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LESSON3
WindowsXPgotitsnamefromoneitsmostbasicelements:thewindow.Therectangularworkareaforaprogram,file,orothertaskiscalledawindow.
BelowisanexampleofaMicrosoftWordwindow.WhileWordisaword‐processingprogram,theexamplebelowfeaturesmanyoftheelementscommoninWindowsXP.
Theworkspaceisthewhiteareainsidethewindow.Thisiswhereyoudoyourworkwithaprogram,suchaswritingaletter.Dependingonwhatprogramyou'reworkingwith,theworkspacewillappeardifferently.
WindowsXPoffersseveraltools,menus,andcommandsthatmaketheoperatingsystemeasy‐to‐use.
Thetitlebaristhehorizontalbaratthetopofawindow.It'sdisplayedaswhitetextonbluebackgroundbydefault.
TheControlmenubuttonistheiconatthefarleftendofthetitlebar.TheControlmenubuttonopensamenuyoucanusetocontrolthewindow.
TheClosebuttonisatthefarrightendofthetitlebar.ItlookslikeaboxwithanXinit.ClicktheClosebuttontocloseawindowortoexitaprogram.NexttotheClosebutton,you'llseetheMinimizeandMaximizebuttons.Learnmoreaboutthesebuttonsinthenextlesson.
Themenubaristhebelowthetitlebar.Itcontainsseveralmenus,whichletyouseealistofcommands.
Somemenuoptionsarefollowedbyellipsis,or...Choosingamenuoptionfollowedbyanellipseswillopenadialogbox,whichfeaturehelpfultoolstohelpyouperformtasks.
SomeWindowsXPprogramshavetoolbarsacrossthetopofthewindow.Thetoolbarbuttonsallowyoutoprint,cut,paste,ordoothertasks.Theoptionsvarydependingontheprogram.
Thescrollbarappearsattherightsideorthebottomofawindowwhenalltheinformationinthatwindowcan'tbeseenatthesametime.Usethescrollbartoviewhiddeninformation.
Thescrollbarfeaturesscrollarrowsthatallowyoutomoveeasilythroughadocument.It'sespeciallyconvenientwhenviewingalongdocument.
Toscroll: Clickthearrowtoscroll
up. Clickthearrowtoscroll
down. Clickthearrowstoscroll
uponepageatatime. Clickthearrowstoscroll
downonepageatatime. Clickthebuttontoopena
browsemenu. ORClickanddragthe
scrollbarstoviewyourdocument.
ClickStart. ChooseAllPrograms
AccessoriesNotepad. ChooseFilefromthemenu
bar. Whileholdingdownthe
leftmousebutton,movethemousepointerovertheothermenus(Edit,View,etc.)toviewthedropdownmenus.
ChooseFormatFonttoopentheFontdialogbox
ClosetheFontdialogbox.