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Session 6: Windows 1 WIN2-WIN43
Session 7: Windows 2 WIN47-92
Session 8: Multitasking; adding groups and group items;
           catch up from Sessions 6 and 7
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I. Overview of Windows
     -an operating environment
     -a graphical user interface (GUI)
     -limited multi-tasking (task switching)
     -advanced memory management (>640Kbytes)
     -WYSIWYG
 
II. Hardware and software
     -mouse techniques
          -point and click
          -point and double-click
          -point, click, and drag
     -keyboard strokes
     -standard and 386-enhanced mode
      (mention real mode for historical purposes)
     -hardware requirements
      (realistic example: 486 chip, 8Mb RAM, 400Mb fixed disk)
     -software requirements: DOS version 3.1 or later	
     -Windows 3.1 v Windows for WorkGroups 3.11
 
III. Anatomy of a Window
     -Definitions
          -application window
          -group window
          -group icons
          -document window
     -the Program Manager
     -the desktop
     -the title bar
     -scroll bars
     -minimize, maximize, and restore buttons
     -the menu bar
          -the ellipses
          -dialogue box
     -on-line help
     -starting/launching an application
 
 
IV. Overview of the Accessories Group
     -the Notepad application
             -menu bar revisited
           -opening an existing document
           -creating a new document
           -Save v Save As
           -printing
               -brief explanation of the Print Manager
           -exiting an application

    - brief intro to following groups

     -the Paintbrush application
          -more on help
     -the Write application (limited word processor)
     -brief introduction to the clipboard using Write and Notepad
 
V. Overview of the Main Group
     -the File Manager application
          -status bar
          -drive icons
          -formatting diskettes
          -changing current drive and/or path
          -copying file(s)
               -one file
               -multiple files (contiguous v non-contiguous files)
          -moving file(s)
               -one file
               -multiple files (contiguous v non-contiguous files)
          -deleting file(s)
               -one file
               -multiple files (contiguous v non-contiguous files)
          -renaming a file
        -file searching
 -breif overview of the Control Panel
    -fonts
    -desktop
 -MSDOS prompt
 
VI. Multitasking and task switching
     -multiple applications
        -<ctrl><esc>
        -<alt><tab>
        -<alt><esc>
     -multiple document windows

VII.  brief introduction to Programmer's File Editor (PFE)--->
      text editor used in the public labs
 
     <be sure to spend time on this re: ASCII files>
 
VIII. Adding/Deleting Groups and Group Items

      <just mention this>
 
IX. Exiting Windows