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Windows
The term "windows" refers to the boxes that appear on your screen when you work
with the computer. If you're reading this article through Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator, you're reading it within a window right now.
To see windows in action, hold down
your Ctrl key and press N.
A new browser window will appear. It doesn't replace this one; you now have two windows
open. You can visit another page in that window while keeping this article open. To close
that other window, click on it to bring it to the front, then press the Ctrl key and W at
the same time.
File Cabinet
When you work on your computer, you create files. Windows-- the operating system,
not the box in which you're reading this in-- stores these files inside folders.Those
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You can organize this
files-within-folders scheme as it suits you. You can
make one folder called Stuff and save all of your files within it. (Windows does this for
you, providing you with a default My Documents folder.)
To organize better, you can create several folders, naming each one to reflect the files
stored inside: Personal Finances, Love Letters, Screenplays, Recipes, Newsletters, and so
on.
Menu
Many of the windows you open in Windows contain a series of menus. Unfortunately, as of
this writing you can't order lunch from any of them. Instead, you use these lists of
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