Getting to Know the Desktop
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
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If you’re new to computers or have never used Windows 95
before, the skill and confidence you’ll gain going through these
lessons will more than offset the small amount of time you will
spend.
If you chose Windows for Workgroups and this your first
notebook computer, read Lesson 1, then go on to Chapter 4.
If you’ve used an earlier version of Windows, you’ll notice that
Windows 95 is very different, so you should find the information
in this chapter helpful.You’ll probably want to work through some
of the lessons and skim others.
In addition, Windows 95 Help discusses a number of the major
differences in an easy question-and-answer format. To open the
on line Help, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, then type
tips
and double-click “for Windows 3.1 users.”
If you’ve used the Macintosh operating system, you’ll find
Windows 95 is similar in many ways. For instance, the Recycle
Bin works like the Trash Can. Skim through this chapter to get a
feel for the differences.
The aim of this tutorial is to help you start doing useful work
quickly. It shows you one way of doing various basic tasks. As
you gain experience with Windows 95 you will discover that there
are often other ways of accomplishing a particular task. One of the
most useful things about Windows 95 is its flexibility.
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