctrl-[ n/a n/a n/a Decrease font

size
Ctrl-] n/a n/a n/a Increase font size
Shortcuts when selecting text
Selection Task
Select adjacent text
Select a word
Select a line
Select a paragraph
Select from the insertion point to the
beginning or end of a paragraph
Select an extended section
Select a whole document
Select from the insertion point to the
beginning or end of a document
Shortcut
Click and drag over text
Double click on the word
Triple click on the line
Click 4 times in the paragraph
Press Shift-Option-Up arrow or
Shift –Option-Down arrow
Click at one end of the section,
then Shift-click at the other end
Ctrl-A or triple click in selection
area
Press Shift-Ctrl-Home or Shift-
Ctrl-End
THE WIMP INTERFACE

• WINDOWS
• ICONS
• MENUS
• POINTERS
WINDOWS
ICONS
ICONS
 POINTERS (CURSORS)
• I-beam cursor
(which follows the roll of the mouse)

Insertion point cursor

(Which flashes on and off, and is positioned
using the I-beam cursor and a click of the F letcher
mouse button)
 BREAK POINT
• Let’s get some hands on experience
• Find the Windows key.
– Bottom row second key from the left side.
– Press once, (this is the same as left clicking on the
start button).
– Bring the cursor arrow over the All Programs
Arrow head.
– Notice how the program files are displayed.
MENUS
Thank You