WINDOWS 10 Unidad 2 -Eng-V01.docx

WINDOWS 10 -- What\'s New?? - iLink Digital **index** **Unit 2 -- Windows 10 Interface** - Windows 10 Desktop - Start Menu - Taskbar & Search - System Icons - Computer Date & Time - Activity Center - Introduction to Setup - Creating and Organizing Icons ![A picture contain...

WINDOWS 10 -- What\'s New?? - iLink Digital **index** **Unit 2 -- Windows 10 Interface** - Windows 10 Desktop - Start Menu - Taskbar & Search - System Icons - Computer Date & Time - Activity Center - Introduction to Setup - Creating and Organizing Icons  The password we must write here is the one we enter when we install the system or when we run it for the first time when we buy a new computer. Although, as we will see in the next unit, there are advantages to using a Microsoft Account as a username and password to take advantage of various online services that are included in the operating system. Alternatively, we can also log in to Windows using a **Microsoft account and a PIN**, similar to a bank card at an ATM. After entering the password or PIN, we finally get to the **Windows 10 Desktop**. The **Desk** is the place where we go to work on a daily basis. This is where we run programs, open files, search for objects, and so on. A screenshot of a computer Desktop icons are activated by double-clicking the mouse or finger on touchscreens. They can be of three types: **Programs**, **folders** that contain files, or **files** that, when clicked, open the program with which they were created and with the information they contain. We also have another type of icons that are called **Shortcuts**. However, these shortcuts eventually point to programs, folders, or files as well. At the same time, by default (since we can move it to any side of the screen), at the bottom we have a bar that contains various elements. On the left, the Start menu button. We will dedicate the next section of this unit to him. Then, to your right, we have the search box which is one of the new features of Windows 10. To the right of the search box, we have another new element: the **Task View** button, which, depending on our work dynamics, can be very useful. Right away we have access icons fast. This area, of course, is also customizable. By default, it contains three icons: the one for the **new Internet browser**, called **Edge**, another that is used to open File **Explorer**, and another that takes us to the Microsoft app store. In the image we have added one more icon, the **Chrome** browser, just to illustrate that we can add the icons of the programs we want, so we will have immediate access to them.  Then we have a free area at the bar. Strictly speaking, it is the task area. Each application (or program, it\'s the same thing) that you have running will be represented by an icon in that area, which will allow you to manage the windows that are open on your desktop in different ways. In the first image we have the quick access icons that we already showed and then the free area of the task area (in black). In the image below you can see how the icons of the open programs appear in that area, three in this case that we highlight with a red box.  To the right of the taskbar we have a series of small icons that, generally, represent elements of the system\'s operation. These icons can also vary from machine to machine depending on the brand of the computer and/or the programs installed. 1. An icon that indicates the battery level of the laptop we took the image of. On desktops this icon doesn\'t appear, of course. 2. Ethernet cable. In others, you can see an icon like this which represents your computer\'s wireless or WiFi connection. The topic of networking will be studied in Unit 15. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Start Button is the button through which we can access all the options offered by Windows 10. If you select it, a menu similar to the one below will be displayed. This is the Start menu. You can also access it using the keyboard by pressing the Windows key. Let\'s focus on the left side first. At the top, in addition to the user\'s name, we have a list of the most used apps. At the bottom, we have four options that stay fixed in the menu. Between the two, eventually, suggestions for apps from the Microsoft online store and notices for recently installed programs will appear, as you can see in the image below. If we click on the username, we get a menu with the options that can be seen in the following image: Later we\'ll look at the details of the option called **Change Account Settings**. On the other hand, the **Lock option** presents the lock image that we showed at the start of this unit and forces you to reinsert the password to return to the desktop. **Logging** out also returns us to the screen where we enter our password, where we could change our username, which will also be studied later. In the meantime, let\'s continue with this look at the **Start menu**. Below is a list of the most used apps. Obviously, this list changes from machine to machine and even on our computer it is being reorganized according to the programs we open. If we start using one program more than another, it occupies the highest position. It is important to note that the programs have a small icon **\>** on the right that with one click shows a list of recent files, as in the following image with the list of the latest **Word documents**. Depending on the program, we can get the legend **Recent**, **Frequent**, **Tasks** or **Most visited** (in the case of browsers). This feature is called **Jump list** and was introduced to Windows for the first time in the The system automatically detects documents or actions that it thinks may be useful to us and offers them to us. In this way, you don\'t have to open the program and then search for the document that you closed 5 minutes ago, but from the list that shows you the \> icon you can directly select this file and open it immediately. The elements of these jump lists can also be anchored, i.e. indicate that this document always remains in the list proposed for this program.  We must keep in mind that pinning too many elements would create very long lists and would lose the functionality of quickly accessing a frequently used file, because we would not find it with a simple glance. On the other hand, in the lower section of the menu we can find the options listed below. **File Explorer** opens a window that allows you to move between your computer\'s storage units to find and work with your files. Because of its importance, it will be studied in Unit 5. The **Settings** option opens a window with all the options to modify and manage the settings of our computer. The list of options that we can modify from this Start menu item is very extensive and will be reviewed at different points throughout the course, but in particular in unit 14. In this same unit we will dedicate an introductory section to it later. **Start/Off** is used to shut down the computer, but also to restart it or put the computer to sleep (low power consumption without losing the session). A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated As you can see, there is a sidebar that we can scroll through the list of applications and select the desired one. However, when the number of installed applications or programs is very high, getting to a specific one through the list can be a tedious task. As such, there\'s a little shortcut to this list. If you click on any of the letters that divide the programs, you\'ll get an alphabet. There we can click on any letter and it will take us to the programs that start with it. In this way, knowing the name of the desired program, we will be able to quickly reach it. Obviously, the letters that appear faded out don\'t have any apps whose name starts with it.  We should also note that in many cases applications are organized by folders. Those menu items have a downward-pointing symbol, as in this case: A black screen with white text Description automatically generated When you tap on the title, you\'ll see the list of apps that you can access with a new click. In this way, the items in the **Start menu** are reduced and many applications are logically grouped, as in the case of the **Windows Accessibility menu** that we can see in the following image.  Now let\'s go to the right side of our **Start menu**. We said it\'s the UI interface (also known as Metro) part of Windows 8. It consists of a group of large boxes that can represent programs or files and was designed primarily for use on touch devices. In the Windows configuration options they are also referred to as icons, so in the course we will call them icons, \"tiles\" or boxes, depending on how convenient it suits us in the context of the topic. A screenshot of a phone Description automatically generated Some of these icons are also called **dynamic icons**, as they present information that is updated over the Internet. Two classic examples that are very simple to understand are News (which opens a window with access to local media reports depending on our country and region) and **Climate**, of course. Windows 10 has been joined by a good number of online services and very useful dynamic information: Weather, News, Maps, cloud storage, search, mail integration, and so on. Many of these new programs are located in this section of the **Start menu** and open windows such as **the Weather** window. In turn, each of these icons can be rearranged (replaced), reized, removed from this menu, or added to other programs. Let\'s look at these features. By right-clicking (or holding down on touchscreens), we get a menu that allows us to modify their size, remove them from the **Start menu** (**Unpin from Start**), turn off their dynamic update, and pin them to the taskbar. **The search box on the taskbar**  If what we\'re looking for is a file, then we can click on it to open it with the corresponding program. However, on many occasions we want to locate a file not precisely to open and edit it, but, for example, to copy it to another location, an external drive, etc., so it will be preferable to open the folder where the file is located. To do this, we right-click and use the **Open File Location pop-up menu**. On touchscreens, that option opens by pressing and holding the screen on the file for a couple of seconds. A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated **The Taskbar**  Not only does the program window on the desktop display a small word processor on Windows, but we also have the corresponding icon on the taskbar.  What happens if we minimize all the windows on the desktop by pressing the **Windows+D** keys? So, the only way we have to restore the **WordPad** window is to tap on its icon in the task window. Even before you click on the icon, you just have to hover over it and Windows will present a thumbnail view of the program window. A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated Another very interesting case is when we have more than one window of the same program open, this can happen, for example, when we have several **Word** documents open. We can also have several windows of an Internet browser, each one on a different page. In these cases, Windows does not present an icon for each open window, but groups them by program. The corresponding icon, when pointed at with the mouse, shows a simulation of each window so that we can select the desired one with a click. In this way, the taskbar becomes the most effective tool to move between different windows that we can have on the desktop. An example of this can be seen in the following image, where we open several windows of **Edge**, the new Windows 10 browser.  On the other hand, if you right-click on one of these taskbar icons, you\'ll get a menu with the following options. A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated **Task View and Virtual Desktops** When pressed, it displays a thumbnail view of all open windows on the desktop, making it an alternative method of getting from one app to another in the first place.  But its function is not limited to offering us a method that we already had available with the icons on the taskbar themselves. If we look carefully at the image above, we will see that in the lower right corner of the desktop, above the date and time, we have a **plus** sign and the label **New Desktop**. Now with Windows 10 we can have several virtual desktops, each with its own windows open, which will be generated with this button. A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated Once a new desktop is generated, these will be numbered. As you can see in the image, Desktop 2 is empty, contains no active programs, no open windows. Its appearance in that regard is exactly the same as what we have seen in this unit. There you can open other programs, or even the same ones, but doing different tasks. It is then a new style of work that allows those who open a lot of windows on their desk to stay organized. With the **New Desktop** button, you can open many virtual desktops, even more than would be practical to create. To close an open virtual desktop, we use the cross button found on the thumbnail of the **task view itself.**  A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated **The date and time of the computer**  1. Click on the Windows clock (the time listed in the notification area to the right of the taskbar) and then click **Date & Time Settings.** 2. In the left panel, select **Date & Time**. 3. If the **Automatically Set Time button** is active, turn it off to make the Change button available. 4. Tap the **Change button**. 5. Expand the list of months with the downward-pointing arrow in the box showing the month and select the next month. 6. You can also display the day and year lists and modify different values. 7. With the left mouse button, display the days, click on the 27th day. 8. Hover over the digits of the **time**, unfold the list, and decrease it by two hours. 9. For the minutes value , select 34. 10. Tap **OK**. 11. Repeat to reset the actual values.  Notifications can be of very different types, from the detection of a threat by **Windows Defender** (the basic antivirus built into Windows), notifications of Windows **Update** updates or the list of devices connected to the computer. A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated **Introduction to Setup**  A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated A number of other topics were done through the icons on the panel. Depending on the desired theme, the icon was clicked and it opened the window with the corresponding options. The design of the windows of each icon was not homogeneous. In other words, each icon opened windows that were dissimilar to each other. Truth be told, the control panel wasn\'t for every user and searching for a specific topic, for example, configuring the speakers and microphone, always involved reviewing various unrelated options. The new Windows 10 Settings window, in our view, is a clever effort to simplify these features. The team\'s many configuration tasks, several of which are indispensable, are displayed in a simple interface where we navigate through a few icons that group together various topics.  When we click on any of these icons, the window changes, always showing the same organization structure of the configuration items. On the left, a panel with the various themes that correspond to the icon category clicked and, on the right, the different parameters to be configured. For example, when you click **System**, the window changes like this A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated At the top left of the window, we always have an arrow that returns us to the main **Settings** screen. Then we see the title of the category we\'re in. The panel on the left shows the various themes to be configured in this category (in the image above, Multitasking is highlighted). On the right, the parameters corresponding to the topic. If we go back to the main window and select another icon, for example, **Customization**, we will see that the structure is the same: Panel with themes on the left, parameters to be configured on the right.  **Creating and Organizing Icons on the Desktop** Logo, company name Description automatically generated 1. button and select the **Send To option** and then choose **Desktop (Create Shortcut).** Select the program or file from which you want to create a shortcut. 2. Right-click  1. Stand on the Windows 10 desktop background. 2. Right-click on the desktop background. 3. Select the **New option** and within the menu that appears, the Shortcut option. 4. Tap **Browse** to browse for the ***mspaint.exe file*** from the Paint program***.*** 5. Unfold the contents of Computer and select the drive where we have the Operating System installed, in our case it is the C drive ***:*** 6. We search through the folders for the ***mspaint*** file (it can also be called mspaint.exe). Typically, it is located at ***c:\\Windows\\system32\\*** 7. Tap **OK.** 8. Tap **Next.** 9. Rename it and name it ***Drawing Editor.*** 10. Tap **Finish.** 1. On the **Desktop** , right-click. 2. Select the View menu **.** 3. When this menu is displayed, you can choose to display them as **Large Icons**, **Medium Icons,** or **Small Icons**. Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated