Windows 95 Optimizing Tips N' Tricks Tips Jarrett Vance
This video is one of seven in a series offered by Learnkey, Inc. It is one hour and fifty-five minutes in duration. The instructor is Tom Sheldon who teaches advanced uses of a variety of operating systems including OS/2 and Windows. He is a well-known aerospace consultant and an author of 15 technology books which specialize in computer systems and LAN/WAN networking.
The video is divided into thirteen sections which are as follows:
Tom's Top 12 list
The Help System
Desktop Tips
File System Tips
File Manipulation
File Naming Strategies
Working with Applications
DOS Applications
Fonts & Printing
Networking Tips
Communications
Multimedia
Bonus Tip
Tom's Top 12 (good tips)
Move taskbar right, top and left or leave at default position.
Resize taskbar.
Control key on folder and double-click.
Shift, double-click and open folder.
Alt/double-click folder to see properties.
Right-click desktop to see display property dialog box.
Quick help in property box
F3 "find"
Shortcuts on the desktop
SEND TO (covered Notepad and Wordpad)
"Scraps" on the desktop
Bookmark "scraps"
Adding Context Menu options. Go to NEW, scroll options, click file types....
Help System
Covered Help options and copy. Also, covered Help find" and "keys".
Desktop Tips
Desktop folders, moving and creating shortcuts, right- click open space on taskbar to minimize all Windows, go into My computer and do the toolbar pull-down and you have desktop in a window and drag and drop a document to the printer shortcut.
File System
Shift and X will close active window, sharing and format options, file system tools (error-checking, defrag, compression and sharing, device manager and its tabs, notably, performance) and folder view options, show all files, list and details.
File Manipulation
First alpha letter, drag to select, cut and copy and recover deleted files from Recycle Bin.
File Renaming Strategies
This section of the video covered Wild cards, *.*, .??, and other file renaming conventions and strategies.
