Windows for the In^xperienced

Chapter 1

 

The Start Menu Left Column continued.

Accessories - Address Book Option

The Address Book is a central database for managing your contacts and finding people and organizations using directory services.

Accessories - Calculator

The Calculator carries out mathematical calculations using an on-screen representation of a calculator. It can operate in standard or scientific mode.

Accessories - Command Prompt

The Command Prompt allows you to carry out command-line or text-based functions. This is very similar to DOS, the Disk Operating System that Microsoft started out with. As a beginner, you’re unlikely to need this.

Accessories - Notepad Program

The Notepad program is a basic text editing program.

Accessories - Paint Program

The Paint program is a basic graphic editing program. You can create or edit graphical drawings and display and edit digitally captured photos and other images.

Accessories - Program Compatibility Wizard

The Program Compatibility Wizard enables you to configure Windows XP to allow older programs to run in a mode, which was designed for an earlier version of Windows.

Accessories - Synchronize option

The Synchronize option allows you to update the offline versions of web pages and the network copies of documents, calendars, and emails that were edited offline.

Accessories - Tour Windows XP tutorial

You’ll have been prompted to run this tutorial soon after you first turned your computer on. The Windows Experience Tour guides you through the new features of Windows XP.

Accessories - Windows Explorer Program

Windows Explorer is a program, which displays the files and folders on your computer. It’s actually the same interface as My Computer, but with a different display view.

 

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