Introduction to Windows
A CCSO Student Free Computer Course
This course is designed to familiarize you with the Microsoft Windows program. The manual you are holding is geared towards users who are unfamiliar with Windows, and therefore attempts to clearly define terms and concepts before they are used.
The goal of this course is for the user to gain confidence in their ability to use Microsoft Windows, and feel comfortable using it on their own after the course has been completed.
Computing and Communications Services Office
1304 West Springfield Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
All comments, suggestions, and inquiries concerning this instructional material, this course, or any other courses that Computing and Communications Services Office offers may be directed to CCSO's User Training and Education Manager:
Lynnell Lacy
1120 Digital Computer Lab (DCL), MC-256
1304 West Springfield Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 244-1257
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Office Paradigm
- What is Microsoft Windows?
- Starting Microsoft Windows
- Windows Screen Parts
- Desktop
- Windows
- Icons
- Anatomy of a Window
- Title Bar
- Minimize and Maximize Buttons
- The Control Box
- Scroll Items
- Menu Bar
- Using the Mouse
- Clicking
- Single Clicking
- Maximize a Window
- Minimize a Window
- Restore an Iconizied Window
- Double Clicking
- Dragging
- Configuration
- Control Panel
- Dialog Boxes
- File Management
- Background
- Files
- File Names
- Directories
- The File Manager
- Exploring File Directories
- Copying
- Files
- Directories
- Moving
- Directories
- Renaming
- Files
- Directories
- Deleting
- Files
- Directories
- Working with Applications
- Starting an Application
- Using the Write Application
- Printing
- Saving a Document
- Save Dialog Box
- Exiting an Application
- Exiting Windows
Coded by The AIM Lab
August 8, 1995