Windows Basic Understanding

TitleBar
This appears at the top of the window.
It contains the title of the particular file, and the application running it.
(such as this web page title
Windows Terminology - Microsoft Internet Explorer)
This Title matches the tasks name on the taskbar
TaskBar
The horizontal bar always at the very bottom of Windows.
Hover over tasks to see their title.
Hover over Time on the Systray to see the current day & date.
Status Bar
Shows current status of the one window.
Resides along the bottom edge of the window.

Minimize, Restore / Maximize, Exit Boxes


These 3 boxes
Appear in upper right corner on the title bar.

Exit
Closes the application, saving or prompting to save if appropriate.

Minimize
Just puts the window out of sight, without closing it.
You will note it remains on the taskbar.
Clicking on its icon on the taskbar reactivates it for you to work on it.

Restore / Maximize
Like a toggle switch.
Maximize makes the window occupy the maximum amount of screen space.
Restore makes the window shrink back to its most recent size less than the maximum, and occupy the same position on the screen.
Neither closes the application.

Menus


Menus are like restaurant menus, listing the choices available.
Greyed Out Items are not available at that moment, like the catch of the day is already gone.
Drop Down Menus And Pop Up Menus are very similar.
· Drop Down Menus

Appear across the top of the window.
Click on one now to see what appears. Then slide your cursor over all the other drop down menus to see lots of choices.
This is a slick way of giving lots of choices without cluttering up your screen with tons of icons.
Most applications drop down menus look somewhat similar.
File deals with the file in its entirety, the document, worksheet, webpage, etc., as a whole, not with its guts.
Edit allows you to work with the inner guts of this file, document, webpage, etc.
View controls your view of the document, while not actually changing the document.
Help helps.

· Pop Up Menus


Show many things you can do with what you selected currently are pointed at or,& its properties (e.g., how big a picture is, what its url is.
Point to some blank space on your screen and right click. Notice the pop up menu.
Now point to some non-blank area and right click. Note this popup menu differs from just above.