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The operating system displays the new shortcut on your desktop. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 9: Creating shortcuts Creating a shortcut to the Character Map Use this method when you don’t know the name and location of the program file. 1 Click Start, then click Search. Sample Search option on the Start menu The operating system displays the Search Results window. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 9: Creating shortcuts Sample Search Results window HINT: Search also allows you to perform searches on the Internet. 2 Click All files and folders. 3 Type 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. 4 Select the Character Map file with the secondary button, then drag and drop it on the desktop. 5 In the shortcut menu, click Create Shortcut(s) Here. 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. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 10: Changing the screen saver 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 useful tool when you want to add a special character to a document. Lesson 10: Changing the screen saver You can personalize the background area of your desktop with pictures, patterns, or colors. The background is considered a “property” of your desktop. This lesson will not only teach you how to change the background, but will also introduce you to properties. The Windows ® XP operating system treats all windows, icons, programs, drives, etc. as self-contained objects, each with its own set of properties (such as size, position on- screen, and color). Many of these properties can be customized to meet your particular needs and tastes. DEFINITION: An object is an independent block of data, text, or graphics that was created by an individual application. This lesson introduces object properties by showing you how to change one of the properties of the desktop—the screen saver. This is a continuously changing pattern that appears on the screen during pauses in your work. 1 Move the cursor to an empty area of the desktop, then click the secondary button. The operating system displays the desktop shortcut menu. 2 Click Properties. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 10: Changing the screen saver The operating system opens the Display Properties window. Sample Display Properties window 3 Click the Screen Saver tab. 4 Click the arrow beside the current option—probably “(None)” —to open the screen saver list box. 5 Scroll through the screen saver options by clicking the scroll arrows in the list box. 6 Try a screen saver pattern by clicking a name in the list box. The operating system displays your selection in the monitor above the list box. Try several patterns. 7 To apply a pattern to your desktop, click Apply. 8 After you have chosen a screen saver pattern and applied it to your desktop, click OK. The operating system returns you to the desktop. 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. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 11: Setting 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 operating system. To change the date and time settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears. 2 Click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options. 3 Click one of the following: . Change the date and time in the Pick a Task section . Date and Time in the or pick a Control Panel icon section The Date and Time Properties window appears. 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. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop 4 Click the Date and Time tab and set the correct month, year, day, and time. 5 Click the Time Zone tab and drop-down list box, and set your time zone. 6 Click OK. 7 Close the Control Panel. Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop Earlier in this tutorial...

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