WORKING WITH WINDOWS
Working with windows gives you the ability to look at something. It allows you to look into a document, or a folder, or a disk. When you begin using your PC, you will be confronted with the desktop, which is simply the term used for the space on your screen. When you want to run a particular application, you need to load the package (launch). To do this depends on the location of the package.
a. Desktop i. Click its icon/ press Enter
ii. Double-click the icon
iii. Right-click/open
b. Start menu
Start/All Programs/Navigate to where it resides/Select the application
c. Quick Launch (this is just beside the start button for easy launch)
Click on the icon once.
d. Taskbar Tray (this is at the right on the task bar)
Double-Click on the icon.
For any method you use, youve performed some actions. Each action is stored in a particular program and kept under a button or a menu. A program's menu, simply referred to as a menu, is a series of words usually aligned on a (vertical) column, each line of words indicating a particular action.
For any window you open, what is common to all packages is the title bar. There are different types of windows we will encounter when working with the computer. Some of them include a dialog box, a Single Document Interface (SDI), and a Multiple Document Interface (MDI).
Dialog Boxes
A Dialog Box is a square or rectangular window whose main role is to carry, hold, or host, other windows. The objects it carries define its role and name. A dialog box is made of two main sections. On top, it displays a Title Bar (with the title and System Close Button). By convention, a dialog box cannot be minimized or maximized. Therefore, it doesn't have those system buttons. Sometimes, a dialog box will have a button with a question mark (the Help button). A dialog box equipped with the Help button indicates that you can get quick help on the items displayed on the dialog box. The second section of a dialog box is its body (programmers call it the Client Area). This is the area where the objects the dialog box is hosting are positioned. Examples include the Save As Dialog Box and the Open Dialog Box in most applications.
The Single Document Interface (SDI)
This is a window that allows the user to work on only one opened document at a time. It is similar to a typical window. An example is the WordPad
The Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
This is similar to the SDI except that you can work on more than one document at a time. An example is the Microsoft Word.
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