Windows Explorer *

Copy, move, rename, delete files. *

1. Terminology *

SHORTCUT keys IN wINDOWS EXPLORER *

Tab moves from Folder List to File List.

Shift with Tab moves in reverse order.

Up and Down Arrow moves the cursor up and down the list.

End moves to last item in the list.

Home moves to first item in the list.

Any letter of the alphabet moves to an item starting with that letter.

Right Arrow displays the next level of folders and left arrow closes the branch.

Enter opens the folder or opens the file in its appropriate application.

Control with G will go to a specified folder.

Alt with Enter Displays file properties.

F5 Refreshes screen.

To create a new folder, position cursor on the folder where you want to create a new folder.

Choose File, New or press Alt with F, N.

Type the folder name and press Enter.

There is no restriction on the size of the name and a filename can contain up to 255 characters in its full path, including spaces.

Windows95 does not display file name extensions unless you turn this feature on.

Choose View, Options.

Hide MSDOS file extensions is a checkbox which should not be checked.

Choose View, Options.

Display the full MS DOS path in the Title bar checkbox should be checked.

Choose View, Details to display the file size, type, date of most recent save or

Choose View, List to display file name only.

Position cursor on the file and press Delete

Deleting files actually moves them to the Recycle Bin folder.

Delete with Shift destroys files immediately without moving them to the Recycle Bin folder.

To empty the recycle bin delete all the files in the Recycle bin folder or click the Recycle bin on the Desktop and choose File, Empty Recylce bin.

Open the Recycle Bin on the Desktop by pressing Logo with M, right arrow to Reclycle Bin and Enter.

Select the files you want to retrieve.

Choose File, Restore.

If you restore a file that was originally located in a deleted folder, Windows recreates the folder, and then restores the file to it.

Position cursor on the file or folder and press F2. Type a new name and press Enter.

Position cursor on a file or folder and press Control with C.

Position cursor where you want the file copied to.

Press Control with V.

Position cursor on File or folder.

Control with X.

Position cursor where you want the file moved to.

Control with V.

Hold down Shift and press down arrow to select several files in a row.

OR

Hold down Control with down arrow to move to each file and press space bar to select non consecutive files.

Hold down Control and press Space a second time to deselect current file.

OR

Control with A selects all files in the directory.

OR

Shift with End selects from current file to the end of the list.

NOTE: Move arrows without shift or control to deselect files.

1. Terminology

GUI stands for Graphic User Interface and means all the information on the screen, text and graphics, is displayed as pixel patterns that represent a graphic image.

Windows is the operating system which presents the application package in a window. Windows can be tiled or cascading. Tiled windows are resized so that they are arranged side by side. Cascading windows are layered and resized so that the title bar displayed for each window.

The simple opening screen in Windows95 that contains a few objects, the Start Menu and a taskbar.

An icon containing a direct route to a specific object. You can customize your desktop by creating shortcuts for the programs you use most often.

Mouse is an external device used to send commands to the computer by moving the mouse cursor on the screen. There are keyboard commands which can be used instead of a mouse.

The mouse pointer is either a black arrow or a white vertical bar. The insertion point or text entry cursor is a flashing black vertical bar and works the same as a cursor in DOS.

Insertion point shows where you are in a document and is called the cursor in DOS programs. It is a flashing vertical bar.

Multi-tasking is the use or more than one application at a time.

Scroll Bars enable you to move parts of a document into view if the entire document does not fit in the window. Moving the insertion point with cursor movement keys does the same thing. Scroll Bars can only be accessed with a mouse and they are displayed at the right and bottom edges of the document window. The scroll boxes inside the scroll bars indicate vertical and horizontal location in the document. Click the arrow to scroll up or down one line. Click the double arrow to scroll up or down one page.

Maximise and minimise buttons enable you to enlarge the window to full screen size or reduce a window to an icon. They are in the top right corner of the application window and the maximise button is a square and the minimise button is a dash.

Application Window has a Window Title and Menu Bar. Several child windows can be opened at the same time and these windows share the Application Windows Menu Bar. Windows inside Applications windows have their own title bar unless they are maximised.

Title Bar shows the name of the application or document, This name is called the Window Title and is the name of an application, document, or group, directory or file that is active. This is the top line of the window or screen if the window is maximised.

Menu Bar lists the available menus. Most windows programs have a File menu, Edit menu and Help menu, in addition to menus unique to the application. The Menu Bar is displayed on the second line of the screen. Press Alt to move to the Menu Bar and press Right arrow to read each Menu Bar option.

Drop down Menus are a list of options that drop down from each option on the Menu bar. Press Down Arrow to read the Drop Down Menu options.

ToolBar is displayed on the top line of the application window below the menu Bar and above the Ribbon Bar and consists of about 20 icons which give quick mouse access to the Tools or commands available.

Icons are small pictures of commands displayed on the Toolbar, immediately under the Menu Bar which give quick mouse access to commands. In Program Manager Icons are pictures of applications displayed in groups.

Format Bar is displayed below the Toolbar and gives quick access to character and paragraph formatting. Not all Windows programs have a Ribbon Bar.

Font is a style or size of printing and the true font size is displayed in Windows. This is referred to as WYSIWYG (pronounced wizzy wig) an acronym for What You See Is What You Get.

Ruler is displayed across the top of the document window to give quick mouse access to tabs, margins, paragraph indents and column margins.

Control Menu OR System Menu is a horizontal dash in the upper-left corner of each window. This menu allows you to minimise, maximise and close windows and switch to other application programs. Alt with Space gives access to this menu and down arrow reads the options. Alt with hyphen gives access to this menu for child windows.

Dialog Box is a rectangular window that supplies or requests information about the task you are performing. Dialog Boxes have Buttons, Text Boxes, List Boxes or combo boxes, Radio boxes and Check Boxes. You can move around a dialog box with Tab and move in reverse order with Shift with Tab.

Buttons initiate action and are usually OK or Cancel and are located either at the bottom or the right hand side of Dialog Box. Usually OK is highlighted by default and and when you press Enter you are selecting the default button.

Edit Boxes require that you type text in them. For example, when you are saving a file a Edit Box appears for you to type the file name. Inside the Edit Box it will display a default name like doc1.doc which disappears when you start typing your preferred file name.

List Boxes display a list of choices which are usually listed alphabetically. Up and Down arrow read the choices. Drop down List Boxes are used in small Dialog Boxes. These are sometimes called combo boxes.

Check Boxes means you can select as many options as you want.

Press Tab or down arrow to move to each check box. Press Spacebar to select or clear the selection OR press Alt with the underlined letter to select or clear the check box.

Radio Button gives you two or more options to choose from and like listening to a radio you can only make one choice with the arrow.

Activates Menu Bar Alt

Close Application Programs Control with Alt with Delete

Close a Child Window Control with F4

Close an application program. Alt with F4

Context menu right mouse button key OR Shift + F10

Control Menu of Child window. Alt with Dash

Control Menu of Program window. Alt with Space

Copy an image of the screen to clipboard Print screen

Copy Control with C

Cut Control with X

Document Menu Start key, D

Expand previously opened windows Windows Start key with SHIFT with M

File Properties dialog box. Alt with Enter

Find All Files. Windows Start key with F

Find Computer dialog box. Windows Start key with Control with F

Find Files or Folders. Start key, F

Help Start key, H

Menu Bar Alt

Minimize all open windows. Windows Start key with M

Paste Control with V

Programs Menu Start key, P

Refresh screen F5

Rename File F2

Run Command. Windows Start key with R

Settings menu Start key, S

Shortcut menu Right mouse key (Shift + F10)

Shut down Windows Start key, U

Start menu. Windows Start key

Start Menu. Control with Escape

Switch between active programs. Alt with Tab

System Properties dialog box. Windows Start key with BREAK

Windows Explorer. Windows Start key with E

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