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Identify Each Parts of The Window Desktop?

The desktop contains key elements like the desktop background, icons, cursor, start menu, pinned applications, taskbar, system tray, and show desktop button. There are two main types of windows - application windows for programs and file/folder windows for navigating folders and files. Key parts of a window include the title bar, buttons, address bar, navigation pane, toolbars, scrollbars, and status bar.

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Identify Each Parts of The Window Desktop?

The desktop contains key elements like the desktop background, icons, cursor, start menu, pinned applications, taskbar, system tray, and show desktop button. There are two main types of windows - application windows for programs and file/folder windows for navigating folders and files. Key parts of a window include the title bar, buttons, address bar, navigation pane, toolbars, scrollbars, and status bar.

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Identify each parts of the window desktop?

The Desktop

 The Desktop is the working place for the computer


user. When you start your computer, you begin at
the Desktop.
Icons
 Icons are small pictures that represent data files or
containers in the computer storage. Icons can
be containers: volumes or folders (directories); they
can be software (programs) which do things on the
computer; or they can be documents, which contain
information (like text, photos, audio, movies, etc.).
Cursor or Pointer
 The Cursor (sometimes called the "pointer") is
your "hand" on the desktop. It moves with the
mouse, and when you move it over something, a
click of the mouse will select it. The cursor is
contextual, in that it changes when you move it
over different areas and objects.
Start menu
 The Start Menu allows you to access various programs and
functions (such as shut down, control panels, find file,
etc.).
Pinned Application
 Pinned Applications allow you to open programs
quickly, with just one click of the mouse, at any
time. This is faster than a regular icon because the
Pinned Applications are always visible, even when
you cannot see the Desktop.
Taskbar
 The Taskbar is the whole stripe at the bottom of
the screen which contains various parts. Right-click
on it for options, such as turning on and off
features. If you want, you can move the taskbar to
any side of the screen, unless it is locked.
System Tray

 The System Tray (Microsoft calls it the


"Notification Area," but most call it the
"System Tray") shows the clock, sound
control, and possibly other controls (printers,
anti-virus, upgrades, etc.).
Show desktop icons

 The Show Desktop Button will hide all


windows and show only the Desktop. If you
only hover the cursor over this button, the
windows will "turn to glass," showing their
outlines but being otherwise transparent.
The elements of the desktop are:

 1. The Desktop 5. Pinned Applications


 2. Cursor 6. The Taskbar
 3. Icons 7. System Tray (Notification Area)
 4. Start Menu 8. Show Desktop Button
Two type of Window
 Application window. This window contains the
program's activity.

 file and folder window shows what is inside a


"container" like a folder or a volume. In this type of
window, you can see more files and folders.
Application window
File and Folder window
Title bar
 The Title Bar is the blue stripe at the top of the window. It
contains the name of the window (left) and the window
buttons (right). If you double-click the title bar, it
will "restore down" the window (make the window smaller
than the screen) or maximize the window (make the window
take up the whole screen). If the window is "restored down"
(made small), then you can move the window by click-and-
dragging on the title bar.
Minimize Maximize, Close button
 The first (left) button will minimize (also called
"hide") the window. This makes the window
disappear, but it is not closed. Instead, it is "hiding
inside" the window button in the taskbar, and can
be brought out again by clicking on the window
button.
 The middle button will maximize or restore
down the window; "maximize" the window,
expanding it to fill the whole screen.
 The third (right) button will close the window; if it
an application window, it may quit the application.
The address bar

 The Address Bar allows you to go to


various places. You can click on the name of
a folder in the path you can see, or explore
folders in the path by clicking on the arrows
next to the folder names.
Navigation pane

 The Navigation Pane is in the left side of


the file & folder window; it has a number of
important locations you can visit in a single
click. You can drag and drop folders into the
"Favorites" area and they will always appear
there, until you remove them.
Tool bar

 The Tool Bar(s) contain(s) buttons which


will activate commands. Usually only the
most commonly-used commands can be
found here.
Scroll bar
 A Scroll Bar allows you to change the view in a window to
show things that are outside the window's viewing area. The
scroll bar moves the pages of the document past the
window, so you can see different pages.
Status bar
 The Status Bar / Details Pane shows details about the window or what is
selected in it. The information changes from window to window. For
example, in a window showing the contents of a volume or folder, the
status bar will show how many items there are and what size they are.
Folder Area

 Folder area show several folder icons and


files in it.

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