This document provides information on working with multiple applications in Windows and transferring information between different applications. It discusses how to start multiple applications simultaneously, with each application window overlapping and its button appearing on the taskbar. It describes how to switch between active applications by clicking on their taskbar buttons or visible windows. The document explains how the clipboard can be used to copy or cut data from one application and paste it into another, allowing transfer of information like text, images, and files between applications like Paint, WordPad, and Excel.

1. R.D.SIVAKUMAR, M.Sc.,M.Phil.,M.Tech.,
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Working with Multiple Applications

2. Working with Multiple Applications
In Windows, a WordPad file can contain data or a graph created using Excel, a
picture created using Paint and so on.
Starting Multiple Applications
Starting multiple applications is very simple. First start one application.
The application appears on the screen in a window. At the same time, a button
with the name of the application appears on the taskbar. Now, start the second
application.
Several things happen –
 the window of the second application appears on the screen overlapping the
first window,
 the button of the second application appears on the taskbar,
the title bar of the first application and its button on the taskbar
become dim.

3. Working with Multiple Applications
You can start more applications in the same way. Fig will help you
understand this better.
Desktop with Excel application.

4. Working with Multiple Applications
Fig Desktop as it appears after Word is also started.
Note the dimmed title bar and button of the Excel application.

5. Working with Multiple Applications
Desktop with 3 application windows

6. Switching between Multiple Applications
The buttons on the taskbar are used to switch between the different applications.
Remember that every time you start an application, its button appears on the taskbar.
The button of the application you are currently using is highlighted and its window is
called the Active Window. In Fig , Paint is the active window.
To switch to another application, click on any part of that application’s window that is
visible. If no part of the window is visible, click the button of the application on the
taskbar. The application window is moved in front of all the other windows and its
button is highlighted.
 Fig shows WordPad as the active window. Windows Explorer (Which you are going
to learn shortly) enables you to create only one button per application. If you click on
the button, it will show you a list, from which you can select any one of them.

7. Transferring Information between Diff Application
Windows allows you to transfer data between the different applications you
are running simultaneously. To do this, Windows uses a temporary storage
location called the Clipboard. You can use the clipboard to store any kind of
data. You can store text, pictures, numbers, group of files and so on.
Fig WordPad window is the Active Window

8. Transferring Information between Diff Application
Suppose, you have drawn a picture in Paint and want to include it in a document
created using WordPad. To do so, first start both the applications. You may recall that
windows allows multiple applications to be started at the same time. However, you
have to switch between the Applications by activating the application of your choice.
Desktop with Paint and WordPad

9. Transferring Information between Diff Application
Click on the Paint window to make it active. Use the Select tool to mark the picture
you want to move or copy.
Paint with the picture selected

10. Transferring Information between Diff Application
Click on the Edit menu and select Copy or press(Ctrl+c). (If you want to move
the picture select Cut or press (Ctrl+x)
Select Edit, Copy

11. Transferring Information between Diff Application
Click on the WordPad window to make it active. In the WordPad window,
click on the Edit menu and select Paste (Ctrl+v).
Note: Moving and copying will be dealt elaborately later.
Click on Edit; Paste in the WordPad

12. Transferring Information between Diff Application
The desktop will look as shown in Fig. Note that the picture in the Paint
window remains untouched.
WordPad after pasting the picture.
In the same manner, you can transfer data between any two Windows based applications

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