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Miscellaneous Windows 2000 Desktop Features
Windows 2000 Intermediate
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The Windows 2000 Search Utility
• Allows you to locate files within your folders
Where is the file I want?
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Adding Programs to Your Start Menu• Programs can easily be added or removed from the
Start menu• If you remove a program from the Start menu, it does
not physically remove the program files from disk, it only deletes the program as an item in the Start menu– TIP: Remember that you may place objects directly on the Desktop
rather than in the Start menu
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Customizing the Start Menu
• Make sure that you know how:– To move an icon on the Start menu
– To move an icon from the Start menu to the Desktop
– To copy an icon from the Desktop or Windows Explorer to the Start menu
– To delete an icon from the Start menu
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Moving and Customizing the Taskbar
– By default, the Taskbar is displayed across the bottom of your screen. If you prefer you can display it across the top of the screen, or down either side of the screen
– TIP: If you display the Taskbar vertically, it can display more running programs than if it is displayed horizontally across the bottom of your screen
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Creating a New File Directly From the Desktop
• You can create an icon that allows you to create new documents directly from the Desktop
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Desktop Toolbars
• The Desktop Toolbars can be used to provide quick single click access to programs, files or web sites
Quick Launch Toolbar
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Creating & Customizing Desktop Toolbars
• You can create your own Desktop Toolbars from the contents of folders
• Desktop Toolbars can be displayed on the Taskbar or they can be made to float on the Desktop
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Miscellaneous Explorer 2000 Features
Windows 2000 Intermediate
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Customizing the Windows Explorer File Display
• Use the Views icon on the Windows Explorer Toolbar to control how files/folders are displayed
Click on the down arrow to display a pop-up menu
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Customizing a Folder
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Sorting Files Within the Explorer• Select Arrange
Icons from the View drop down menu
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The Windows 2000 Command Prompt
Windows 2000 Intermediate
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Alt+Enter to toggle between full screen and a window
Customising the Command Prompt
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The Start Command
• Windows applications can now be launched from a Command Line prompt
START CALC will start the Windows 2000 Calculator, (stored as CALC.EXE)
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Showing a Visual Directory Display Using the Start Command
• Enter the command Start .
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Networking With Windows 2000
Windows 2000 - Intermediate
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Windows 2000 Network Features
• Many different types of network work well with Windows 2000
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Peer-to-Peer Networks vs. Server-Based Networks
• Server-based networking– Large corporate workgroups
• Peer-to-Peer networks – Small workgroups
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Sharing Documents and Folders
• Disks, files and folders can be shared • You can control the level of access other people
have to your system
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Connecting to Shared Folders
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Sharing Printers
• You can easily share printers attached to your PC– You can attach to printers connected to
other PCs
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Connecting to Shared Printers
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Internet Connection Wizard
• The Internet Connection Wizard will guide you through the process of connecting to the Internet
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Advanced Use of The Clipboard and OLE
Windows 2000 - Intermediate
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Manipulating ‘Scraps’
• Text or graphics can be dragged directly onto your Desktop
• Useful as a temporary storage medium– There are endless ways to use scraps, such as a way to store
‘headed note paper’
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The Command Line & the Clipboard
• It is easy to copy data from the command prompt to the Clipboard
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Screen Dumps and Producing Documentation
• Print Screen– Dumps the entire screen to the Clipboard
• Alt+Print Screen– Dumps the active window to the Clipboard
• Very useful for producing Windows-based documentation
• The screen dumps may be edited and cropped within the Paint program
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Benefits of Using OLE
• Allows document centric computing– Less reliance on applications, disks, and files
• Linking allows you to save duplicating objects• Allows transmission of data across a network
– Without having to also send the application that created it
MORE PRODUCTIVITY
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
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Linking Vs Embedding
• Links can be:– Updated manually
– Updated automatically
– Locked
– Broken
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In-place Activation of Embedded ObjectsMicrosoft Word - before in-place activation
Microsoft Word - after in-place activation
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Linking in Action – Excel and Word
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Customizing Windows 2000
Windows 2000 - Intermediate
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Customizing the Background
• You can place any image you wish on the Windows 2000 background– Provided it is in a file
format that Windows 2000 understands
Click on the Desktop, using the right-hand mouse button
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Setting a Screen Saver
• You can change your screen saver using the Display Properties options– Prevents screen ‘burn-in’
Click on the Desktop, using the right-hand mouse button
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Setting Desktop Schemes
• Useful for changing the screen appearance
Click on the Desktop, using the right-hand mouse button
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What is the Control Panel?
• A window containing icons that allow you to modify, control and customize your system
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Setting the Time and Date
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Customizing the Mouse & Keyboard
– Mouse configuration
– Keyboard configuration
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Adding New Devices
• ‘Add/Remove Hardware’ icon within the Control Panel
• Automatic device detection
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Adding and Removing Programs
• You can add additional components to an installed program at any time
• You can un-install programs
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Creating Shortcuts
• Shortcuts are pointers to objects• Drag and drop to the desktop
Drag and drop while depressing the Control+Shift keys
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Display Effects
• Use the Effects tab to turn on/off the animation of windows and menus
• You can also enable screen font smoothing which can remove the jagged edges from large fonts
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Security and Optimization Issues
Windows 2000 - Intermediate
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Disk Cleanup
• Removes unneeded files from your hard disk, freeing up space
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Disk Defragmenter
• The Disk Defragmenter re-organizes the contents hard disks enabling programs to start faster
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Scheduled Tasks
• Allows you to schedule tasks to start automatically at a particular time on a particular day, such as cleaning up your hard disk
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System Information