ICT IV (Lecture VII) 2012

What is a Menu?

            A menu is a group of related commands that tells Windows what you want to do.

The Start Menu

            The start menu is the menu that appears when you click the start button at the bottom of your screen.

Pull down menu

            A menu that appears to pull down from the menu bar.

Unavailable commands

            Some menu commands may appear grayed out, which means you cannot currently use them.

Dialog Box

            Windows uses dialog boxes to exchange information with you. A command followed by an ellipses (…) indicates that when you select the command, a dialog box will appear asking you for the information the program needs to complete the operation.

Starting and Exiting an applications

Using the Program Menu

To start an application from the programs menu using the mouse, follow these steps:

1. Click the start button. The start menu appears.
2. Choose Programs from the Start Menu. The programs menu appears.
3. Click the program folder that contains the program icon for the application you want to use.
4. Click the program icon for the application you want to start, and the application window appears.

To start an application from the Programs menu using the keyboard, follow these steps:

1. Press Ctrl + Esc to access the Start Menu.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the program folder that contains the program item for the application you want to use. Press Enter to select the folder.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the program icon for the application, and press Enter to start the application. The application window appears.

To exit an application

• If you prefer the keyboard, press Alt + Spacebar to open the application’s Control menu and Choose the close command.
• To exit an application using its Close button, click the Close button (the button with an X on the right end of the application’s title bar).
• To exit an application using the menus, choose file, Exit. You can click on the commands with the mouse.
• Press Alt + F4 using the keyboard.

Active window

            The window currently in use. You can tell which window is active because its title bar is highlighted.

  

Turning off your computer

1. Click Start button
2. Click Turn Off Computer button
3. Click Turn off button