NHS Designs
Basic Computer Skills
Windows XP

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2. Why "Windows"?

Windows XP uses the metaphor of real windows to describe how you see you programs and files on the screen. You can have several programs open in separate windows, or even several files for the same program open in different windows.

windows

In this image, I have a window open for Photoshop, one for Windows Explorer, and one for Dreamweaver.

Windows make it easy for you to put two programs or documents side-by-side. I'll show you how to do that later.

 

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