You can get screenshot software but try this!
It is easy to take a screenshot in Windows. This is a picture of the screen you are looking at. This video will show you how to take the screenshot, edit it in Vista, then save it to use or share with friends.
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Absolute Beginner Guide to Icons on the Desktop, Start Menu and the Bottom menu bar and notification area of your PC.
Learn about the Windows desktop ,the taskbar, the desktop icons, and the notification area in the taskbar. Several tips on settings and the difference between Windows XP and Vista names.
These are how you find your programs in all the various places on your computer. Clicking on icons or names opens your programs. Also shows where to change date and time on your computer if it is incorrect.
Most cds are autrun now but if you create a cd or have an old cd autorun may not be there or may not work. You need to know how to open the CD rom drive and see what files are on it.
This video shows how to open a cd or see the contents of a disc in your cd rom drive. When you put a cd in your cd rom drive and you want to install a program if it does not autorun … or you want to look at photos that are on the cd or dvd disc… this is where to go. It is generally called the D or perhaps the E drive.
If you are unsure when there, which file to click on to install a program, generally looking for a file with the words setup on it or a file that ends in .exe – these will install the program onto your harddrive. If you cannot see the file extension , right click the file and choose properties. The icon may show a cog wheel.
Where are your files stored in Windows Vista?
Where are your documents and pictures stored and findable in Windows Vista. Where are your personal files?
This video will show you how to find what you have saved after you have saved it and forgotten where! It will also help new Vista users who may be used to prior windows menus to find the places on this new system.
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Depending on how good your eyes are and as you get older the computer screen does strain them somewaht, the small icons and text can get harder nd harder to see easily. You can set your computers Display Settings so that your computer screen looks the way you want it to.
If you choose your icons and menu text can appear large or small depending on how you set the display settings. This is very easy to do.
Using a mouse. Your mouse is a simple enough tool but can seem quite uncontrollable when you start. The best thing you can do is to play solitaire or a simple game to practice using the mouse on. Some mice have functions that other mice do not have and you can set options for them with the program that comes with them. Generally speaking however a mouse has three main options.
Left Click
This is the main click you use a mouse for. Every mouse has a left click and you use this for nearly everything. You click on something to select it and make it active or to place a cursor in a space on a document. By floating the mouse over objects the normal arrow or cursor may change to a different picture. When it does this you know that a different option is available to you, perhaps to resize a window or to move an object. You can find out what by using click and hold and dragging to see what it does. If there is a question mark option for the program this may bring up a help dialogue box that explains these functions.
Whether a file or icon requires one click or a double click depends and the best way is to try one click first and if nothing happens try a double click. The double click can be difficult to get right. If a fast double click is hard for you there are two options. You can change the setting on your mouse to remove double clicks or set it at a slower rate of click. Or you can use the right click option (see below) which will bring up a menu at the top of which is usually Open. Click on open and you have sidestepped the double click by doing the same thing in two stages.
As well as a click, there is a click and hold. A click is like turning on a light switch. Click and hold is like grabbing something with your hand and picking it up. When you let the click go, its like letting go of what you picked up. To select a row of text for example you will click at the start of the row and place the cursor there. Then you will hold that click and drag the mouse across the row to where you want it to stop, then let go. The selected area should now be showing with a blue box around it. By floating the arrow on the screen over the selected area and then doing a right click you can choose from that menu to cut, copy, paste over the top or delete this text.
The drag and drop technique is very similar. You can click and hold a file or folder and drag it across to another folder or space and drop it there by letting go of the mouse.
Right Click
Generally right click is all about easier options. You don’t use it for doing as you do your normal left click, you use it for faster choosing. I rarely use icons or or the top menus for copy and paste, I select what I want and right click it and use the copy option, then right click again and choose paste to put it where I want.
Right click on an object brings up more options on what is called a contextual menu. This means that the menu options change according to the “context” or which icon or file or space is clicked. Right clicking on the desktop will bring up a small menu with the option to enable you to reorder the icons there but the main useful option on this menu is NEW. You will notice there is a small triangle on the right. This means that there are more options to define new. These include a new folder which is highly useful but often you will be able to open a new Word or Excel document and have other options here according to which programs are available for use on your computer. By sliding the mouse across onto the new option and clicking it, you can open or create a new folder or file.
By right clicking on a folder you have a lot more options. You can open the folder or search it, you can zip or archive it, you can copy, delete or rename it, and you can send it to a drive or an email. You’ll notice that triangle on Send indicating what options are available to you. Try them out and see what happens. You’ll find so many things become very much easier when you use the contextual menus that come up by right clicking on things.
Scroll
In the centre between the right and left buttons is usually a scroll wheel. You need to first select something to use this. You can click on a page to select it and make it active and then the scroll will let you go up and down on the page. If you click on the bar at the bottom or right of a window, the scroll will move you up and down the page faster using this feature.