Unit 6- Essential Windows Skills
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Log on & off, shut down, and restart the
computer
Identify elements of the OS desktop
Identify the icons used to represent drives,
disks, files, and folders
Manipulate Windows
Start & run programs
Manage files
Solve file problems
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Power On
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BIOS (ROM) searches for OS to load
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Location of OS is usually C:
OS loaded in RAM
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Checks RAM, keyboard & drives
Drivers loaded
GUI loaded & displayed
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Select user & enter password
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View/Sort icons
◦ Right-click on desktop
◦ View Icons- By size
(large, medium, small),
auto arrange icons,
align them to grid
◦ Sort icons- by name,
size, etc.
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Right-click
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Open
Pin to Start Menu
Pin to Desktop
Send To…Desktop
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What programs are pinned on your computer?
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Search for Word, Excel, or PowerPoint
◦ When the list of programs displays, right-click and
select Pin to Start Menu
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Search for Paint
◦ Pin it to the Start Menu
◦ Then, find it in the Pinned Area, right-click on it &
unpin it
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When you click the Start button, what are the
programs in the top area above the separator
line?
◦ Pinned items
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What is the bar that goes across the bottom
of the desktop?
◦ Taskbar
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Name the area with the clock & the programs
running in the background.
◦ Notification area
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Usually at bottom of desktop
Peek (Aero feature)
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Right-click on
Taskbar, Properties
◦ Can “Lock It” from
changes
◦ Auto-hide
◦ Taskbar location
◦ Button settings
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You can move, resize,
or lock the taskbar
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F1 in programs
Windows Help
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Work on more than one task at a time
Flip: Alt + Tab
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Flip 3D: Windows + Tab
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Cascade- overlays w/ title
bars showing
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Stacked- horizontal top to
bottom
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Side by Side- vertical
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Desktop- minimizes all
windows
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Open 4 programs & try
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Switch User
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Log Off
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Lock
◦ Switch but programs still
running
◦ Closes programs & waits for log
on
◦ No one else can log on
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Restart
Sleep
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Hibernate (laptops)
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Shut Down
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◦ Save in RAM & less power
◦ Like pause
◦ Save on HD & power down
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Warm Boot/Task
Manager/NonResponsive
Programs
◦ Ctrl +Alt + Delete
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Cold Boot
◦ Powering it off with
power button
◦ Wait 30 seconds
before turning back
on
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Which keyboard command will cycle through
open programs?
◦ Alt+Tab or Windows+Tab
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Which keyboard command will allow you to
end a non-responsive program or
shutdown/restart a computer?
◦ Ctrl + Alt + Del
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To access Help in Windows or most
programs, which key would you press?
◦ F1
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Minimize, Restore Down/Maximize, Close
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Window working in is ACTIVE WINDOW
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System Files
◦ In Windows or Program File folders
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Application Files
◦ Part of a program like Word
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Data Files
◦ One you create, like a Word doc
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Right-click, Properties
Displays info
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Location/folder
Created
File Size
Read Only/Hidden
What program it opens
with
 You can change that
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Let’s look at this…
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Sorting files/folders
◦ In detail view
◦ By name, size, type,
date
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Create a folder
Move, copy, rename
Delete
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Let’s Try This…
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Icon that represents a link to an item
◦ Arrow on icon
◦ Can be folder, file, program, web link
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Right-click on desktop
◦ Personalize
◦ Change desktop icons
◦ Select item & icon
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Let’s Try This…
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T or F. Click the restore down button to minimize
the window.
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When you hibernate, Windows saves your
documents on the HD & powers down.
◦ TRUE
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The ________ is the main area you see when you
turn on the computer.
◦ DESKTOP
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The window you are working in is called the
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◦ ACTIVE WINDOW
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A _______ is an item that represents a link to the
item.
◦ SHORTCUT
Unit 7- Windows Essential Skills