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Windows 98 foundation
Window components and selection techniques
- The title bar
- The scroll bars
- Maximize, minimize, restore and close buttons
- Borders
- Dialog boxes
- Text boxes
- List boxes
- Drop down list boxes
- Check boxes and radio buttons
- Command buttons
- Tabs
- Mouse selection techniques
- Keyboard selection techniques
- Drag and drop techniques
- The ‘other’ mouse button
- What are property sheets?
Starting to use Windows 98
- What is the start button?
- The start menu
- The start button - programs
- Start menu - favorites
- The start button - documents
- The start button - settings
- The start button - find
- Windows help
- The start button - run
- The start button - shut down
- The startup folder
- Adding programs to your start menu
- Customizing the start menu
- What is the taskbar?
- Controlling applications from the taskbar
- Moving and customizing the taskbar
- Tiling and cascading Windows using the taskbar
- Arranging your desktop icons
- Creating a new file directly from the desktop
- Desktop toolbars
- Creating & customizing desktop toolbars
- Internet Explorer channel bar
- Active desktop
Help within Windows 98
- Help within the start menu
- Using the f1 key to get help
- What's this help
- Wizards
- Troubleshooting using help
The Windows 98 accessories
- What is WordPad?
- WordPad - creating and saving a new document
- WordPad - editing an existing document
- What is Paint?
- Paint - drawing tools
- The calculator
- The clock
The Explorer, My Computer and the Recycle Bin
- What are drives, folders and files?
- The Explorer vs. My Computer
- The Explorer window
- Windows Explorer toolbars
- Long file names
- Folder selection techniques
- Switching drives
- Folder creation
- Moving or copying files and folders
- Renaming files or folders
- Deleting files or folders
- The Recycle Bin and deleted files
- Customizing the Explorer file display
- Customizing a folder
- Folder options – general folder
- Folder options – view folder
- Sorting files within the Explorer
- Starting programs via the Explorer
- Creating shortcuts on the desktop
Printing
- What is a printer driver?
- Installing a printer driver
- Setting up a printer
- Default and installed printers
- Controlling print queues
- Viewing installed fonts
The clipboard, ‘drag and drop’ and OLE
- Basic clipboard concepts
- What is OLE?
- Linking vs. embedding
- Compound documents
- Linking in action - Excel and Word
Top tips and tricks - Microsoft Windows 98
Windows 98 intermediate
DOS applications and Windows 98
- The DOS window toolbar
- The start command
- Showing a visual directory display using the start
command
- Using dir/v and copy with long file names
- What about PIF files?
Networking with Windows 98
- Windows 98 network features
- Peer-to-peer networks vs. server-based networks
- Sharing documents and folders
- Sharing printers
- Windows 98 as a network client
- Internet connection wizard
Advanced use of the clipboard and OLE
- Manipulating ‘scraps’
- DOS and the clipboard
- Screen dumps and producing documentation
- Benefits of using OLE
- New features of OLE 2
- OLE 2 - in-place activation
- Linking and updating issues
Customizing Windows 98
- Customizing the background
- Setting a screen saver
- Setting desktop schemes
- What is the Control Panel?
- Setting the time and date
- Customizing the mouse and keyboard
- Changing your Windows 98 password
- Adding new devices
- Installing new application programs
- Creating shortcuts
- Scheduled tasks
- Windows update
- Display effects
Security and optimization issues
- Disk cleanup
- Drive converter (FAT32)
- Disk defragmenter
- Scandisk
- Maintenance wizard
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