EXPLORE YOUR COMPUTER

EXPLORE YOUR COMPUTER

Once your computer is booted up, you are ready to explore your computer i.e you can now see what all things (files, application etc.) are there on your computer.

There are two ways that let you navigate around your computer. But most commonly used ones are :

1.start button and task bar           2. My computer    

            

Let us learn about these one by one.

1.   START BUTTON  AND TASKBAR : you can use the taskbar and start button to easily navigate through window . Both features are always available on your desktop, no matter how many open windows you have.

1(a). The Start Button : using the start button, you can accomplish almost any task. You can start programs, open documents, customize your system, get help, search for items on your computer and more. Some commands on the start menu have right side arrow which means additional choices are available on a secondary menu.

Depending upon how your computer is set up, your start menu may look like different from the one shown in fig. 1

Fig. 1` Start Button

 TO USE THE START MENU

 

1.       Click the start button. The start menu  appears as shown in fig. 1

2.     Click the option you want to open. Point to options with right-facing arrow to open secondary menus.

1(b). TASK BAR: This is a war that is usually found at the bottom of your screen. The start button shows which we have discussed just now is located on the taskbar only.

Apart from the start button, the taskbar hosts the clock, some tool bars ( a toolbar is a bar that contains icons for various tools) and the buttons corresponding to all windows.

Button on the taskbar show you which windows are open, even if some window are minimized or hidden beneath another window. You can easily  switch to a different window by clicking its taskbar button. That is, if you are currently working in Microsoft excel’s window and now you want to switch to Microsoft powerpoint, which is also active in another window, then all you need  to do is : “click the button representing Microsoft Powerpoint on the taskbar”.

Fig. 2 task bar

2.       MY COMPUTER/COMPUTER :My computer/computer programs-icon is helpful if you prefer viewing the contents of a single folder or drive. When you double-click computer on your desktop, available drives appear in a new window. When you double click a drive icon, a window displays the folder contained on that drive. You can then double-click a folder to see the files contained in the folder.

In window 10, the things you have on your computer – your programs, document and data files, for example – are all accessible from one place called Computer. Computer icon is generally located at the upper left of your windows screen or desktop.

TO SEE WHAT’S ON YOUR COMPUTER

1.       Double-click computer icon fig.3

2.       A window appears, displaying several different pictures called icons.

To use an item in computer window, double click from the icon. For example, to open a hard drive say D: double click on the icon representing D: drive

Similarily to open a DVD drive, double click on the icon representing DVD drive shown in fig.

Fig 3. my computer

When you double click a disk drive icon in computer, a window showing the contents of that drive appears.