Brief Introduction to Windows Applications
Useful Applications inside Windows 98
Windows Tutorial is getting more and more interesting.
This week, we take a look at Windows Applications: programs like NotePad, Paint, WordPad are shipped with Windows and installed on your computer during setup.
We will learn how to take advantage of each program.
Windows has many useful applications. Although you will not get a hot Graphic application or the best word processor, you can still manage with Windows tools:
write, draw, watch videos and listen to music on your PC.
Windows 98 is much more interesting that its predecessors.
The latest version of Windows: Windows 98 comes shipped with Internet Explorer 4 (IE4) which is adopted around the globe as the best program for internet surfing and exploration, Outlook Express a program for sending emails, FrontPage Express to build
a homepage on the internet and lots of tools you can add right from the CD.
The Windows CD is full of utilities and applications, we will review some in
Customizing Windows 98 and see how to install them on your computer.
To compose reports and write text, Windows offers two editors or Word Processors:
NotePad is a basic editor, where you can type some text, insert a date.
WordPad is more interesting, let you insert pictures in your documents, use colors
when you're composing your text, WordPad is more professional than NotePad with
lots of useful features.
Both programs can be accessed from Start>>Programs>>Accessories
just click on the shortcut (you know what a shortcut is) and the application is instantly launched. Other useful utilities are the Calculator, Phone Dialer, CD Player, Imaging-
used to scan images into your computer using a device called Scanner-
The scanner is similar to the photocopier it translates images into the computer, you
can easily add any image to your documents. If you're going to work with images a lot, you should have a scanner.
After reading Windows Applications you will see how easily you can draw images, record your own music and write your report.
In Maintaining your Computer, we will talk about useful programs called utilities that let you take care of your computer.
Windows also includes Games such as MineSweeper, Solitaire, Hearts, FreeCell.
The games are located at Start>>Programs>>Accessories>>Games
Now we will talk about each application in details.