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SC ICT CertificationLevel 1
SC ICT CertificationLevel 1
01 Desktop Basics
By Ross Parker
THE DESKTOP01.1
• Why do nerds make things look easy?
• “The mysterious process by which difficult things become simple”.
• Learn to master the computer “desktop”:– Increase efficiency– Enjoy computing– Dazzle your colleagues– Become a Zen master!
Mastery of the desktop
Desktop as a metaphor• The desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is
a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users more easily interact with the computer.
• The desktop metaphor treats the monitor of a computer as if it is the user's physical desktop, upon which documents and folders of documents can be placed.
• A document can be opened into a window, which represents a paper copy of the document placed on the desktop.
• Applications (calculator, word processor) are available
The DesktopDirectory
FileWallpaper
Start button Running applications
Visible application
Mouse pointer
System tray
The Clipboard
• Ever use cut, copy and paste?
• Wonder where things go when you cut and copy?
• The answer is the clipboard.
Warning
The following exercises are for Windows XP.
Most skills apply to other Operating Systems (with some variations)
Windows explorer
Explorer, directories, files
Directory
File
BASIC INPUT01.2
Mouse magic
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Right button
Scroll wheel
Left button
Mouse magic II
• Single Left Click aka left click, click, select
• Double Left Click aka double click
• Single Right Click aka right click
• Left Drag and Drop aka drag and drop
• Right Drag and Drop aka right drag and drop
• Links/Buttons vs Icons
Keyboard: single keys
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Tab
Super
InsertPrint Screen Num Lock
Scroll Lock
F2 F5F1
AltControl
Shift
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES01.3
Keyboard: multiple keys
• Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V• Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Shift-S• Ctrl-O• Ctrl-P• Ctrl-F• Super-D• Alt-tab
• How do you discover these?
Explorer, directories, files II
• Directory Structure: stay organised!• File extensions• Hidden Files• Selecting Files
– Mouse, Shift and Ctrl– Lasso/Rubberband
• File View• Arrange Icons By• Locating a file by typing it's name
Manipulating Text
• Highlighting Text– Mouse
• Left mouse button• Double click• Triple click (so extreme!)
– Keyboard• Shift• Ctrl• Arrow keys• Page Up, Page Down
• Find, Find and replace
OUTRODUCTION01.4
Sharing
There are many, many such tricks.
With computers, no one knows everything.
Does anyone have any to share?
Practice
Remember
Practice makes perfect!
Licensing• All original work used here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike 3.0 Unported license. For more details please look at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.
• This license has been chosen to permit a high degree of sharing, whilst protecting the author’s control as to how the content is used.
• Please respect this license and use accordingly!• Recycled and borrowed works from other sources are used under appropriate
licenses, which are not affected by this license. The original source is always given. • All original work created by Ross Parker (Sha Tin College, English Schools
Foundation, Hong Kong), except where specified.
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