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Session 01
Session 02
USING THE
START
MENU
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Recall any
restaurant or
fast food chain
that you
recently
visited.
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On your paper:
a. Who were you with when you went to
the restaurant?
b. What did you order? How about your
companions?
c. How did you make your choice?
d. Did the restaurant offer great food?
e. Did you enjoy your food?
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Sharing Activity:
Write on the board
the food that you
usually order in a
restaurant
A menu is a list
of available
food that they
serve and
provide to their
customers.
When using the
computer, it
gives you a
list of choices
called Menu.
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Concept/ Definition of
Start Menu
• A list of programs
where you can
choose from are
found in Start
menu.
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Elements of the Start Menu
The Left Pane The Right Pane At the
bottom part
of Start
menu is the
Search box,
and the
options for
logging in
or turning
off the
computer
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Personal
Folder
• Folder name is customized.
• View other folders such as
Documents, Pictures, Music,
Videos and other files.
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Personal Folder
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Documents
• Link to a folder where you
can put your documents and
files.
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Documents
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Pictures
• Default folder
where you can
save digital
pictures and
Graphics.
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Pictures
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Music
• Folder to save
all audio
files.
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Music
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Computer
• Have access to disk
drives, floppy drivers
and other hardware
connected to computer.
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Computer
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Control Panel
• To customize the
appearance and
functionality of your
computer.
• Add or remove programs.
• Set up network
connections.
• Manage user accounts.
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Control Panel
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Default Programs
• It will set the program
Windows to use for
activities like web
browsing, editing pictures,
playing movies and videos.
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Devices and Printers
• Shows option on
how to manage
and set devices
and printers
attached in you
computer.
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Devices and Printers
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Help and
Support
• Provides various
topics and
information in
using Windows and
your computer.
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Help and
Support
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Help and
Support
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Shutdown Button
• displays option for logging off,
switching users, restarting, and
turning off the computer
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Shutdown Button
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Switch User
• Switches users
to other
account
leaving all
programs
open.
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Log off
• Switches users
and closes all
opened
programs.
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• locks the
Lock computer
preventing others
from using your
account
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•reboots the
Restart Windows
after closing
all the opened
programs
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•Puts your open
Hibernate documents and
programs on
your hard disk
and turns off
the computer.
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Sleep
• turns the computer
in a row-power state
to save energy.
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Sleep
• turns the computer
in a row-power state
to save energy.
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Sleep
• turns the computer
in a row-power state
to save energy.
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Uses of Start Menu
- Launch a program.
- Find a Program Files
- Locking and Shutting
Down the Computer
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Customize the Start
Menu
- You can pin or add a
program
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Customize the Right
Pane
1. Right click on an
empty space of the
taskbar and choose
Properties.
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Customize the Right
Pane
2. From the Taskbar
and Start Menu
Properties dialog box,
click Start menu tab.
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Customize the Right
Pane
3. Click the Customize
button.
4. Select the option
you want to add or
appear on the list.
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WHIZ WORDS
rStat ueMn
Start Menu
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WHIZ WORDS
oePwr Botnut
Power Button
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WHIZ WORDS
ogL fOf
Log Off
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WHIZ WORDS
nniPed Iemst
Pinned Items
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WHIZ WORDS
lepeS
Sleep
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WHIZ WORDS
Lcok Btuotn
Lock Button
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WHIZ WORDS
Sitwch seUr
Switch User
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WHIZ WORDS
doShwtun
Shutdown
• Start Menu
Lesson provides a list of
Summary programs.
• Customize the
Start Menu by
adding pin items,
remove folders
