What Is This? Windows Basics

In this unit, you have learned to:

• recognize and navigate a typical Windows® interface
• understand the use of peripheral hardware
• manage files and directories
• describe common file formats

To test your knowledge, complete the following activity:

1. From the desktop view, open your Documents folder.  Restore Down the window.  Go to your Start Menu and open Microsoft Word®.  Adjust the windows so that the Documents folder and Microsoft Word® open side by side.
2. Close Microsoft Word®.   Find the Test folder you created earlier (hint: it should be in your Documents folder).   Drag your Test folder from your Documents folder onto your Desktop.  Now drag the Test folder back into the Documents folder and close the window.

Can you answer these questions?

• What is the file extension for a Microsoft Word® document?
• Give an example of a common peripheral device that can be attached to a computer.