Parts of the Windows

Deborah A. Schweitzer

Desktop – The opening screen of windows 98.

Icons – a pictorial representation of a program or file.

Taskbar – Is the bar that shows the tasks that are open and also contains the start button, the lunch buttons, and the system tray.

Launch Buttons – start certain window programs immediately

System Tray – Contain programs that started the same time window 98 did.

Task buttons – Show what programs are running

Window – a program or group of icons that is open.

Title bar – Displays the name of the window, or the document in the window

Menu bar – Show one or two words commands that commands the computer what to do.

Tool bar – icons that give shortcuts to different commands contained in the menu bar.

Work area – the white area in the middle of the window.

Status bar – Gray bar at the bottom that gives hints about what you are doing.

Mouse buttons- Left, right, and center - Left mouse button chooses things; Right mouse button brings up a short cut menu, Center if present controls the scrolling bar.

Click - chooses things

Drag and drop – It moves objects by clicking and holding left mouse button down and moving mouse

Double click – opens things.