Windows XP for dummies quick reference

Team DDU......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 12
Windows XP:......Page 18
What You See: The Windows Desktop......Page 19
What You See: My Documents......Page 21
What You See: Dialog Boxes......Page 22
Taskbar Table......Page 23
The Basics: Opening and Closing Windows......Page 24
The Basics: Creating New Folders......Page 27
The Basics: Deleting Folders and Files......Page 28
The Basics: Copying or Moving Folders and Files......Page 30
The Basics: Exiting Windows......Page 32
What You Can Do: Setting Up a Desktop Made to Order......Page 33
What You Can Do: Saving Music with Windows Media Player......Page 35
What You Can Do: Producing Movies with Windows Movie Maker......Page 37
Part I: Doing Everyday Stuff......Page 40
Putting programs on your computer......Page 41
Adding Windows Components......Page 42
Taking programs off your computer......Page 43
Setting default Windows applications......Page 44
Arranging and Sizing Icons in a Window......Page 45
My Documents......Page 46
My Pictures......Page 47
Making slideshows......Page 48
Printing pictures......Page 49
My Videos......Page 51
My eBooks......Page 52
My Computer......Page 53
Using the Folders Explorer bar......Page 55
Mapping network drives......Page 57
My Network Places......Page 58
Network connections......Page 59
Network Places......Page 61
Home Networking Wizard......Page 62
Copying (and Moving) Files and Folders......Page 63
Drag \'em up, drop \'em down......Page 64
Using cut-and-paste......Page 65
Creating New Files and Folders......Page 66
Compressing files and folders......Page 67
Compressing FAT files and folders......Page 68
Encrypting a compressed folder......Page 69
Extracting files from a compressed folder......Page 70
Compressing NTFS files and folders......Page 72
Creating Shortcuts......Page 73
Shortcuts to open stuff......Page 74
Customizing the Desktop......Page 75
Deleting Junk......Page 76
Formatting a Disk......Page 78
Getting Help and Support......Page 79
Disk properties......Page 81
Customizing a folder......Page 83
File properties......Page 84
Moving and Resizing Windows......Page 85
Naming Files and Folders......Page 88
File icons......Page 89
Renaming files and folders......Page 90
Opening Files and Folders......Page 91
Windows Media Player......Page 92
Audio CD-ROMs......Page 95
Radio stations......Page 98
Copying music to your hard drive......Page 99
Creating playlists......Page 101
Recording audio CDs......Page 102
Video files......Page 104
DVDs......Page 105
Portable device......Page 106
Printing......Page 107
Managing the print queue......Page 108
Installing a new printer......Page 109
Searching for Files and Folders......Page 112
Searching for computers, people, and Web sites......Page 114
Searching for pictures, music, or video......Page 115
Selecting Commands on Menus......Page 116
Pull-down menus......Page 117
Dialog boxes......Page 118
Control menus......Page 121
Selecting Commands on Explorer Bars......Page 122
Selecting Commands from Toolbars......Page 123
The Address Bar......Page 125
The Links toolbar......Page 126
The Standard Buttons toolbar......Page 127
Resizing and moving toolbars......Page 129
Customizing the Standard Buttons toolbar......Page 130
Selecting Files and Folders......Page 131
Shutting Down Windows......Page 132
Using the Command Prompt......Page 133
Using the Windows Taskbar......Page 134
The Start menu......Page 135
The Quick Launch toolbar......Page 136
The Notification area......Page 137
Customizing the Taskbar and Start menu......Page 138
Customizing the Notification area......Page 139
Customizing the Start menu......Page 140
Switching between programs......Page 141
Arranging windows on the desktop......Page 142
Using Task Manager......Page 143
Creating custom toolbars......Page 144
Using Windows Automatic Update......Page 145
Part II: Windows and the Web......Page 148
Adding Web Favorites......Page 149
Offline Favorites......Page 151
Organizing Favorites......Page 153
Synchronizing offline Favorites......Page 155
Browsing with Internet Explorer......Page 156
Launching Internet Explorer......Page 157
Navigating the Web......Page 158
Saving Web graphics......Page 159
Saving Web pages......Page 160
Saving Desktop items......Page 161
Printing Web pages......Page 162
Working offline......Page 163
Browsing with MSN Explorer......Page 165
Searching from the Explorer Bar......Page 169
Sending and Receiving E-Mail......Page 171
Composing and sending messages......Page 172
Adding recipients to the Address Book......Page 175
Reading e-mail......Page 177
Organizing e-mail......Page 180
Deleting e-mail......Page 181
Instant Messaging......Page 182
Adding contacts......Page 183
Sending instant messages......Page 184
Retrieving e-mail via Windows Messenger......Page 185
Part III: Windows Accessories......Page 186
Accessing Your Accessories......Page 187
Calculator......Page 188
Networking......Page 190
Network Connections......Page 191
Remote Desktop Connection......Page 192
Sound Recorder......Page 195
Volume Control......Page 196
Microsoft Interactive Training......Page 197
Program Compatibility Wizard......Page 198
Paint......Page 199
System Tools......Page 200
Character Map......Page 201
Scheduled Tasks......Page 202
System Restore......Page 204
Windows Explorer......Page 205
Windows Movie Maker......Page 206
Editing the elements in your movie......Page 207
Creating the final movie......Page 208
WordPad......Page 209
Part IV: The Windows Control Panel......Page 210
About the Control Panel......Page 211
Accessibility Options......Page 212
Add or Remove Programs......Page 213
Appearance and Themes......Page 214
Display......Page 215
Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options......Page 217
Network and Internet Connections......Page 218
Performance and Maintenance......Page 219
Printers and Other Hardware......Page 221
Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices......Page 222
User Accounts......Page 223
Glossary: Techie Talk......Page 226
Index......Page 230