to your most often used folders and files may be created and placed on the Desktop to help automate your work. • Select the file or folder that you wish to have as a shortcut on the Desktop. • Right click on the file or folder. • Select Send to from the shortcut menu, then select Desktop (create shortcut) from the sub-menu.
• A shortcut for the file or folder will now appear on your desktop and you can open it from the desktop in the same way as any other icon. Figure . . Chapter Page - - Figure .
Creating Shortcut . . Shutting down or Logging off a Computer Once you have closed all open applications, you can either log off your computer or shut down the computer. Log Off To Log off/Shut down the computer: Figure .
. Log off option Chapter Page - - • Click start → log off (click the arrow next to Shut down) or Start → Shutdown . (Figure . .) • If you have any open programs, then you will be asked to close them or windows will Force shut down, you will lose any un-saved information if you do this.
• Switch User: Switch to another user account on the computer without closing your open programs and Windows processes. • Log Off: Switch to another user account on the computer after closing all your open programs and Windows processes. • Lock: Lock the computer while you're away from it. • Restart: Reboot the computer.
(This option is often required as part of installing new software or Windows update.) • Sleep: Puts the computer into a low- power mode that retains all running programs and open Windows in computer memory for a super-quick restart. • Hibernate (found only on laptop computers): Puts the computer into a low-power mode after saving all running programs and open Windows on the machine's hard drive for a quick restart. Activity Student Activity . Create files and folders using Windows and Ubuntu and compare them.
. Create a File/Folder in Windows