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What is Windows 2000?

What is Windows 2000?. Windows 2000 Foundation. Discover Windows 2000. Take a tour of the new features. The Windows 2000 Desktop. Highly Functional Uncluttered Easy to use. The Start Icon. Easy to use Allows you to access your programs and your data

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What is Windows 2000?

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  1. What is Windows 2000? Windows 2000 Foundation

  2. Discover Windows 2000 • Take a tour of the new features

  3. The Windows 2000 Desktop • Highly Functional • Uncluttered • Easy to use

  4. The Start Icon • Easy to use • Allows you to access your programs and your data • Allows you to configure your copy of Windows 2000 to suit you

  5. The Taskbar • Displays any programs that you are running • Displays the time • Contains the Start icon Running Applications The Start Icon Quick launch toolbar System Clock

  6. The Recycle Bin • Allows you to retrieve files that you may have accidentally deleted!

  7. My Computer • Allows access to items such as your disks

  8. My Network Places • Allows you easy access to your networks

  9. Window Components and Selection Techniques Windows 2000 Foundation

  10. The Title Bar Title Bar • Provides added information • May be used to maximize or restore window size

  11. The Scroll Bars • Allows for movement of text and graphics within a window Scroll Bars

  12. Maximize, Minimize, Restoreand Close Buttons • Use the Maximize, Minimize and Restore buttons to size your applications Close Minimize The Restore button is only visible when the window has been maximized Running applications are displayed here Maximize

  13. Borders Click and drag the vertical border to make the window narrower or wider • Borders can be used for resizing a window Click and drag the horizontal border to make the window taller or shorter Click and drag the corner of the window to re-size a window in two dimensions simultaneously

  14. The Control Icon • All windows have a Control (or System) icon • Click to display the Control (or System) drop down menu Control icon

  15. Dialog Boxes • Dialog boxes represent a fast way of displaying a wide range of options from which you can make choices To close a dialog box, press the Esc key

  16. Text Boxes • Allows you to enter text into dialog boxes • Click in the text box and type in the text required Note: Some text boxes have a down arrow on the right-hand side which, when clicked, will reveal a drop down list of available options

  17. List Boxes • Select from a list of options displayed

  18. Drop Down List Boxes • Drop down list of options from which an item may be selected Clicking here displays a drop down list

  19. Check Boxes and Radio Buttons • Check boxes allows the selection of one or more items • Radio buttons allow a single selection from a range of options • These options are mutually exclusive Radio Buttons Check Boxes

  20. Command Icons • Command icons provide a shortcut to advanced features within your applications • Increasingly if you move the mouse pointer to a command icon, then a pop-up will be displayed indicating the function of the icon

  21. Tabs • Some dialog boxes have multiple sections and categories • Categories are separated by tabs • Click on each tab to choose available options

  22. Mouse Selection Techniques REMEMBER THE WINDOWS TECHNIQUE Select ThenManipulate!

  23. Keyboard Selection Techniques • Accelerated application interaction • Notice the keyboard shortcuts on the example illustrated • Ctrl-N • Ctrl-O • Ctrl-SCtrl+P

  24. Drag and Drop Techniques • Allows you to move or copy items Remember: “Drag and drop” moves Control +“Drag and drop” copies

  25. The ‘Other’ Mouse Button • Click the right-hand mouse button to display a pop-up menu pertaining to the object you click on Clicking with the right-hand mouse button on the Desktop background displays this menu

  26. What are Property Sheets? • Allows for customization of the selected item Click with the right-hand mouse button

  27. Starting to Use Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Foundation

  28. What is the Start Icon? • The initial launch point for Windows 2000 Right-clicking Left-clicking

  29. The Start Menu • Allows easy access to the components that make up Windows 2000, and also to your application programs • Easily configurable to suit the way YOU wish to work • Items may be added or removed TIP: Keyboard shortcut to display the Start Menu Ctrl+Esc

  30. The Start Icon - Programs

  31. The Start Icon - Documents • Recently opened or edited files are displayed here

  32. The Start Icon - Settings • Access to configuration utilities • Control Panel • Printers • Taskbar

  33. The Start Icon - Search • Searches all system resources • Files or folders • On the Internet • Using Microsoft Outlook • For People …

  34. The Start Icon - Help Topics

  35. The Start Icon - Run • Allows you to run programs by entering their file name

  36. The Start Icon - Shut Down • Cleanly shuts down the system

  37. The Startup Folder • Programs in the Startup folder will start automatically when Windows 2000 is started

  38. What is the Taskbar? • Displays running applications • Click with the right-hand mouse button to: • Customize Taskbar options • Customize Start Menu programs Double click to show the Date/Time Properties dialog box Click to select these programs

  39. Controlling Applications From the Taskbar • Running applications are displayed within the Taskbar • Right clicking on these applications, as displayed in the Taskbar, will display a pop-up menu which allows you to control that program

  40. Tiling and Cascading Windows Using the Taskbar • Options include: • Cascade Windows • Tile Horizontally • Tile Vertically

  41. Arranging Your Desktop Icons • You can easily customize the way icons are displayed on your Windows 2000 desktop • Right-click on the Desktop to display a pop-up menu • Select the required icon arrangement

  42. Help Within Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Foundation

  43. Help Within the Start Menu • Help • Fully indexed • You can search for a word or phrase

  44. Using The F1 Key To Get Help • Pressing the F1 Key: • Invokes help • Provides application specific help

  45. “What’s This” Help • Many dialog boxes offer “What’s This”Help • Click on the question mark icon • Click on the item within the dialog box you need help on

  46. Wizards • Guide your through complicated processes!

  47. The Windows 2000 Accessories Windows 2000 Foundation

  48. What is WordPad? • By default WordPad acts like a cut down version of Microsoft Word

  49. WordPad Editing an Existing Document • Word 6 files are the default file format • WARNING: Do NOT edit existing Word files if the files contain styles, headers or footers

  50. What is Paint? • A simple tool for editing or creating graphics (pictures)

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