Window Accessories

Where do I find accessories in Windows 7?

The Accessories Folder is in the same location as XP and Vista. Click the Start Menu --> Click
All Programs --> Click Accessories. Also, if you know the name of the program you can type it
in the search box on the bottom of the start menu, and it should appear.

System tray
The system tray (or "systray") is a section of the taskbars in the Microsoft Windows desktop user
interface that is used to display the clock and the icons of certain programs so that a user is continually
reminded that they are there and can easily click one of them.

Introduced with Windows 95, the system tray is located in the Windows Taskbar (usually at the bottom
next to the clock) and contains miniature icons for easy access to system functions such as fax, printer,
modem, volume, and more. Double click or right click on an icon to view and access the details and
controls.
 HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE SYSTEM TRAY?
ON WINDOWS 7, I PRESSED WIN + B, AND IT AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED THE SHOW HIDDEN ICONS
BUTTON IN THE SYSTEM TRAY. PRESS ENTER TO SEE YOUR HIDDEN ICONS. THEN, MOVE BETWEEN
YOUR TRAY ICONS WITH YOUR UP AND DOWN ARROWS. WHEN YOU'VE SELECTED THE ICON FOR
THE APP YOU WANT TO OPEN, JUST PRESS THE ENTER KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD.

HOW DO I CHECK THE SYSTEM TRAY?

TO OPEN THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY, CLICK "START" AND CHOOSE "RUN" FROM THE
MENU. THEN TYPE "MSCONFIG" IN THE BOX (WITHOUT THE QUOTES) AND CLICK "OK" TO START
THE UTILITY. CLICK THE "STARTUP" TAB AND LOOK AT THE LIST OF PROGRAMS THAT START EVERY
TIME YOUR COMPUTER IS REBOOTED.

WHAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE SYSTEM TRAY?

INTRODUCED WITH WINDOWS 95, THE SYSTEM TRAY IS LOCATED IN THE
WINDOWS TASKBAR(USUALLY AT THE BOTTOM NEXT TO THE CLOCK) AND CONTAINS MINIATURE
ICONS FOR EASY ACCESS TO SYSTEM FUNCTIONS SUCH AS FAX, PRINTER, MODEM, VOLUME, AND
MORE. DOUBLE CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK ON AN ICON TO VIEW AND ACCESS THE DETAILS AND
CONTROLS.

Inputting text

1. WINDOWS 10'S HANDWRITING KEYBOARD ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER TEXT INTO ANY APPLICATION
WITH A PEN OR OTHER STYLUS. ...
2. TAP THE KEYBOARD BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE TOUCH KEYBOARD.
3. TAP THE HANDWRITING KEYBOARD ICON, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A PEN OVER AN EMPTY PANEL.
4. THE HANDWRITING INPUT KEYBOARD APPEARS.
 About Navigating and Editing in the Command Windows

ADD TO COLLECTION

YOU CAN EDIT TEXT IN THE COMMAND WINDOW TO RUN OR CORRECT COMMANDS AND SYSTEM
VARIABLES.

Navigate the Standard Command Window

THE COMMAND WINDOW IS WHERE YOU INITIATE COMMANDS AND RESPOND TO PROMPTS BY
ENTERING VALUES. IT ALSO PROVIDES A HISTORY OF PAST ACTIVITIES AND GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO
DO NEXT.

About Entering Commands in the Command Window

COMMANDS ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT TELL THE PROGRAM WHAT TO DO.

There are many ways to initiate a command:

 Make a selection on a ribbon, toolbar, or menu.

 Enter a command in a dynamic input tooltip.
 Enter a command in the command window.
 Drag a custom command from a tool palette.

THE DOCKABLE, RESIZABLE COMMAND WINDOW ACCEPTS COMMANDS AND SYSTEM VARIABLES
AND DISPLAYS PROMPTS THAT HELP YOU COMPLETE A COMMAND SEQUENCE (INCLUDING
COMMANDS THAT WERE INITIATED AT ANOTHER LOCATION SUCH AS THE RIBBON).
Respond to Command Prompts
AFTER YOU ENTER A COMMAND, YOU MAY SEE A SERIES OF PROMPTS DISPLAYED AT THE COMMAND
LINE. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER YOU ENTER PLINE AND SPECIFY THE FIRST PROMPT, THE FOLLOWING
PROMPT IS DISPLAYED:

PLINE SPECIFY NEXT POINT OR [ARC HALFWIDTH LENGTH UNDO WIDTH]:

IN THIS CASE, THE DEFAULT IS TO SPECIFY THE NEXT POINT. YOU CAN EITHER ENTER X,
Y COORDINATE VALUES OR CLICK A LOCATION IN THE DRAWING AREA.

TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT OPTION, CLICK THE OPTION. IF YOU PREFER TO USE THE KEYBOARD,
SPECIFY THE OPTION BY ENTERING THE CAPITALIZED, COLORED LETTER. YOU CAN ENTER
UPPERCASE OR LOWERCASE LETTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, TO CHOOSE THE WIDTH OPTION, TYPE W AND
PRESS ENTER.
SOMETIMES THE DEFAULT OPTION (INCLUDING THE CURRENT VALUE) IS DISPLAYED AFTER THE
ANGLE-BRACKETED OPTIONS:

POLYGON ENTER NUMBER OF SIDES <4>:

INTHIS CASE, YOU CAN PRESS ENTER TO RETAIN THE CURRENT SETTING (4). IF YOU WANT TO
CHANGE THE SETTING, TYPE ANOTHER NUMBER AND PRESS ENTER.

Note: When you click a ribbon option to start commands that change property settings such as color,
layer, lineweight, dimension style, and multileader style, the command line prompts are hidden. This
reduces the display of unnecessary text.

Display Suggested Commands and System Variables

BY DEFAULT, THE NAME OF A COMMAND OR SYSTEM VARIABLE IS AUTOMATICALLY COMPLETED AS
YOU TYPE IT. A SUGGESTION LIST OF COMMANDS AND SYSTEM VARIABLES THAT USE THE SAME
LETTERS IS ALSO DISPLAYED. YOU CAN CONTROL THE SETTINGS FOR THESE FEATURES IN THE INPUT
SEARCH OPTIONS DIALOG BOX.

IF THE AUTOMATIC COMPLETION FEATURES ARE TURNED OFF, TYPE A LETTER ON THE COMMAND
LINE AND PRESS THE TAB KEY TO CYCLE THROUGH ALL THE COMMANDS AND SYSTEM VARIABLES
THAT BEGIN WITH THAT LETTER. PRESS ENTER OR SPACEBAR TO START THE COMMAND OR SYSTEM
VARIABLE.

Interrupt a Command with Another Command or

System Variable
MANY COMMANDS CAN BE USED TRANSPARENTLY. THAT IS, THEY CAN BE ENTERED ON THE
COMMAND LINE WHILE YOU USE ANOTHER COMMAND. COMMANDS THAT DO NOT SELECT OBJECTS,
CREATE NEW OBJECTS, OR END THE DRAWING SESSION USUALLY CAN BE USED IN THIS WAY.

TO USE A COMMAND TRANSPARENTLY, ENTER AN APOSTROPHE (') BEFORE ENTERING THE

COMMAND AT ANY PROMPT. ON THE COMMAND LINE, DOUBLE ANGLE BRACKETS (>>) PRECEDE
PROMPTS THAT ARE DISPLAYED FOR TRANSPARENT COMMANDS. AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE
TRANSPARENT COMMAND, THE ORIGINAL COMMAND RESUMES. IN THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE, YOU
TURN ON THE GRID AND SET IT TO ONE-UNIT INTERVALS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE COMMAND.

COMMAND: LINE

SPECIFY FIRST POINT: 'GRID

>>SPECIFY GRID SPACING (X) OR [ON/OFF/SNAP/MAJOR/ADAPTIVE/LIMITS/FOLLOW/ASPECT]

<0.5000>: 1
RESUMING LINE COMMAND

SPECIFY FIRST POINT:

CHANGES MADE IN DIALOG BOXES THAT YOU HAVE OPENED TRANSPARENTLY CANNOT TAKE
EFFECT UNTIL THE INTERRUPTED COMMAND HAS BEEN COMPLETED. SIMILARLY, IF YOU RESET A
SYSTEM VARIABLE TRANSPARENTLY, THE NEW VALUE CANNOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL YOU START THE
NEXT COMMAND.

Commands for Working With the Application Window

THESE COMMANDS AND SYSTEM VARIABLES ARE USED TO MODIFY THE PROGRAM INTERFACE.

Commands

AUDIT (Command)

EVALUATES THE INTEGRITY OF A DRAWING AND CORRECTS SOME ERRORS.

Find

IFA DRAWING CONTAINS ERRORS THAT AUDIT CANNOT FIX, USE RECOVER TO RETRIEVE THE
DRAWING AND CORRECT ITS ERRORS.

 CLOSE (Command)

 APPLICATION MENU CLOSE CURRENT DRAWING

 THE CURRENT DRAWING IS CLOSED. IF YOU MODIFIED THE DRAWING SINCE IT WAS LAST
SAVED, YOU ARE PROMPTED TO SAVE OR DISCARD THE CHANGES. TO SAVE CHANGES TO A
READ-ONLY FILE, YOU MUST USE THE SAVEAS COMMAND.

 COMMANDLINE (Command)

DISPLAYS THE COMMAND WINDOW.

 Find

THE COMMAND WINDOW ACCEPTS COMMAND AND SYSTEM VARIABLE INPUT AND DISPLAYS
PROMPTS THAT GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE COMMAND SEQUENCE.

YOU CAN ALSO PRESS CTRL+9 TO TOGGLE THE DISPLAY OF THE COMMAND WINDOW.

 COMMANDLINEHIDE (Command)
 COPYCLIP (Command)
 COPYHIST (Command)
 CUI (Command)
 CUTCLIP (Command)
 GRAPHSCR (Command)
 LOGFILEOFF (Command)
 LOGFILEON (Command)
 MULTIPLE (Command)
 NEW (Command)
 OPEN (Command)
 OPTIONS (Command)
 PAN (Command)
 PASTECLIP (Command)
 QNEW (Command)
 QSAVE (Command)
 RECOVER (Command)
 RIBBON (Command)
 RIBBONCLOSE (Command)
 SETVAR (Command)
 SYSWINDOWS (Command)
 TABLET (Command)
 TASKBAR (Command)
 TEXTSCR (Command)
 TOOLBAR (Command)
 INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS (Command)

System Variables
 ATTDIA (System Variable)
 CLISTATE (System Variable)
 CMDACTIVE (System Variable)
 CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX (System Variable)
 CMDNAMES (System Variable)
 EXPERT (System Variable)
 FILEDIA (System Variable)
 INPUTHISTORYMODE (System Variable)
 LOGFILEMODE (System Variable)
 LOGFILENAME (System Variable)
 LOGFILEPATH (System Variable)
 MENUBAR (System Variable)
 PALETTEOPAQUE (System Variable)
 PICKFIRST (System Variable)
 PROPERTYPREVIEW (System Variable)
 RIBBONICONRESIZE (System Variable)
 SHORTCUTMENU (System Variable)
 STATUSBAR (System Variable)
 TABMODE (System Variable)
 TBSHOWSHORTCUTS (System Variable)
 TOOLTIPSIZE (System Variable)
 TRAYICONS (System Variable)
 TRAYNOTIFY (System Variable)
 TRAYTIMEOUT (System Variable)
 WORKSPACELABEL (System Variable)
 CLIPROMPTUPDATE (System Variable)
 COLORTHEME (System Variable)
 CURSORBADGE (System Variable)
 INPUTSEARCHDELAY (System Variable)
 LAYOUTTAB (System Variable)
 RIBBONBGLOAD (System Variable)
 RIBBONDOCKEDHEIGHT (System Variable)
 RIBBONSELECTMODE (System Variable)
 RIBBONSTATE (System Variable)
 TOUCHMODE (System Variable)

TO USE THE WINDOWS 7 NARRATOR: CHOOSE START, ALL PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, EASE OF
ACCESS, NARRATOR. THE WINDOWS 7 NARRATOR WILL START READING THE INFORMATION IN
THE CURRENT WINDOW. TO STOP NARRATOR FROM READING TEXT, PRESS THE CONTROL KEY ON
YOUR KEYBOARD.
 READING WITH SCREEN READER
Screen readers are software programs that allow blind or visually impaired users to read the text
that is displayed on the computer screen with a speech synthesizer or braille display. A screen
reader is the interface between the computer's operating system, its applications, and the user.

Working of screen reader

A screen reader is a software application that enables people with severe visual impairments to
use a computer. Screen readers work closely with the computer's Operating System (OS) to
provide information about icons, menus, dialogue boxes, files and folders.