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With this Learn Windows^® 98 tutorial you will learn:

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Lesson One	Lesson Two	Lesson Three
Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - The Desktop Interface Functions of the Windows Program Definition of desktop Icons Folders Files Taskbar Quick Launch button Turn on active desktop Mouse pointer Channel bar Floating text boxes over icon Grayed out items Customizing desktop Opening Folder Options menu Using radio buttons Organizing icons on the desktop Auto Arrange Arrange by option Moving icons on the desktop Different actions of mouse button Single-click Double-click Click and Drag Section 3 - The Elements of a Window Definition of a window Elements of a window Icon Window Taskbar button Title bar Maximize/Minimize/Close buttons Double-click title to maximize Menu bar Open folder options Active desktop Using Web browser style Shortcut menus View as web page Moving a window Recycle Bin Resizing a window Multitasking with more than one window open Opening a second window Split window view Parts of the My Computer window Close a window Section 4 - Menus and Toolbars Elements of a window Menu bar Toolbar Scroll Status bar Workspace Elements on the Menu bar Drop-down menus Grayed-out items Keyboard options Escape key Alt key Plain commands Arrowhead command Three dot ellipsis Checkmarks on menu options Adding toolbars Activating Status bar Standard toolbar Address bar Folder hierarchy Recycle bin Back and forward buttons Links toolbar Sizing indicating to changing toolbar size Rearranging toolbars Links button Elements of the Status bar Floating information box on folders Section 5 - The Taskbar Definition of taskbar Opening shortcut menu Properties of taskbar Definition of properties Properties tabs Taskbar appearance and notification areas Auto-hide taskbar Taskbar on top Quick Launch toolbar Show the clock Do not hide inactive icons Areas of taskbar Task list Start button Quick Launch toolbar Notify or status area Moving the taskbar Increasing size of taskbar Pop-up tips Computer clock Windows display options Cascade Horizontal Vertical Show desktop Changing Quick Launch icons Organizing icons on the desktop Auto Arrange Arrange by option Moving icons on the desktop Section 6 - The Start Menu Opening the Start menu Opening All Programs How to log off windows Turning off computer Shut Down Restart Restart in DOS Properly shutting down computer Log off command Run command Auto run .exe extension Help and Support command Find command Programs command Favorites command Documents command Opening programs Notepad Section 7 - Files, Folders, and Saving Documents Difference of Save and Save As commands Save in text box Changing save in arrows Navigator icons Files and folders area Windows hierarchy Folder and files organization Up One Level command Moving up and down levels in the hierarchy My Documents folder Create new folder View menu Details of folder Size, type, and date modified Resizing save window Naming file Guidelines for naming files Save as type field Save warning window Opening saved files Section 8 - The Control Panel Opening Control Panel Closing open windows on status bar Changing look of control panel Appearance and themes Display Properties dialog box Scheme list Change color and picture of desktop Change position of picture on desktop Customize Desktop options screen savers Save Power button Appearance of desktop Colors of title bar and button Color scheme Font size Effects button for transitions Turn off computer	Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - Using the Find Command Opening the Find Files dialog box Pictures, music, and videos Documents Files and folders Computer Search the Internet All or part of the file name search Using Containing text box Including subfolders Stop the search Narrowing down the search Asterisk as wild card Search by date created Search by file type Opening file from Find box Parent programs and extensions Section 3 - Files and Folders Open new file Saving to floppy disks Save as type box Create new folder Moving and copying files to new location Review details of saved files Review file and folders tasks in window Use Send To command Review of file hierarchy Drag and drop files to new location Viewing elements in a window Changing icon views Sort items in windows Resizing columns in window Section 4 - Creating a Shortcut Definition of shortcuts Identifying shortcuts on desktops Definition of Clipboard Copying folder to another folder Changing folders option to list view Restoring folder defaults Create shortcut from windows Methods to creating shortcuts Send to method Renaming shortcut Opening file with shortcut Reading document path name Changing shortcut icons Section 5 - Working with Applets Difference between placing folder and shortcut on desktop Opening Windows Explorer Expanding window size Reviewing Folders list Expand and collapse folders Opening folders from Explorer Creating new folder in Explorer Notepad and WordPad Open WordPad Tasks available in WordPad Controlling toolbars Rich Text format Enabling word wrap and wrap to rules Resetting ruler Setting automatic word selection Using the question mark help option Enter text Editing text with backspace Setting margins and tabs Insert text Word wrap Blocking text Click and drag to highlight Formatting text Formatting toolbar fonts and font sizes Centering text Tabs and margins Date/time Section 6 - Using the Paint Program Opening the Paint program Open toolbars for Paint program Toolbox buttons Pencil button Brush tool and brush tip Air brush Change color Line tool Resizing picture area Oval and circle shapes Add shift key to make shapes Change background and foreground color Erase tool Undo option Add text to paint Changing font and font size Save Paint program Resizing drawing Bitmap definition Copy and paste paint document into another program Multitasking with windows Clearing the Clipboard Select All keys (Ctrl+A) Zoom in and out	Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - Using Utilities Reviewing system tools for routine maintenance Maintenance Wizard Set Maintenance schedule Recycle and Temporary files Disk Cleanup Additional Clean up features Defragmenting Select hard drive to clean Scan Disk with Fat Index Review disk clean up report Thorough or standard scan Section 3 - Backup Basics, Add / Remove Programs Necessity of backing up files Check available space on a disk Converting hard drive to Fat 32 Defining FAT Floppy disks File sizes WinZip compression programs Installing the program Windows setup screen Remove programs Section 4 - Performing Backups Backup utility program Using the Backup Wizard Defining backup jobs Edit backup jobs Defining full backup When to backup Using Windows Explorer Incremental backup Where to backup Compress files during backup Backup report Daily/Weekly/Monthly backup Restore files Section 5 - Multimedia Options Multimedia defined Components needed for multimedia Video player Windows Media player Audio CDs and CD players Creating customized playlist volume control Put volume control on taskbar Video play back window Midi options Devices for Multimedia Section 6 - Creating Custom Toolbars Send To command Dropping shortcut on Quick Launch toolbar Drag files into folders Turn folder into a toolbar Floating toolbars Anchoring toolbars Deleting toolbars


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