Windows is an operating system developed by Microsoft that manages programs and information on personal computers. It serves as the interface between the user and installed software. The Windows interface includes a Start button, taskbar, desktop, windows, icons and pointers. Windows uses windows, icons, menus and pointers to allow users to interact with programs and files through graphical elements on the screen. It displays open programs as windows which can be moved and resized, and closed using buttons in the window frame. The desktop displays icons which are representations of programs and files, and the taskbar shows running programs and system tools.

1. WORKING WITH
WINDOWS
Instructor: ETHEL L. OCZON, MSIS

2. – is an operating system software
developed by Microsoft Corporation that
is used to make personal computers run.
MsWindows manages the information
and programs installed into your
computer. It serves as the interface
between you and the software programs.
Microsoft Windows

3. Parts of the Windows Screen

4. The Interface
It has a Start Button andTaskbar. The Start
Button is used to quickly open programs, find
documents, and use system tools.
Types of Windows:
Group Window – a window where you can store the
icons for a group of related programs
Application Window – a window that displays an
application/program (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.)
Document Window – a window that exist within
application windows and are linked to their application
window in one main way: the menu commands that affect
the application windows also affect the document
window.

5. Desktop -The area on the display screen
that displays all your icons.The desktop can
also contain a background image.
Window – a program or group of icons
that is open.
Icons – a pictorial representation of a
program or file.
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6. Types of Icons:
Program Icon – the graphical representation of a
program that you see inside group windows.
Group Icon – a group window that has been closed
Application Icon – represents an application that is
open and running in your computer memory
but whose window has been closed.

7. Taskbar – Is the bar that shows the tasks
that are open and also contains the start
button, the lunch buttons, and the system
tray.
Launch Buttons – start certain window
programs immediately
SystemTray – Contain programs that
started the same time window 98 did.
Task buttons – Show what programs are
running
The Interface

8. Title bar – Displays the name of the window, or
the document in the window
Menu bar – Show one or two words commands
that commands the computer what to do.
Tool bar – icons that give shortcuts to different
commands contained in the menu bar.
Work area – the white area in the middle of the
window.
Status bar – Gray bar at the bottom that gives
hints about what you are doing.
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9. Parts of the Windows Screen

10. Window – a framed region in the screen
Window Frame – the borders, the four
edges that define the border of a window
Title Bar – area directly below window’s
top border (displays the window’s name)
Control Menu Box – the upper left corner
of the window that has an inner icon
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11. Sizing/Closing Buttons – buttons appear to the
upper-right corner of the window that is used to
minimize, maximize, and close a window. Close,
Minimize, and Maximize buttons. Every window
has an (Close button) in the upper-right corner
that you can click to close the window and quit
the program.
Menu Bar – area under the title bar, it provides
access to most of the application commands
Work Area – large blank area inside the window
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12. Scroll Bars and Buttons - buttons and bars that
are used to pan across the screen (up, down, left,
right)
Mouse Pointer – indicates where the mouse is
currently positioned in the screen
Status Bar – bar along the very bottom of the
window; displays information about the active
document, the page that contains the insertion
point, the status of several keys on your
computer and instructions and/or messages when
you are issuing a command
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13. The three(3) mouse actions:
To Click – (a button or option once to select it)
position the tip of the mouse pointer over the
specified element, then press the left mouse button
at one time.
To Double Click – (an option to execute it)
position the tip of the mouse pointer over the
specified element, and then press and release the
left mouse button twice in quick succession.
To Click and Drag – (to relocate or highlight items)
position the mouse pointer over the specified
element and hold down the left mouse button and
move the mouse to the desired location and release
(drop).