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Windows Basics for Beginners

The document provides an overview of common Windows elements such as the title bar, desktop, icons, insertion point, preview window, start button, search box, taskbar, and notification tray. It describes the purpose and function of each element in 1-3 sentences. The title bar displays information about the window and allows movement. The desktop is located behind open windows. Icons can be double clicked to open programs, files, or locations.

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Windows Basics for Beginners

The document provides an overview of common Windows elements such as the title bar, desktop, icons, insertion point, preview window, start button, search box, taskbar, and notification tray. It describes the purpose and function of each element in 1-3 sentences. The title bar displays information about the window and allows movement. The desktop is located behind open windows. Icons can be double clicked to open programs, files, or locations.

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COMPUTER BASICS

Handout 8 - Common Windows Elements


Title Bar Minimize Maximize Note: If a window
Displays information about the window and allows Click to hide the window. Click to fill the entire is already
you to move the window around the screen. screen with the window. maximized, you
will see a Restore
Down button
Desktop instead.
Located behind all
open windows
(the blue Close
background). Click to exit a
window.
The Active window
has a red close
Icons button.
Double-click them to
open programs, files
or storage locations.

Insertion point
A blinking, vertical line. When you type, Scroll buttons
text appears at this location. Click to view hidden
parts of a window. If
all of the contents
Preview Window are visible, there will
Appears when not be a Scroll bar.
pointing at program
buttons on the task
bar.

Start button
You can open new
windows from here.

Search Windows Box Taskbar Notification Tray


Searches for apps by name. Can also be used to Displays a button for each open window & each pinned Displays an icon for each system program
search the files on your computer and the internet. program. Multiple instances of a program window will stack. that is running in the background.
MC-NPL Computer Lab • 1001 Powell St • Norristown, PA 19401 Revised: 12/20/2018
(610) 278-5100 x141 • [email protected] • www.mc-npl.org

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