38 COMPUTER TIPS THAT YOU CAN PUT TO USE RIGHT AWAY Check out this website for more tips. http://www.computerHelpAtoZ.com
|
Notes:
|
1. WHAT IS A PATH
Accessing folders and files in a PC is similar to the way you access files in a filing cabinet. In a filing cabinet, each drawer holds hanging folders. Within each of these you can have files as well as manila folders that contain files. You can't put manila folders inside other manila folders though. In a PC you have much more flexibility. For example, one folder can have 10 folders and many files in it. Each of those can have 10 folders and many files inside it and so on. You can expand the folder within a folder structure as deep and wide as you want to. As you navigate through folders to the location of a specific file, you are following a path. A path always begins with the hard drive letter and then lists in order the folders you go through to get to the file. For example, iexplore.exe is the program that opens and runs the Internet Explorer browser. This program is found in the 'Internet Explorer' folder, which is in the 'Windows' folder. The complete path to iexplore.exe is: C:\windows\internet explorer\iexplore.exe. |
2. HOW TO SELECT
FILES, FOLDERS AND TEXT Selecting files, folders and text is something that is done often with Windows. Every item must be selected before you can move, copy or delete it. To select a file or folder, put your cursor over the item and then click your mouse. The item is highlighted to indicate you've successfully selected it. To select text within a file, hold down the left mouse button and move (drag) the cursor across the text. Release the button. The selected text is highlighted. To unselect an item just move your cursor to a clear area and hit the left mouse button. 3. USE FIND/SEARCH TO LOCATE FILES Have you ever saved a file and then wondered where it went when you went to retrieve it? A useful utility called 'Search' (older Windows operating systems call it Find) can save the day.
|
============================================
Tips 4-10 are about
using Windows Explorer.
Note: When you move a
folder all folders and files under it are also moved.
Note: When you copy a
folder all folders and files under it are also copied.
|
============================================
11. SAVE YOUR WORK
OFTEN
Saving your work often
is very important because PCs do get hung up and have to be restarted. If
you've done a lot of work without saving it and the PC hangs up, all your
work is lost when you do a reset!
An alternate way:
|
============================================
Tips 13-17 are about deleting files.
Deleting items
17. HOW TO BYPASS THE RECYCLE BIN |
============================================
18. CLEANING YOUR
MOUSE See the 'Easy Tips' section of the ComputerHelpAtoZ.com for complete instructions. 19. ADJUST YOUR PC's TIME AND DATE Double click the time that is displayed at the right hand end of the taskbar, which is located at the bottom of the Desktop. The 'Date/Time' window appears. You can adjust the year, month, day, time and time zone to match your PCs location. 20. USE CUT, COPY AND PASTE TO MAKE FILE EDITING EASY See the 'Easy Tips' section of the ComputerHelpAtoZ.com for complete instructions. 21. USE NOTEPAD TO CREATE SIMPLE TEXT FILES Notepad is a limited word processor that comes with Windows. It allows you to create simple text documents with black only fonts. You can search for text strings in a document. All Notepad files have a text (.txt) file type. To open Notepad, go to 'Start', then 'Programs' then 'Accessories'. Single click the Notepad icon and it opens with a blank document. 22. USE WORDPAD TO CREATE SIMPLE WORD DOCUMENTS Wordpad is a word processor that comes with Windows. It has all the features of Notepad plus more, like colored fonts, text alignment/formatting, and support for Word documents (.doc). A ruler is available to gauge text line lengths. To open Wordpad, go to 'Start', then 'Programs' then 'Accessories' and single click the Wordpad Icon. Wordpad is a word processor that comes with Windows. |
============================================
Tips 23-26 show how to
change the view of running programs. 23. CONTROL THE VIEWS OF RUNNING PROGRAMS Every running program is contained in a window on the desktop. In the upper right corner of each window there are usually three small control boxes that are used to control how the window is displayed. 24. MINIMIZE A WINDOW The left most control box has a minus [-] sign in it. If you put the cursor over this box and click your mouse the application is 'minimized' and placed on the task bar as a small block. To expand the minimized program, click it and it expands to become the active program on your desktop. 25. MAXIMIZE A WINDOW The control box in the center has a square [ ] in it. If you put the cursor over this box and click your mouse the application is 'maximized' and takes up the entire screen. When maximized this control box changes to show one square in front of another square. Clicking this control box again restores the window back to about half size. 26. CLOSE AN ACTIVE WINDOW The control box on the right has an [x] in it. If you put the cursor over this box and click your mouse the application terminates. To open it again you must click the program icon for it. |
============================================
27. HOW TO ADD SHORTCUTS TO THE DESKTOP
If you have a 56kb/s modem this setting won't hurt it, but a setting of 9600
could slow it down.
Your modem and PC are now protected from dangerous phone line transients.
If the program remains hung up, repeat these two steps until it closes. In
some cases, depending on type of error, it is necessary to reset the PC.
Text that is explicitly set in the web page may not change size. |