R. Craig Collins > BCIS 1301/COSC 1301/ITSC 1309 > Lab 1

Lab 1 © R. Craig Collins, 2006

See also my Example
Check with your Instructor for due dates

• Launching Windows, view the Desktop, and the Task Bar
• Use the left mouse button to select the Start Menu, explore the submenus, and finally select Help
• Use the left mouse button to close the Help Menu
• Double click the Internet (Internet Explorer) icon on the desktop to start the web browser
• After locating the class web site, cycle through maximize, minimize, restore, resize, and finally close.
• Insert your thumb drive/floppy disk, then browse to the device; note drive letter
  
• Open a command window (Start/Accessories/Command Prompt,
  then issue the following command: help (have the instructor initial your lab sheet________)
• Issue the following command: exit
  
• Open My Computer, and browse to your storage device drive letter
• Toggle the folder view by clicking the [Folders] button, then toggle back; explore the details area
• Right click in the drive window, and choose New\Text document, naming it test.txt
• Right click in the drive window, and choose New\folder, naming it your name
• Select the file, then choose Edit/Copy
• Select the folder, then choose Edit/Paste
• Open the new folder... you should see your file.
• Double click the file, and add your name to it. Save the file.
• Right click the file, choose copy; right click in an open section of the drive window, and choose paste
• Right click the new copy, choose rename, and enter some other name... but don't change the extension*
• (have the instructor initial your lab sheet________________ )
  
• Click the "Up" Folder button to get back to the root of your storage device
  
• Create a new folder called Junk
• Right click, then drag your text document to the Junk... choose move
  
• Start Wordpad
• Add 10 things, including your name, that you wouldn't mind sharing. See also my Example
• Complete the Create-Edit-Format cycle
  
• Open Paint, and doodle on a canvas about 120 x 120 (Choose Image Attributes to change
• Choose Edit\Select All
• [Ctrl]+[C] will copy the image to the clipboard
  
• Use [Alt]+[Tab] to get back to your Wordpad document, click where you would like to place the image
• [Ctrl]+[V] will paste the image from the clipboard to the insertion point
• Save the changes to a file named yourname-lab1.rtf, within the folder made earlier. Close Wordpad and Paint.
• If you need to edit the file later, do NOT double click the icon, as Word may open, instead of Wordpad. Instead, open WordPad, then File/Open yourname-lab1.rtf
  
• Click the up folder button in order to view the folder you created, the one than contains your text document, your 10 thinks file, the junk folder, and the copy of the text file.
• Right click this folder, choose Send To and then select Compressed (Zipped) Folder

*Your computer may hide extensions, and differentiate file types only with icons; if so, just ignore this part of the instruction

Print the rtf document if requested, and electronically submit the zip file; see How To: Labs

*Your computer may hide extensions, and differentiate file types only with icons; if so, just ignore this part of the instruction. To set your computer to view extensions:
Open 'My Computer' and choose Tools/Folder Options...
Select the View tab, and make sure that 'Hide extensions for know file types' is NOT checked.
Click OK. You will now be able to see the complete file name.