! WINDOWS !

Windows is an operating system. And an operating system is a program that acts an interface between he user and the

computer hardware and controls the executions of all kinds of program.

Windows is a GUI i.e. Graphical User Interface. Windows gives a flexible environment is responsible for interacting with user

through icons.

! FEATURES OF WINDOWS  !

 

There are some features of Windows:

•    My Computer:~ My computer allows us to look at the resources available to us on our computer. It provides direct access to all of our Local Drives, Printers, Control Panel, and the Dial-Up Networking Utility.

•    Recycle Bin:~ Recycle Bin is the same as dustbin at your home. Anything which is waste or not needed is to put in the dustbin. Similarly windows provide this facility through recycle bin. When any data or record is not required you give a delete command and as a result window puts it in the recycle bin. Recycle bin is a facility to restore the data back to its original location by selecting the required option.

•    Taskbar:~ It displays all open applications and windows. The taskbar provides information and access to entire task undertaken using it one can keep track of all activated programs and switch between them. The quick Launch Toolbar, as a part of taskbar, launches Internet Explorer and outlook Express quickly.

•    Windows Explorer:~ Windows Explorer is the File Manager as in windows but it ahs many more features and is more efficient, faster and easy to work. It manipulates our resources at a deeper level than is provided by My computer or Networking Neighborhood alone. In addition to derive, folder and fill listing, Windows Explorer can display information such as

1.    The current Print Job.
2.    Description of Control Panel Tools.
3.    The amount of space available on Local and Network Drives.

•    Run:~ This utility on windows is used to run a program or open a folder by using an MS-DOS command.

•    Help:~ It provides on On-Line help about windows.


•    Find:~ It is used to search files/folders available on the system or across a network.

•    Settings:~ System settings options that can be changed such as control panel, printers and taskbar.


•    Documents:~ In windows, the facilities is provided of the list of the 15 most recently opened documents.

•    Favorites:~ Displays a list of websites and other resources that you have chosen to add to the Favorites list.

•    Program:~ List of Programs installed on your computer.


•    Windows Update:~ It download and install files from Microsoft’s internet site to upgrade our copy of windows.

•    The start Button:~ In windows the start button gives you access to all the programs that come with windows. As we see, it is located at the bottom left part  of the screen on the taskbar and is always visible when windows is running. On clicking it, a list of options Pop-Up in a menu.


•   Log-Off:~ In Windows, it allows another user to Log-On if windows is set up for multiple users.

•    Shutdown:~ In windows, the facilities is provided with this option to shutdown or restart the computer.

! NOTEPAD !

 

Notepad is a basic text editor that we can use to create simple documents. The most common use of Notepad is to view or edit text files, but many users find Notepad a simple tool for creating web pages.

Notepad supports only very basic formatting. We can not accidentally save special formatting in documents that need to remain pure text. This is specially when creating HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) documents for web pages because special characters or other formatting may not appear in our published web page or may even cause errors.
WE CAN SAVE OUR NOTEPAD FILES AS UNICODE, ANSI AND UTF-8 CODE.

! FEATURES OF THE !

! NOTEPAD !

 

•    Wrap:~ On the format menu, a check mark appears when word wraps is turned on. Wrapping text enables us to see all the text on the line, but it does not affect the way the text appears when it is printed.

•    New:~ It is a File menu option to open or to create a new file.

•    Save:~ It is also a file menu option and it is used to save the current 
file.
•    Font:~ It is used to change the front of the text of a file.

•    View:~ Its is used to view or see the status bar. Status Bar helps in 

describing lines means line number and Column number.


•    Help:~ It is used to help about the specific topic

•   Find:~ It is used to find a particular word or a particular character 

in the text file.

•    Go To Line:~ We can use this option of we want to jump to any
beginning at the top of the document.

•    Replace:~ We can find word, text or other character and replace
the found text, character or word with a specified word or text.

•    Page Setup:~ It is used to setup the page setting before printing.
The page can be setup including the margins, page-
layout, paper size and the printer’s paper source.

! PAINT BRUSH !

Paint brush is drawing tool we can use to create simple or elaborate drawing. These drawings can be either black or white or color and can be saved as bit map files. We can print our drawing. In paint, we can set desktop background through making this file. And we can paste file on another document. We can use paint to view and edit scanned photos.
We can also use paint to work with pictures such as .jpg, .gif or .bmp files. We can paste a Paint picture in to another document.

1.    It is used transfer our mental images in to pictures.

2.    It is used to create Logos for our Business Letters.

3.    We can create our own clip art.

4.    Through Paint, we can create pictures for our home or office.


5.    Through Paint, We can create entertainment by making pictures.

1.    Click on the start Button.

2.    Click Programs.

3.    Click Accessories.

4.    Click on Paint.

Then Paint Dialog Box will display.

! TOOLBOX !

 

1.    Free From Select:~ It is used to cut an object or portion of an object.

2.   Select:~ It is used to cut the object in a rectangle.

3.    Eraser:~ It is used to erase the extra lines.

4.    Fill with color:~ It is used to fill the color in the object.

5.    Pick color:~ It is used  to pick up a color on your painting.

6.  Magnifier:~ It is used to make the object look bigger when placed on it.

7.    Pencil:~ It is used to draw free hand drawing.

8.    Brush:~ It is used to paint the object which we want.

9.    Airbrush:~ It works like a spraying brush.

10.      Text:~ It is used to write any text like heading of your drawing.

11.     Line:~ It is used to draw a straight line.

12.    Curve:~ It is used to draw curves.

13.    Rectangle:~ It is used to draw rectangles.

14.     Polygon:~ It is used to draw curves.

15.     Ellipse:~ It is used to draw an egg shaped object.

16.    Rounded Rectangle:~ It is used to draw a rectangle with rounded corners.