Using Accessories
The Accessories menu provides several practical programs, such as Notepad, WordPad, Character Map, and Sound Recorder. You can access your Accessories menu by clicking Start, pointing to All Programs, and then clicking Accessories.
Using Notepad
Notepad is a basic text editor that you can use to create simple documents. The most common use is to view or edit text (.txt) files, but many users find Notepad a simple tool for creating Web pages. You can save your Notepad files as Unicode, ANSI, UTF-8, or big-endian Unicode. These formats provide you greater flexibility when working with documents that use different character sets.
To open Notepad
- Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Notepad.
To create a new document
- In Notepad, click the File menu, and then click New.
To open a document
- In Notepad, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Look in list, click the drive, folder, or Internet location that contains the file you want to open.
- In the folder list, locate and open the folder that contains the file.
To save changes to a document
- In Notepad, click the File menu, and then click Save.
- To save the file with a new name, on the File menu, click Save As, type a different name in File name, and then click Save.
To wrap text to the window size
- In Notepad, click the Format menu, and then click Word Wrap.
To cancel your last action
- In Notepad, on the Edit menu, click Undo.
To change the font style and size
Font changes apply to all text in your Notepad document.
- In Notepad, select the text in your document that you want to change.
- Click the Format menu, and then click Font.
- Make your selections in the Font, Font style and Size lists. An example of how your font will look appears in Sample.
- When you are finished with your selections, click OK.
To cut, copy, paste, or delete text in Notepad
- To cut text in a document, select the text to cut, and then on the Edit menu, click Cut.
- To copy text to paste in another location, select the text to copy, and then on the Edit menu, click Copy.
- To paste text you have cut or copied, place the cursor in your document where you want to paste the text, and then on the Edit menu, click Paste.
- To delete text in a document, select the text to delete, and then on the Edit menu, click Delete.
To find characters or words in your document
- In Notepad, click the Edit menu, and then click Find.
- In the Find what box, enter the text that you want to search for.
- Click Find Next to locate the next occurrence of that word, or click Cancel.
To replace characters or words in your document
- In Notepad, click the Edit menu, and then click Replace.
- In the Find what box, enter the text that you want to search for.
- In the Replace with box, enter the replacement text.
- Click Replace or Replace All.
To print a Notepad document
- In Notepad, click the File menu, and then click Print.
- On the General tab, select the printer and preferences you want, and then click Print.
To change the appearance of a printed Notepad document
- In Notepad, click the File menu, and then click Page Setup.
- In the Page Setup dialog box, do one of the following:
- To change the paper size, select a size in the Size list.
- To change the paper source, select a tray name or a feeder in the Source list.
- To print the document vertically, click Portrait.
- To print the document horizontally, click Landscape.
- To change the margins, type a width in any of the Margins boxes.
- To change your printer settings, click Printer.
Using WordPad
With WordPad, you can create and edit simple text documents or documents with complex formatting and graphics. You can save your WordPad file as a text file, Rich Text Format file, text file for MS-DOS, or Unicode. These formats provide greater flexibility when working with other programs. Documents that use multiple languages should be saved as Rich Text Format (.rtf) files.
To open WordPad
- Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click WordPad.
To create a new document
- In WordPad, click the File menu, and then click New.
- Click the document type you want to create, click OK, and then begin typing.
- To insert the current date and time into your document, click where you want the date and time to appear.
- On the Insert menu, click Date and Time, and then click the format you want.
To open a document
- In WordPad, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In Look in, click the drive that contains the document you want to open. Locate the document, click it, and then click Open.
- If you do not see the document you want, you can click a different file type in Files of type. For example, click Unicode Text Documents to see only Unicode files on the list. Or you can open a document you opened recently by clicking its name on the File menu.
To save changes to a document
Documents that use multiple languages should be saved as Rich Text Format (.rtf) files.
- In WordPad, click the File menu, and then click Save.
- To save the file with a new name, on the File menu, click Save As, type a different name in File name, and then click Save.
To wrap text to the window size
- In WordPad, click the View menu, and then click Options.
- Under Word wrap, click the option you want.
To cancel your last action
- In WordPad, click the Edit menu, and then click Undo.
To find characters or words in your document
- In WordPad, click the Edit menu, and then click Find.
- In Find what, type the characters or words you want to find, and then click Find Next.
- To find additional instances of the same text, continue to click Find Next, or click Cancel to stop the search.
To replace characters or words in your document
- In WordPad, click the Edit menu, and then click Replace.
- In Find what, type the characters or words you want to find.
- In Replace with, type the text you want to replace it with. Click Find Next, and then click Replace. To replace all instances of the text, click Replace All.
To show or hide the WordPad toolbars
- In WordPad, on the View menu, click the name of the toolbar that you want to show or hide. A check mark appears next to the command when the toolbar is visible.
To use the toolbar buttons
The buttons on the WordPad toolbar are shortcuts for common file-management tasks, such as creating or saving a file.
- In WordPad, click the appropriate toolbar button to make the desired changes to your document. To see a description of each toolbar button, place your mouse over it.
To format text in WordPad
- In WordPad, select the text you want to format, and then click the appropriate button on the format bar.
To use the ruler
- To set tab stops, click the ruler where you want a tab stop to appear.
- To delete tab stops, drag them off the ruler.
- To change the unit of measurement to inches, centimeters, points, or picas, on the View menu, click Options, click the Options tab, and then click the unit of measurement you want.
To create a bulleted list
- In WordPad, do one of the following:
- Select the text you want to change, and then click the Bullets button on the WordPad format bar.
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- Click where you want the bulleted list to start.
- On the Format menu, click Bullet Style, and then type your text. When you press ENTER, another bullet appears on the next line.
- To end the bulleted list, on the Format menu, click Bullet Style again.
To change a font type, style, or size
- In WordPad, select the text that you want to change.
- On the Format menu, click Font.
- Click the options you want.
To indent a paragraph
- In WordPad, click anywhere in the paragraph of the document you want to format.
- On the Format menu, click Paragraph.
- Under Indentation, type a measurement of how far to indent the paragraph.
To change the alignment of a paragraph
- In WordPad, click anywhere in the paragraph of the document you want to format.
- On the Format menu, click Paragraph.
- In Alignment, click a position.
To set or remove tab stops in paragraphs
- In WordPad, do one of the following:
- To set tab stops in WordPad, select your text, and then click the ruler where you want to set the tab stops. To delete a tab stop, drag it off the ruler. To delete a tab stop, click it in the list, and then click Clear.
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- Select the paragraphs for which you want to set tab stops.
- On the Format menu, click Tabs.
- In the Tabs dialog box, do the following:
- To set a tab stop, type the measurement for a new tab stop in Tab stop position, and then click Set.
- To delete all tab stops in the selected paragraph, click Clear All.
- To change the unit of measurement to inches, centimeters, points, or picas, on the View menu, click Options, click the Options tab, and then click the unit of measurement you want.
To print a WordPad document
- In WordPad, click the File menu, and then click Print.
- On the General tab, select the printer and preferences you want, and then click Print.
- To see how your document will look before you print it, on the File menu, click Print Preview. In Print Preview, you can click Close to return to the document.
To change the appearance of a printed WordPad document
- In WordPad, click the File menu, and then click Page Setup.
- In the Page Setup dialog box, do any of the following:
- To change the paper or envelope size, select a size in Size.
- To change the paper source, select a tray name or a feeder in Source.
- To print the document vertically, click Portrait.
- To print the document horizontally, click Landscape.
- To change the margins, type a value in any of the Margins boxes.
- To change your printer settings, click Printer.
- To change the unit of measurement to inches, centimeters, points, or picas, on the View menu, click Options, select the Options tab, and then click the unit of measurement you want.
Using Character Map
You can use Character Map to view the characters that are available in a selected font. Character Map displays the following character sets: Windows, DOS, and Unicode. You can copy individual characters or a group of characters to the Clipboard and paste them into any program that can display them. Or, depending on the program you are using (such as WordPad), you can even copy characters by dragging them from Character Map directly into an open document.
To insert a special character into a document
- Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Character Map.
- In the Font list, type or select the font you want to use. The characters available in that font appear in Character Map.
- Click the special character you want to insert into the document.
- Click Select, and then click Copy.
- Open your document and position the insertion point where you want the special character to appear.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
To search for a character by name
- Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Character Map.
- In the Font list, type or select the font you want to search in.
- Select the Advanced view check box.
- In the Character set list, type or select the character set you want to search in. If a character set is not available, select a different font.
- In the Search for box, type all or part of the name of the character you are searching for. For example, to search for any Greek letter, type Greek, or to find all types of the Cyrillic character Zhe, type Zhe.
- Click Search.
Using Sound Recorder
Using Sound Recorder, you can record, mix, play, and edit sounds. You can also link or insert sounds into another document. To record sounds, your computer must be equipped with a microphone.
To open Sound Recorder
- Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Entertainment, and then click Sound Recorder.
To record a sound
To record sounds, your computer must be equipped with a microphone. Recorded sounds are saved as waveform (.wav) files.
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click New.
- To begin recording, click the Record button.
- To stop recording, click the Stop button.
To play a sound
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to play.
- Click the Play button to start playing the sound.
To overlay (mix) sound files
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to modify.
- Move the slider to the place in the file where you want to overlay the sound file.
- On the Edit menu, click Mix with File.
- Double-click the name of the file you want to mix.
To insert a sound file into a document
If you mix a sound into an existing sound file, the new sound replaces the original sound after the insertion point.
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to insert.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- Using a word processing program such as WordPad, open the document into which you want to copy the sound, and then click where you want to insert the sound.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
To link a sound file to a document
If the Edit menu does not contain Paste Special, your program does not support linking.
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to link.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- Using a word processing program such as WordPad, open the document into which you want the link to the sound, and then click where you want to insert the sound.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
- In the Paste Special dialog box, click Paste Link, and then click OK.
To change the format of a sound file
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to modify.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save As dialog box, click Change.
- In the Name list, click the audio format you want, and then click OK.
To add an echo to a sound file
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to modify.
- On the Effects menu, click Add Echo.
To insert a sound file into another sound file
- In Sound Recorder, click the File menu, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to modify.
- Move the slider to where you want to insert the sound file.
- On the Edit menu, click Insert File.
- Double-click the file you want to insert.
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