Lab 2 / Navigating The Windows User Interface: Flores, Daniel Joseph L. Bsit 101ba Don Erick Bonus

FLORES, DANIEL JOSEPH L.
BSIT 101BA
DON ERICK BONUS
LAB 2 / NAVIGATING THE WINDOWS USER

INTERFACE
1. Press a key to open the privacy shade then, if necessary, click the icon representing
your computer account.
2. With your account name and picture showing, type your password. Remember that
this is case-sensitive, so upper and lower case characters are treated as different.
3. Press ENTER or click the arrow button. Wait for the desktop to load.
4. Point the Start button and click once to show the Start Screen menu.
5. On the right-hand side of the taskbar, click Notifications and then click Tablet
mode. Notice that Start is now displayed as a full screen.
6. At the top of the Start Screen on the left-hand side, click All Apps then locate and click
the Tips tile.
7. Take a few minutes to read the various articles.
8. Press the START key to switch to the Start Screen again.
9. Back on the main part of the Start Screen practice customizing the tile layout:
 Drag tiles to new positions.
 Right-click or long finger-press to resize a tile.
10. From the Start Screen, if you have a touchscreen, swipe from the right edge to view
Notifications. Otherwise, click Notifications on the taskbar.
11. Click Tablet mode to switch back to desktop mode.
12. Click the Tips window icon on the taskbar.
13. Click the Close button on the top-right corner of the window to exit the app.
14. Click Start, click Settings and then click Personalization. You can make any
changes you want to the pictures and color used on the desktop.
15. Close the Settings app when you have finished.
EXERCISE 2 / EXPLORING THE DESKTOP AND
TASKBAR
1. Press the START key to switch to the Start Screen.
2. Open the PHOTOS tile. If prompted to add a Microsoft account, click the CLOSE
button to cancel the dialog.
Photos is an example of a Microsoft Store app. In Windows 10 (1709 and later), all apps
even those downloaded from the Microsoft Store display in a window on the desktop.
3. Click START and then type PAINT, then click the icon that appears in the search
results. This loads the Paint application. This is an example of a desktop application.
4. In Paint, create a picture; perhaps of a boat sailing on the sea.
5. When you have created a picture, click the FILE menu on the ribbon once. Move the
mouse down the menu point to the SAVE command and click once.
6. Enter a file name of The Sea, doubled-click the Pictures folder, and then click the
SAVE button.
7. Press the key START+E together (hold down START and press E then release both at
the same time). This should open a file Explorer window.
Note the file you created is listed under “Recent Files.”
8. Double-click the Pictures folder to view the file where you saved it.
There are various ways to switch between windows when you have more than one
open. We’ll take a look at each of these methods.
9. Look at the Taskbar-you should see underlined icons for the three windows you have
open. Note the difference between open windows and icons that have been “pinned” to
the taskbar but that aren’t currently running. Also, the active (currently selected)
windows is shown with a highlight.
10. Click the icons to switch between the windows. Right-click the icons to observe their
shortcut menus (do not select anything from the menus though).
11. Try using the ALT+TAB keyboard shortcut. Hold down the ALT key then press-
and-release TAB. This shows a list of open desktop windows and Start Screen apps. Still
holding ALT, press TAB again and keep pressing it to cycle through the icons until you
have found one you want to look at. Release the ALT key to open the selected app or
window.
Finally, you can use Task View to Switch between windows.
12. Press START+TAB or click the taskbar icon to open Task View. Alternatively, if you
have a touchscreen, you can swipe from the left edge.
Task View shows previews of all open windows, whether they are minimized or not.
You can also use Task View to configure multiple desktops, but we won’t explore that
feature here. In Windows 10 (1803), you’ll also see a timeline of previously used apps.
You can choose to sync this with other devices, via a Microsoft account.
13. Click the PHOTOS app to select it.
14. Press START+D or click the empty space on the taskbar to the right of the date and
time to minimize all windows. You can also use START+D to return to the desktop
from the Start Screen quickly.
15. Press START+D to show all the windows again then practice using the window
control icons to maximize, restore, and minimize them.
16. Practice arranging windows on the desktop:
 Using its title bar, drag the File Explorer window to the left edge. Select the Paint
window to display alongside it.
 Drag the Paint window out of its current position and then to the top of the
screen to maximize it.
 Drag the Paint window back to the middle of the Screen to restore the window
size then use the window borders to resize it manually.
 Drag the title bar on the Paint window then Shake the window to minimize all
other windows. Shake again to restore them.
17. Close all the open windows using either the button or by pressing ALT=F4. You can
close minimized windows from the taskbar by right-clicking and selecting Close
window.
18. Point to each of the icons in the Notification Area in turn. A ScreenTip will be
displayed to identify each one.
19. Right-click an empty part of the taskbar and select Taskbar Settings. This open a
dialog to configure the taskbar.
20. Browse the option on the Taskbar tab.
21. Click the Start tab.
22. Browse the options.
When you have finished using the computer, you should shut it down.
23. Open the Start Screen, click the Power icon in the bottom-left Select Shut down
from the submenu.

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