The document discusses the key components of the Windows desktop interface, including icons, the desktop area, mouse pointer, start button and menu, taskbar, and clock. It describes common elements of windows like title bars, buttons, and scroll bars. It also outlines how to use dialog boxes, arrange windows, start programs, size windows, and move between applications in Windows.

1. ICT in the Workplace

2. Understanding the Windows
Desktop
Components of the Desktop
 ICON
 DESKTOP
 MOUSE POINTER
 MY COMPUTER ICON
 MY DOCUMENT ICON
 RECYCLE BIN
 START BUTTON
 START MENU
 TASKBAR
 CLOCK

3. ICON
 pictures that represented programs,
files, folders etc.

4. DESKTOP
 this area takes up
the entire
background of the
screen.
 it is a box on your
screen that
contains items
such as icons,
files or folders.

5. MY DOCUMENTS
 Windows makes it easy for you by giving you
your own personal folder, called My
Documents.
 This special folder will contain everything you
create in Windows.
 All the documents, graphics, worksheets and
other files will be saved somewhere in this
folder.
 Clicking the icon opens a folder that’s the
holding place for everything you do.

6. MOUSE POINTER
 (usually an arrow) is used to select items and
choose command.
Using the Mouse
 You can use the mouse quickly to select any
object on-screen, such as an icon or a
window.
 There are two process involve: POINTING
and CLICKING

7. MY COMPUTER ICON
 it gives you access to a window in which you
can browse through the contents of your
computer or find out information about the
disk drive, control panel & printers that you
have on your computer.

8. RECYCLE BIN
 TheRecycle bin is a holding bin for the
items that the user deleted.
 You can go back and take the things out
of the recycle bin, should you change of
heart in deleting something.
 Serves as your electronic trash can

9. START BUTTON
 Itis located on the lower left corner of your
screen.
 By clicking the Start Button it will display the
start menu, which contains a list of
commands that enable you to work quickly
and easily.

10. START MENU
 The start menu is
attached to the Start
Button, which you’ll
most likely to find in the
lower-left corner of the
screen. the start menu,
 To see
click the start button with
your mouse. You can
also use the Ctrl+Esc
combination to pop up the
start menu.

11. Menu Item What It Does
 Programs – Displays the submenu
of programs.
 Documents – Displays a submenu of recent
documents you’ve open.
 Settings - Displays a submenu for quick
access to the Windows tools.
 Search - List commands that help you
find files, folders and programs
on disk.

12. Menu Item What It Does
 Help - Begins the windows main
help system.
 Run - Opens a dialog box where you
can type the name of a
command to run.
 Shut Down - Offers several options for
quitting Windows.

13. TASKBAR
 TheTaskbar is located at the bottom of the
screen.
 You can use the taskbar to quickly launch
programs and switch to a different documents or
tasks that you have open.

14. CLOCK
 Itis located on the lower right corner of the
taskbar that shows the current time.

15. THE CONTROL PANEL
 Thecontrol panel is used to control the
appearance and the behavior of
Windows and the various hardware in
your personal computer.
 The control panel contains icons that do
a variety of things including changing
the way your desktop looks and setting
the options for various devices in your
computer.

16. ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL
1. Click the start menu button
2. Choose Settings
3. Click on Control Panel
1. Double-click on My Computer
2. Double-click on the Control Panel Icon

17. MY NETWORK PLACES
 The My Network Places icon lets you peek
at the computer at the network.
 The icon is there whether or not your PC is
connected to a network.

18. INTERNET EXPLORER
 Web browser, which is your gateway to the
internet.
 This is a program that Microsoft adds to the
desktop for easy access.

19. WORKING WITH A WINDOW
 What is a Window?
Itis a rectangular area on your
screen in which you view
program folders, files or icons.

20. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
Control Menu Icon
Title Bar
Minimize button
Restore button
Close button
Status bar
Menu bar
Scroll bars

21. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
 Control Menu Icon
- it contains the control menu
commands such as resize, move,
maximize, close and split the active
window.
 Title bar
- it displays the name of the program
and/ or document currently open.
 Minimize Button
- reduce the size of the active window

22. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
 Maximize button
- It increases the size of the active window
 Restore button
- It is used to return a window to the
size it was before.
 Close button
- Exits the current window

23. CONTENTS OF A WINDOW
 Status Bar
- registers the number of object on the
window that is currently open.
 Menu Bar
- Displays the menus available for the
program/ window you are currently
working
 Scroll Bars
- it allows you to shift information that is
displayed in the active window to the
left, right, up and down.

24. STARTING A NEW PROGRAM
1. Click the start button
2. Choose Programs
3. Find the program that you want
4. Click your program

25. SIZING A WINDOW BORDER
 Minimize – reduce the window to a button on
the taskbar
 Maximize- to enlarge the window to its
maximum size
 Restore- to return a window to the size it was
before it was maximized.

26. SIZING A WINDOW BORDER
 Vertical Doubled-Headed Arrows –
resize the window’s height.
 Horizontal Doubled-Headed Arrows –
resize the window’s width.
 Diagonal Doubled-Headed Arrows –
resize the window’s height & width
proportionally.

27. CLOSING A WINDOW
 Clickthe control menu icon, choose
close.
 Choose the Close command to close the
window.
QUICKIE CLOSE
 Click
on the close button or press
ALT+F4.

28. Dialog boxes
 It is a rectangular window which varies
in size and usually appears in the
center of the screen.
 Windows uses dialog boxes to
exchange information with you (users)

29. COMPONENTS OF DIALOG BOX
1. Text box
2. List box
3. Drop-down list box
4. Option button
5. Check box
6. Tabbed Pages

30. Text box
 Provides with a place to type an entry
such as a name for a file you want; to
save or a path you wants to use to find a
specific file.
 Ex. Saving file – filename

31. List Box
 Presents a list of possible choices which
you can choose.
 Scroll bars often accompany a list box
so that you can scroll through the list
 Ex. Slide transition - slide show

32. Drop-down list box
 This box is a single-line list box with a
down arrow button to the right of it.
When you click on the arrow, the drop
down list box opens to displays a list of
choices.
 Ex. Font style & sizes

33. Option Button
 Presents a group of related choices from
which you can choose only one. Simply
click on the option button you want to
select, and all others become
deselected.
 Ex. Printing Documents

34. Check Boxes
 Present a single option or group of
related options. A check mark appears
in the box next to an option to indicate
that this is active.
 Ex. Inserting Slide number

35. Tabbed Pages
 Represented multiple sections of a
dialog box. One tab is displayed at a
time, and each tab contains related
options. Choosing a tab changes the
options that appear in the dialog box.
 Ex. Viewing header & footer

36. ARRANGING WINDOWS
 Cascade – lays all open windows on top
of each other
 Tile – if you need all open windows at
the same time.
 Tile horizontally
 Tile vertically

37. Moving between applications
 Press ALT+TAB to switch to a different
application, the icons and application name of
all windows appear in one dialog box.