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Tutorial 1. Exploring the Basics. Objectives. Overview of a few tricks to help with computer usage Most involve keyboard shortcuts Notation Switching between programs Program menus More Shortcuts. Keyboard button notation. We will use the notation: Win = windows button.
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Tutorial 1 Exploring the Basics New Perspectives on Windows XP Tutorial 1
Objectives • Overview of a few tricks to help with computer usage Most involve keyboard shortcuts • Notation • Switching between programs • Program menus • More Shortcuts
Keyboard button notation • We will use the notation: • Win = windows button. • Ctrl = Control button. • Alt = Alternative button. • Fi = Function key number i. • There are 12 function keys (usually), F1, F2…,F12 • Shft = Shift button. *I will use “Shift” • Tab = Tab button. • Spc = Space button. *I will use “Space” • Esc = Escape button.
Switching Between Programs • Program buttons • Located on the taskbar • Offer the easiest way to switch between programs • Try “Alt+Tab” keys together while you are running more than one program and see what will happen New Perspectives on Windows XP Tutorial 1
Using Program Menus • Menus • Organize a program’s features and available functions • Menu bar • Typically located at the top of the program window • Shows the names of the menus • To reach a menu you hit “Alt key” + the underlined letter of the name of the menu • Within each menu, the underlined letters work as shortcuts for each item New Perspectives on Windows XP Tutorial 1
Selecting Options from a Menu An Example of Windows XP menu New Perspectives on Windows XP Tutorial 1
More Shortcuts • http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449 • Really common ones: • Start menu: Windows Button • Cut: Ctrl+X • Copy: Ctrl+C • Paste: Ctrl+V • Print: Ctrl+P • Help: F1 • For this class: • Put Screenshot in “Clipboard”: PrtScn • Put Screenshot of Current Window in “Clipboard”: Alt+PrtScn New Perspectives on Windows XP Tutorial 1