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After you start Windows, the first thing you see is the
Desktop. Think of the desktop as your personalized workplace.
Several icons, or small pictures, are located on the left side of your
desktop. Each icon represents an object, such as a folder or a program.
You can Customize Your Desktop through Display Properties.
Right-click any blank space on your desktop and click on Properties
from the submenu to open the Display Properties dialog box.
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You can use the Start button (it brings up the Start Menu) and
Taskbar (displays programs that are currently open) to easily navigate
through Windows. In the image above, Microsoft Outlook
and Microsoft Word are open. You can click on the Taskbar buttons
to move to a different window. Both the Start button and the
Taskbar are always available on your desktop, no matter how
many windows you have open.
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Using the Start button, you can accomplish almost any task.
You can start programs, open documents, customize your system, get help,
search for items on your computer, and more. Your Start button also
enables you to logoff, shut down, or restart your computer.
Most of the programs installed on your computer are available from one
convenient location - the Programs section of the Start Menu.
Starting a program:
- Click the Start button, and then point to Programs.
- Point to the group (such as Accessories) that contains
the program you want to start, and then click on the program name.
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Buttons on the Taskbar show you which windows are open, even
if some windows are minimized or hidden beneath another window. You can
easily switch to a different window by clicking its taskbar button.
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You can navigate around your computer in several different ways. For
example, you can view your computer's contents by using either My
Computer or Windows Explorer. Both navigational tools are
easy to find: My Computer opens from the desktop, and Windows
Explorer opens from the Start Menu.
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Using Windows Task Manager, you can end programs or processes that
are not responding.
If a program is not responding:
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to start Task Manager
- Click the Applications tab
- Click the program's name that is not responding
- Click End Task.
- Any data entered or changes made in that program and not saved,
will be lost.
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- Right-click on the File, Folder or Program and select
Send To
 and
choose Desktop (create shortcut) or
- Right-click on the File, Folder or Program and drag and
drop it on the desktop. After you release the mouse, Left-click
the Create Shortcut(s) here.
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- Place the mouse pointer at the beginning of what you want to
copy and click the left mouse button, holding it down
while you drag over the section. Drag the mouse across or
down. At the end of what you want copied, let go of the mouse
button.
- What you want to copy should be highlighted If not, click
the mouse button once to unhighlight, then start over.
- While it's highlighted, hold down the Ctrl key and hit the
letter "c". This copies the highlighted part to an invisible
clipboard.
- Now go to where you want to paste it. Put the cursor on that
spot by clicking the left mouse button once. Now hold down the Ctrl
key and hit the letter "v" to paste what you copied.
- If you want to move text from one place to another, highlight
the text then hold down the Ctrl key and hit the letter "x". Click
on the place you want to move it to, hold down the Ctrl key and hit
the letter "v" to paste it in the new place.
- (This cuts it from the original place, copies it to the
invisible clipboard and then pastes it in the new place.)
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Ctrl + c =
copy
Ctrl + v = paste
Ctrl + x = move |
Highlight by Using the Keyboard
- Put the cursor at the beginning of what you want to copy by
clicking there once with the left mouse button.
- Now hold down the Shift key and use either the arrow keys, the
Home key or the End key to highlight. The arrow keys are
self-explanatory.
- Holding down the Shift key and then hitting the Home key will
highlight from the cursor to the beginning of a line.
- Now hold down the Shift key and use either the arrow keys, the
Home key or the End key to highlight. The arrow keys are
self-explanatory.
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Log Off
- Click Start
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Shut Down, then Log Off (username) from the dropdown box.
- Click OK
Shutting Down Your Computer
When you're finished working in Windows, you use the Shut Down
command on the Start Menu to close windows and programs and
prepare your computer for shutting down. If you haven't already saved
your work, you will be prompted to do so.
Important. Do Not turn your computer until you see a message
telling you that shutdown is complete. If you turn off your computer
without shutting it down correctly, you risk losing information.
To shut down your computer:
- Click the Start button, and then click Shut Down.
- Click OK if you want to turn off your computer.
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