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Lesson 9: Creating shortcuts
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Sample Search Results window
HINT: Search also allows you to perform searches on the Internet.
2Click All files and folders.
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char in the text box labeled: In all or part of the file 
name.
The operating system displays a list of all the files with 
“char” in their names.
4Click the Character Map file with the secondary button 
and drag and drop it on the desktop.
5In the desktop shortcut...

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Lesson 10: Changing the screen saver
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A shortcut to the Character Map appears on your desktop.
NOTE: Shortcut icons can be recognized by an arrow in the lower-
left corner. Deleting or changing the shortcut icons will not affect 
the program to which they refer. 
Clicking a shortcut icon opens the program or folder 
immediately. You can place as many shortcuts on your 
desktop as you find useful.
HINT: The Character Map is a...

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2Click Properties.
The operating system displays the Display Properties 
window.
Sample Display Properties window
3Click the Screen Saver tab.
4Click the arrow beside the current option—probably 
“(None)” —to open the screen saver list box.
5Scroll through the screen saver options by clicking the 
scroll arrows in the list box.
6Try a screen saver pattern by clicking a name in the list...

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Lesson 11: Setting the date and time
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You can view any object’s properties by clicking the object 
with the secondary button, then choosing Properties from the 
shortcut menu that appears.
The next lesson explains how to set two other properties—the 
date and time.
Lesson 11: Setting the date and time
You initially set the computer’s date and time properties 
when you turned the computer on for the first time and set up 
the...

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Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
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Sample Date and Time Properties window
HINT: To open the Date and Time Properties window more quickly, 
either click the time display on the taskbar with the secondary 
button, then click Adjust Date/Time, or double-click the time 
display.
5Click the Date & Time tab and set the correct month, 
year, day, and time.
6Click the Time Zone tab and drop-down list box, and set 
your time...

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Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
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The icon disappears, but it has not really gone. It is 
merely set aside in the Recycle Bin so that you can 
restore or delete it later.
2Repeat step 1 for any other icons you created during this 
tutorial.
Each icon disappears as you drop it on the Recycle Bin.
3Double-click the Recycle Bin icon.
The operating system opens the Recycle Bin window. 
Notice that all the icons you...

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Lesson 13: Using System Restore
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documents, and sometimes even programs. Still, the process 
is the same. Just drag an object’s icon to the Recycle Bin.
If you change your mind and want to restore an object you 
sent to the Recycle Bin, select the object with the secondary 
button and click Restore. The operating system restores the 
object to the place from which it was deleted. You can also 
restore the object by dragging it...

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Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do?
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Sample System Restore welcome screen
The Windows
® XP operating system guides you through the 
process of storing your system settings for future use. It also 
guides you through restoring your system to the selected date 
or time.
Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do?
This teaches you how to use some of the Help features in the 
Windows® XP operating system.
Windows® XP Help and Support...

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2If you do not see the index, click index.
Help and Support displays the Index.
Sample Help and Support Index
The left side of the screen contains the index. The text 
box above the index, where the cursor is flashing, lets 
you type in a topic you want to find in the index.
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drawing in the text box.
Notice as you type that the index moves to locate what 
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Sample help window for drawings
Notice that under the category 
drawings, there is a 
subcategory: 
creating using Paint.
4Highlight 
creating using Paint, then click Display.
Help opens a topic screen that, in the window’s right 
pane, gives a brief description of Paint and provides 
different ways for accessing the program, including 
through use of a hot link (Paint)
.
Not every Help...