Section 6.1. Opening Programs: All Versions


6.1. Opening Programs: All Versions

Windows lets you launch ( open ) programs in many different ways:

  • Choose a program's name from the Start All Programs menu.

  • Click a program's icon on the Quick Launch toolbar (page 101).

  • Double-click an application's program-file icon in the Computer Local Disk (C:) Program Files application folder, or highlight the applications icon and then press Enter.

  • Press a key combination you've assigned to be the program's shortcut (page 146).

  • Choose Start Run, type the program files name in the Open text box, and then press Enter.

  • Let Windows launch the program for you, either at startup (page 20) or at a time you've specified (see Task Scheduler, page 606).

  • Open a document using any of the above techniques; its "parent" program opens automatically. For example, if you used Microsoft Word to write a file called Last Will and Testament.doc, double-clicking the document's icon launches Word and automatically opens that file.

What happens next depends on the program you're using (and whether or not you opened a document). Most present you with a new, blank, untitled document. Some, such as FileMaker and Microsoft PowerPoint, welcome you instead with a question: do you want to open an existing document or create a new one? And a few oddball programs, like Adobe Photoshop, don't open any window at all when first launched. The appearance of tool palettes is the only evidence that you've even opened a program.




Windows Vista. The Missing Manual
Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
ISBN: 0596528272
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 284
Authors: David Pogue

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