ITrain Windows 98, Training Manual

Page 1: ...1 Windows 98 Level 1 The Easy Way Series 56...

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Page 3: ...ITrain disclaims all liability for any direct indirect incidental or consequential special or exemplary damages resulting from the use of the information in this document or from the use of any produc...

Page 4: ...Hopkins University After a career in the military David is President of Damar Group Ltd in Columbia Maryland a corporation controlling training and publishing firms He is the founder of ITrain the In...

Page 5: ...ts 20 Closing A Window 21 Moving Copying Files 21 Exiting Explorer 22 Using Control Panel 24 Introduction 24 Loading Control Panel 25 Printer Installation 25 Installing A Printer Driver 26 Selecting A...

Page 6: ...use Pointer Control 40 Mouse Pointer Style 41 Word Processing 43 Introduction 43 Starting WordPad 43 Typing A Document 44 Changing The Text Size 45 Applying Italics 46 Saving The Document 47 Printing...

Page 7: ...uide you will practice the major features of Windows 98 This guide was written by a team of professional computer instructors who have many years of experience teaching and explaining technical subjec...

Page 8: ...will be able to Describe the purpose of the mouse pointing device Demonstrate how to properly hold the mouse Describe the following mouse operations Click Double click Drag Point Load Solitaire Exit S...

Page 9: ...r to hold the mouse in your left hand you can swap the functions of the buttons Keep the mouse positioned so that the cable end is always facing directly in front and leading away from your body To mo...

Page 10: ...g the mouse while playing the card game Solitaire This games is selected as a means to offer practice controlling the mouse input device It is not intended to be a recommendation for Solitaire as a re...

Page 11: ...irectory other than c windows please enter the correct directory followed by sol exe to load Solitaire Deck of face down cards 4 Click OK 46 After changing the text size to 12 points the document s ch...

Page 12: ...let you cheat If you place a card in a wrong spot it will automatically return to its original place Solitaire substitutes the Game menu option for the File option that is used in most Windows applica...

Page 13: ...window 44 Typing A Document Once the WordPad editing window appears you may begin typing your document For this exercise please type the following document April 10 1999 Damar Group Ltd 9810 Patuxent...

Page 14: ...ogram When an application s window is minimized the applica tion program continues to run however it is not visible on the screen Minimizing some programs can improve overall system efficiency For exa...

Page 15: ...imized the middle com mand button in the upper right corner of the screen will change to a Restore button A maximized window may be restored to it s original size Close Any Windows application may be...

Page 16: ...rag that same corner toward the upper left the window would shrink Moving A Window To move a window on the screen drag it s title bar the colored bar at the top of the application window to a new loca...

Page 17: ...ter s hard disk not just on a diskette CD ROM or network drive Mouse Pointer Control As you become more proficient with Windows 98 you may want to increase the speed at which the mouse responds to you...

Page 18: ...a new mouse clicking concept Right click Right click is the opposite of click If you would normally click the left mouse button use the right button to right click If however you have altered the func...

Page 19: ...and dot matrix style printers A number of typefaces are preinstalled with Windows 98 and many software applications include additional type faces during their installation processes To preview add or...

Page 20: ...both the document and it s host program at the same time by double clicking the filename when viewed in Explorer In this example Readme has a registered filename extension When the file Readme is doub...

Page 21: ...e were dragged to another folder on the same disk drive or same diskette it would be moved from the original folder to the new folder File being moved to another folder Copy means to duplicate Move me...

Page 22: ...One Training Express Windows 98 Level One Training Express 22 ExitingExplorer To exit Explorer 1 Click Close Button 35 2 Click Screen Saver From the Screen Saver dialog window 1 Select 3D Flower Box...

Page 23: ...pointer style 34 ScreenSaver Windows 98 includes a number of screen savers that will help prolong the life of your computer monitor It s important to use a screen saver to reduce the fatigue and pote...

Page 24: ...be exercised when making Control Panel changes If you are not completely sure of the effect that your change will have you should not make the change For additional information regarding Control Panel...

Page 25: ...all versions including Windows 95 and Windows 3 1 A correct printer driver must be installed for each printing device that you intend to use Some printers emulate other more common printers however i...

Page 26: ...d directly to your computer via a parallel or serial port or to your network 3 Click Next Selecting A Model You must now select the manufacturer and model of the printer driver that you will install 3...

Page 27: ...the HP option 4 Click any printer in the Printers column 5 Press the down arrow until HP DeskJet 560C Printer is selected 6 Click Next 30 Printing A Test Page It s a good idea to allows Window 98 to p...

Page 28: ...sent 1 Click the printer port usually LPT1 2 Click Next 29 Naming The Printer The last installation step is to create a descriptive name for the printer The printer name will help you recognize it wh...