Microsoft Windows 10
Chapter 2 – Part 1:
Exploring the Basics of Microsoft Windows 10
Eng Hamza
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Objectives
• Start Windows 10
• Explore the Start menu
• Start and close apps
• Run apps, switch between them, and close them
• Identify and use the controls in windows and dialog boxes
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Objectives
• Navigate your computer using File Explorer
• Change the view of the items in your computer
• Get help when you need it
• Turn off Windows 10
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Introducing Windows 10
• The operating system is software that manages and coordinates activities on
the computer and helps it perform essential tasks, such as displaying
information and saving data.
• The term software refers to the programs a computer uses to complete tasks.
• Your computer uses the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system—Windows
10 for short. Windows is the name of the operating system, and 10 identifies
the version you are using.
• The most popular features of Windows 10 include its speed, flexibility, and
design.
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Starting Windows 10
• Turn on your computer. After a moment, Windows 10 starts and the lock screen
appears
• Press any key to clear the lock screen and display the Welcome screen
• If necessary, click your user name, type your password, and then press the
Enter key
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Starting Windows 10
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Touring the Desktop
• If you are using a laptop or desktop computer, use a pointing device to interact
with objects on the screen
• Pointing devices come in many shapes and sizes. The most common one is
called a mouse
• You use a pointing device to move the pointer over locations and objects on the
screen, or to point to them
• A ScreenTip is on-screen text that tells you the purpose or function of the
object to which you are pointing
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Touring the Desktop
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Touring the Desktop
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Exploring the Start Menu
• The Start menu is the central point for accessing apps, documents, and other
resources on your computer
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Exploring the Start Menu
• Near the bottom of the left pane are commands for the following important
tools:
• File Explorer: Navigate, view, and work with the contents and resources on your
computer.
• Settings: Select and change system settings.
• Power: Control the power to the computer by shutting it down, for example.
• All apps: Select from an alphabetic list of all the apps on the computer.
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Starting Apps
• Click the application’s tile on the Start screen or…
• On the Start screen or the Search menu, type the name of the application until the
application appears in the search results on the Apps screen
• Click the application in the search results.
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Starting Apps
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Starting Apps
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Running Multiple Apps
• Multitasking allows you to work on more than one task at a time and to switch
quickly between projects
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Running Multiple Apps
• You can switch to one of the running apps by clicking its thumbnail or close it by
clicking its Close button. Clicking a thumbnail displays its full window as the
active window
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Running Multiple Apps
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Manipulating Windows
• To minimize the Paint and Calendar windows:
• Click the Minimize button on the Paint title bar. The Paint window shrinks so that only
the Paint taskbar button is visible
• Trouble? If the Paint window closed, you accidentally clicked the Close button
• Use the Start menu to start Paint again, and then repeat Step 1
• If you accidentally clicked the Maximize button or the Restore Down button, repeat
Step 1
• Click the Minimize button on the Calendar title bar. The Calendar window is
minimized
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Manipulating Windows
Paint and Calendar are open on the desktop, so Ashley encourages you to show Volunteers
how to use their window controls. Start with the Minimize button, which you use when you
want to temporarily hide a window but keep the app running.
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Manipulating Windows
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Using App Tools
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Using the Ribbon
• Many desktop apps use a ribbon to consolidate features and commands.
• The ribbon is located at the top of a desktop app window, immediately below
the title bar, and is organized into tabs.
• Each tab contains commands that perform a variety of related tasks.
• For example, the Home tab has commands for tasks you perform frequently,
such as changing the appearance of a document.
• You use the commands on the View tab to change your view of the WordPad
window.
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Using App Tools
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Using Dialog Boxes
• When you click some buttons on the ribbon, you open a dialog box, a special
kind of window in which you enter or choose settings for how you want to
perform a task.
• For example, you use the Print dialog box to enter or select settings for printing
a document
To work with a typical Windows 10 dialog box:
• Click the File tab on the ribbon, and then click Print to open the Print dialog
box.
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Using App Tools
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Closing Apps
• Closing an App
• Click the Close button on the title bar or
• Point to the app’s taskbar button to display a thumbnail, point to the thumbnail, and
then click the Close button on the thumbnail or
• Click the File tab on the ribbon, and then click Exit.
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Exploring Your Computer
• Click the File Explorer button on the taskbar. A window opens showing folders
in the Quick access list
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Changing the View
• In File Explorer, click a view button on the status bar or…
• Click the View tab on the ribbon
• In the Layout group, click the view option, or click the More button, if necessary, and
then click a view option
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Changing the View
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Using the Navigation Pane
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Getting Help
• To start the Get Started app:
• Click the Start button on the taskbar to display the Start menu
• Click the Get Started tile in the right pane. The Get Started app opens and displays a
list of categories and features on the left and an image or information on the right
• Trouble? If the Get Started tile does not appear on your Start menu, click the All apps
command, scroll down the list, and then click Get Started
• Click the Maximize button to maximize the Get Started window
• If necessary, click Welcome in the left pane to display the Get to know Windows 10
page. The image on your Get to know Windows 10 page might be different
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Getting Help
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Turning Off Windows 10
• You can turn off Windows 10 using the Power command on the Start menu.
Choose the Sleep, Shut down, or Restart options
• If you choose the Sleep option, Windows saves your work and then turns down
the power to your display and computer, a condition called
• To wake a computer, you typically press the hardware power button on the
computer case
• If you choose the Shut down option, your computer closes all open programs,
including Windows itself, and then completely turns off your computer
• Shutting down doesn’t save your work, so you must save your files first
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Turning Off Windows 10
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Challenge!
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Challenge!
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