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Getting to Know Windows 95
Lesson 3: Creating a New Document
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Follow these steps:
1 Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop and click
the secondary button.
Windows 95 displays a shortcut menu of commands applica-
ble to the desktop.
2 Point to New, then click Text Document.
Windows 95 creates an icon on the desktop called New Text
Document.txt with the icon name highlighted.
3 You’ll probably want to give your file a meaningful name,
so type
My New File
and press
Enter
.
4 Double-click the icon.
Windows 95 opens the new file in Notepad, the text editor built
into Windows 95.
The Notepad window
Notice that as you open the file there’s a new button on the
taskbar that reads My New File - Notepad (the name may be
too long to fit into the taskbar space, but if you point to the
name, the system displays all of it). By displaying buttons like
this one, the taskbar helps you keep track of the programs and
files you currently have open.