WINDOWS BASICS (a short outline for beginners) Introductions and Questions Where the computer books are Previous experience with computers and mice? MOUSING: Parts of the mouse. How to hold it. It's buttons. Take apart a mouse. Why it moves on the screen the way it does. Hands on the mouse. Practice moving and pointing: lines , circles and squares. Pointing at things. What I mean by clicking and double-clicking. WINDOWS: Parts of the Windows interface: Program manager: Parts: Title bar, Minus sign, up and down triangles, and command headings. Icons and windows (two types): group and program icons and windows. (Why ours looks the way it does.) Using Windows: Opening and closing a window. Minimixing and maximizing a window. Sizing, moving, tiling and switching between windows. Start a Program and show it off a little. Question and Answer Help Period.