Windows 98

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Windows 98

• Session 3 - Manipulating Documents and Folders

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Storage Objects

• File Maintenance - process of interacting with
  objects saved to disk
• Document - stored data (program, worksheet,
  etc..)
• Folder - a receptacle for documents or other
  folders
• File - synonymous with document

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Folders and Documents

• Folder
• Represented by a manila folder
• Can contain documents and other folders
• Opened by double-clicking and contents displayed
  in a separate window
• Document
• Appears as a sheet of paper
• A large letter or symbol denotes file type

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Folder/Document Names - p. 71

• Names
• Up to 255 characters
• May use spaces, alphabetic characters, and a
  number of special characters
• These conventions allow you to create very
  descriptive folder/document names

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Associated Document - p. 71

• Associated document - a document that has been
  created and saved by a Windows application
  program
• Such a document has an alphabetic character or
  symbol indicating the application that created it
• W Word
• X Excel

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Starting an Application

• Starting the program
• Start menu in 98
• My Computer window
• Program icon - Click or Double-click
• Click or double-click associated file
• Click or double-click an embedded object
  controlled by object linking and embedding (OLE)

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Selecting Documents and Folders

• Documents need to be selected before a command
  can be issued against them
• Single object - point or click
• Adjacent objects
• Drag
• Shift point or Click
• Nonadjacent objects - Ctrl point or Click

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My Computer

• Examine contents of disks, diskettes, or
  directories
• Perform file maintenance for files/disks
• Rename Delete
• Copy file(s)/disk Move
• Format disks Undelete files
• Create subdirectory

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Creating a New Folder - p. 80

• Activate the context menu in a window that has
  been accessed using My Computer
• Select New
• Select Folder
• Enter the new folder name
• Reorder the folders using the View, Arrange
  Icons, command sequence

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Copying a Document/Folder

• Backup and Recovery - p. 82
• Copy methods
• Use the Send To option of the context menu to
  send a copy to diskette in Drive A
• Use a drag operation to drag a document/folder
  from one window/device to another
• Use the Copy and Paste buttons

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Deleting a Document/Folder

• Select documents/folders
• Press the Del key - a window now appears
  requesting verification
• Click the Yes button
• The files are now placed in the Recycle Bin

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Undeleting a Document/File

• Recycle Bin - p. 85
• Option 1
• Open the folder that you want to place the
  restored file in
• Open the Recycle Bin
• Locate the deleted file
• Drag it to the desired folder
• Option 2 - Restore of Context menu

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Renaming a Document/Folder

• Rename command - p. 86
• Select the document/folder to be renamed
• Invoke the context menu
• Select the Rename option
• Type the new name (the original name now appears
  in blue in a box)
• Click outside the box containing the new name to
  finish the task

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Formatting a Disk - p. 87

• Prepares a disk for use or used to erase the
  current contents of a disk
• Format command accessed from the My Computer
  Window
• Right-click the disk device
• Issue Format command
• Select the type of format - Table 3.1

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Format Types - P. 88

• Disks formatted using the Quick option can have
  their contents restored using the Unformat
  command from DOS (the directory and FAT info is
  copied to an unused area of disk)
• The Full option erases everything from the disk

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Format Process

• Each track is verified for integrity and divided
  into the same number of sectors (storage units)
• If a bad sector is found the entire track is
  marked as bad
• Boot sector created
  
  
  
  
  
• The directory is set up
• Two copies of the F.A.T are created

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Role of the Print Manager

• Windows applications do not control document
  printing
• The Print Manager controls printing for all
  Windows applications
• Makes printing control easier
• Accessing the Print Manager
• 98 - Double-click the printer in status
  area/system tray

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Explorer - p. 91

• Another way of accessing data on the disk -
  Figure 3.30
• Accessed by right-clicking the Start button and
  then selecting Explore
• Directory tree in left pane
• File list in right pane
• Any previously covered commands can be executed
  with this option