Well, I trekked in from the Blog Entry link on the Assignment chart, so we'll see if that gets things marked correctly regarding the blog. Or maybe Rob will review blog entries at the end of the semester.
Chapter 3 discusses files and file management. More review for those of us who are familiar with older versions of Windows.
The Computer Folder window is, more or less, Win7's version of File Manager. The top level deals with the hard disk drives and removable drives connected to the system (including, interestingly enough, my smartphone . . . ) To descend into subdirectories click the arrow to the right of the file name; a drop-down list will show subdirectories. Hovering over a file name will show a summary of the file; hovering over a directory will show how much space it has and how much space is not being used. A search box makes searching for files and folders much simpler than in WinXP.
To minimize all windows but the active window, grab the title bar of the active window and shake it. (By golly, it works!) All other windows will be minimized. This is a toggle command; shaking the title bar again will restore all windows. Right-clicking the toolbar will give options to cascade, stack, side-by-side (tile) the windows or minimize all windows and show the desktop. Right-clicking the toolbar again will undo the most recently selected command.
The Pictures library gives quick access to the pictures you have saved to your Win7 computer. It also stores bits of image like page borders, backgrounds, and splats. Much time and paper is spent discussing saving, viewing and changing the properties of a picture; it's basically the same as any other file. You can also view your Pictures as a slide show.
The Music library gives a place to store the sound files you would play on Win Media Player or any other sound file player.
Chapter 3 then discusses backing up files and folders, renaming folders, formatting optical discs for backup (DVDs! CDs are now too small!), creating an optical disc backup, ejecting the disc, restoring folders from backup (DVD or USB), and proper removal of the USB drive. (I need to show my husband this one! *sigh*) (By the way, at MPL I have a persistent problem that when I ask those computers to eject my USB drive it says the USB drive is still in use -- balderdash! -- and I end up shutting down the computer to get it to power cycle so I can remove my USB drive while the drive unit is down. Is there a more elegant work-around?)
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