Session 3 and 4 – Demo Notes Comp 1002

The following items represent the major items for discussion and demo for Sessions 3 and 4. They may
or may not represent every topic discussed in class as this is dependent on the questions and
conversations during the course of the session. You should take your own notes.

Session 3 items to be covered:

 Windows Interface
 Icons
 Shortcut menus
 Properties Sheets
 Dialog Boxes
 Print Screen Technique
 Snipping Tool Option
 Taskbar
o Quick Launch Toolbar eliminated
o Adding address toolbar
o Adding “new” Toolbar
o Moving the taskbar
o Unlocking the taskbar
o Combined taskbar buttons
o Notification area
 Customize
 Show Desktop

 Start menu:
o Add and remove items
o Power Button behaviours
o Run Option (gone or hidden)
o Pinning
o Jump Lists
o Programs

 Desktop
o Change Desktop Icons
 Right Click the desktop and choose “Personalize”, then click “Change desktop
icons” and select the icons you want to add or hide.
o Arrange Icons
o Snap

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 o Shake
o 3D Aero
o Peek
o New position for Show Desktop
o Cascade

Change the colour of the Aero UI

o Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, then “Window Color”, and you will be
able to tweak the colours.

 Change the Windows theme

o Right click the desktop; choose “Personalize”, then change the entire interface theme –
wallpaper, colour scheme, system sounds and mouse pointers.
o Online themes available.

 Action Centre

 Accessories

o Calculator
o Notepad
o Paint
o Sticky Notes
o WordPad
o Desktop Gadgets (no longer supported and the suggestion is not to use due to
vulnerabilities)

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File Management

Make Explorer Windows friendlier:

To make Windows 7 more familiar, enable the menu bar from “Organize|Layout|Menu Bar”. You can

turn off the bottom “Details” pane.

 Best Practices

 File management

o File Selection

 Shift + click

 Ctrl + Click

 Invert

 Lasso

o Copy

o Move

o RC Drag

o Drag

o Delete

o Rename

o Properties - Attributes

 Read Only

 Hidden

 System

 Index, Encrypt (NTFS systems)

o Group by

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 o Folder Options

o Create Folders

o Navigation

o Breadcrumbs (Path)

o Search

o Extensions

o Views

 Details Pane

o Drives

o Navigation Pane

o Preview Pane

o Libraries

o Home group

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