Microsoft Windows

INTRODUCTION


Windows 98 is an operating system which is developed Microsoft Company to overcome the problems of earlier windows programs like windows 3.1, windows 95, windows 98, windows 2000, windows XP, windows ME. It makes our computer easier to use with new and enhanced features. The tools of windows 98 help our computer to run fast with out adding any new hardware. It also makes our computer more entertaining by introducing new features such as enhanced television, video, playback and support for new hardware. It supports many devices like printers, scanners, etc.



What is desktop?
When we power on the computer, after few minutes computer will display some icons like my computer, Recycle Bin, My Document .etc

How to create new folder on desktop?

• Click right mouse button in the blank area of desktop.
• Click on New, click on "Folder".
• Then type the name for folder.
• Click on enter key or click on blank area.

To open the files or Folders

• Select the required files or folders you want to open.
• Click on right mouse click on open.

Or

• Double click the file or Folder, which you want to open.

To create new File in the Folder.

• First open the folder, click on File menu.
• Click on New command
• Then choose the required option. (Word document, excel, worksheet etc)

To open windows explorer.

• Click on start button.
• Click on programs.
• Click on windows explore.

Or

• Right click on the start button.
• Click on explore.

(The left side of the windows explorer window contains a list of your drives and folders and the right side displays the contents of a selected folder)

To copy files or folders

• Click on right mouse button and click on copy.
• Now, open the drive or folder where you want to put the copy.
• Click on Right mouse button again, click on paste.

To delete files or folder

• Open windows explorer.
• Select files or folders you want to delete.
• Press the right button of mouse.
• Click on ok.
• Then a confirm dialog box appears.
• Click on yes button.

To Restore Files or Folders From Recycle Bin.

• Open Recycle bin.
• Select the required Files or Folders.
• Press the Right mouse button.
• Click on Restore.

To make Recycle Bin Empty

• Select the Recycle bin
• Press the Right mouse button.
• Click on Empty Recycle Bin.

To put the shortcuts on desktop.

• Press the right mouse button in the blank area of desktop
• Click on New and click on shortcut.
• Then a dialog box appears.
• Click on Browse button
• Close the required Files or Program name
• Click on open button.
• Click on Next button
• Type the name for shortcuts and click on Finish.

To Find Files or Folders.

• Click on start button and go to find.
• Click on files or folders
• The dialog box appears. Type the name of files, folders or program or type the starting characters with wildcards (*.doc, *.xls, *.jpg, *.bmp, *.tmp, etc)
• Click on find next button.

To Add/Remove programs from start on program menu

• Click on start and click on settings.
• Then click on Taskbar & start menu.
• Click on start menu programs tab.
• Click on Add button and click on browse.
• Locate the program you want to Add, and then click it.
• Click Next and then double click the menu on which you and to program to appear.
• Type the name that you want to see on the menu and the n click on Finish.

To open Notepad.

You can see notepad to create or edit text files that do not require formatting.

• Click on start button
• Click on programs
• Click on Accessories.
• Click on Notepad.

To open WordPad.

WordPad is a text editor for short document, you can format save, print the documents for personal and business use.

• Click on start button
• Click on programs.
• Click on Accessories.
• Click on WordPad.

To Set Date & Time.

• Click on start
• Click on settings.
• Click on Control panel.
• Double click on date & Time.
• Then a dialog box appears.
• Double click the required month, year, date, and time.
• Click on Apply, click on ok.

To Change the Mouse Settings.

• Click on start and click on settings.
• Click on control panel
• Then double click on Mouse.
• Now a dialog box appears.
• Set the required options
• Click apply and click on ok

To check the disk for errors.

• Click on start button and click on programs.
• Click on Accessories, and click on system tools.
• Click on scandisk.
• Then a dialog box appears.
• Select the drive (c: a:,d: etc)
• Choose the type of test.
• Click on Automatically Fix errors.
• Click on start button.

To Change the Background of Desktop

• Click on right mouse button in the blank area of desktop.
• Click properties, then a dialog box will Appears.
• Click on background tab.
• Choose any picture or web document.
• Choose any display option (stretch, tile, center)
• Click on Apply and click on ok

To Apply Screen Saver

• Press the opposite mouse button in the blank area of desktop.
• Choose properties.
• Then a dialog box wills Appears.
• Click on screen saver.
• To Apply text as screen saver, choose 3d Text
• Click on settings and type the required text or your name.
• Choose the required size, resolution, speed, spins style, font etc.
• Click on ok.
• Choose the required timing from wait option.
• Click on apply.
• Click on ok.

To Change the Appearance of windows

• Press the opposite mouse button in the blank area of desktop.
• Choose properties and then a dialog box appearance.
• Click on Appearance tab.
• Choose any time and scheme.
• Click on Apply, Click on OK.

Calculator.

- Input the non-calculation items by tab setting.

- Load calculator with the following procedure.

Process:

• Click on start
• Click on Program
• Click on Accessories
• Click on Calculator.

In the absence of short cut, run the program as below.

Process:

• Click on Start
• Click on Run
• Calculate the item using calculator and copy it.

v Click on Ms WordPad to the right destination and paste it. Repeat the same steps till all the items are calculated.

MULTI-MEDIA:

The multiple mediums of communication are known as multi-media in computer terminology. We use different types of mediums in communication. That may be textual information video clips, audio or video. It is found one of the fastest and casualty ways of communication in modern technology. In this chapter, we will learn how to play the audio and video.

A multimedia computer should have the following peripheral devices: Pentium I having 100MHz(Minimum)

AGP Display.

1GB of Hard disk

Sound card

Modem (modulator and Demodulator)

64MB RAM (Random Access Memory)

CD-Drive:

Playing Audio CD:

Insert the audio CD into the CD ROM Drive.

Load the program in the given path.

• Click on Start
• Click on Program
• Click on Accessories
• Click on Entertainment
• Click on CD-Player

After detecting the drive and music tracks, the main window will be active. Click on the control button such as play, rewind, and forward stop and eject as usual in our cassette player.

Playing Videos:

Repeat the same steps as usual with the given steps.

Process:

• Click on Start.
• Click on Program.
• Click on Accessories.
• Click on Entertainment.
• Click on Media Player.
• Choose file then open. Now locate the drive that may be either D:\> or E:\> according to the partition of the disk.
• Double click on Mpgav main folder and locate the fill to be played.

Control Panel

It is the main controlling unit that coordinates and controls the peripheral devices. In other words, it's the main controlling section form where the system settings and options are changed. It's a way of creating a favorable working environment as per the user's interest. Installing and removing program, hardware components and their drivers, new font, changing the screen display setting of mouse, multimedia, keyboard and sound all are performed using control panel. Once the settings are changed form control panel the effect can be obtained from any of the windows associated program.

Loading Control Panel:

• Click on Start
• Click on Settings
• Click on Control Panel
• In the absence of the short cut, run the program as below.
• Click on Start Bottom.
• Click on Run and display the dialogue box

After having displayed the icons of control panel, double click the respective one and change the settings accordingly.

MICROSOFT WORD PAD

It is a word processing application program, which developed by the Microsoft Corporation. It's the simple but common word processing application that lads us create simple documents such as a letter, application and report. After having the good concept of WordPad. We can easily run the advanced applications. It's the preliminary platform of word-processing, which is available as the window has been installed or it is a small processing of Microsoft word.

Loading word pad.

• Click on Start.
• Click on Program
• Click on Accessories
• Click on Word-Pad

In the absence of the shortcut, run the program as below,

• Click on Start
• Click on Run

Immediate after that a standard word processing screen is appeared.

Title Bar

Menu Bar

Tools Bar

Format Bar

Ruler

Status Bar

What is Cursor?

It's the vertical blinking line, which can be defined as the tip of the pen. It's the main indicator that should be before data insertion and manipulation. It can be easily moved from one place to another with the help of the following key combination.

Editing Text:

An editing is the process of changing the physical values either adding or removing the text.

Searching a string:

The process of finding a particular term that has been repeated many times on the document is etymologically said to be searching a string. Especially to note down the position and order of execution, such items are sleeked.

• Position the cursor at the beginning of the document.
• Choose find on the edit main menu and specify the string as below.
• Type the finding word or letter in find what criteria.
• Click on find next many times till the entire terms are sleeked.

Replacing a String:

After the particular term has been sleeked successfully may be replaced by a new term, which is performed through replace in global correction and manipulation. After we specify the both of searching and replacing strings, one by one will be replaced conditionally.

• Choose replace on the edit main menu and specify the both of searching and replacing strings as below:
• Click on replace for individual while replace all, global replacements.

Paste Special:

With the use of simple paste, the whole attributes can be copied with no options. By using paste special we can highlight only the selected attribute. It has the following common attributes.

• Highlight the preformatted item and copy it.
• Position the cursor and choose paste special then any of the following attributes.

Inserting Date and Time:

If the system date is correct, it shows the current date in different styles. From which where the right one we can select accordingly.

• Locate the cursor and choose date and time on the insert main menu.
• Choose any of the following date and time format.

Inserting an object:

No program in software industry is self-executable and independent from all aspects. The feature available in one program may not be other. In this respect, the new feature has to be added as an object. The object may be a picture, freehand, interactive image, chart and diagram, metafiles or simply a document extracted form the relative sources.

• Click on Insert Menu.
• Choose the Object, then a dialogue box will display.
• Choose the Microsoft Clip Art Gallery
• Then Picture dialogue box will display
• Choose the any one picture
• Click on ok.

Posses a head by following necessary steps then choose exit or return to Ms-WordPad on the file main menu after a complete object has been created.

Formatting Letters:

The process of changing the physical attributes and appearance of the selected text in terms of the letter type, size, style and other initials is called formatting letters in computer terminology. If all the information is uniform, then we can't distinguish between them.

v Highlight the part of document and choose fonts on the format main menu. Now specify the letter type, style and necessary initials as below:

Formatting a Paragraph:

Naturally, to be a complete document, there may be different paragraphs. If all of them are uniform, we can't locate the selected one more easily. The paragraph may constitute the alignment and indentation form left, right and first line.

v Locate the paragraph and choose paragraph on the format main menu. Now specify the alignment and indents as below:

Note: To format two or more paragraphs, all of them should be highlighted first.

Tab Setting:

When we press the tab key, initially the cursor moves 4 characters right wards with left alignment. By using tab setting, we can specify the tab stop position especially for tabular tasks. Position the cursor and choose tabs on the format main menu and specify the value for the tab stop in the interval by clicking on set button as below.

• Click on ok and input the values by pressing the tab key. Input the following information and find out the amount and grand total with the help of calculator.