DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH

Name : G MADHU BABU, L/CM (DCCP)
Designation : Lecturer in Computers
Branch : DCCP
Institute : Govt. Poly. For Women,Nellore.
Year/Semester : First year
Subject : Computer Fundamentals
Subject Code : CCP-105
Topic : Windows operating system
Duration : 50 Mins.
Sub Topic : Window Operations (About Shortcut)

Teaching Aids : Ppt, animations, drawings

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Objective:

On completion of this period, you would

be able to know :

• What is a short cut?

• How can you create a short cut ?
• The uses of short cut.

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RECAP
 Windows operations
 Desktop
 Icons
 Menus
 Taskbar

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EXAMPLE :-

A B

In the above figure what is the shortest way from A to B?

a) A to B b) A to C to B

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 SHORTCUT
• It is a link to a file or application
• Used for fast opening of files or applications.
• Frequently used applications are made into shortcuts on
desk top.
• Shortcut icon can be identified by a small arrow
e.g.:

Icon Small
arrow
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METHOD TO CREATE SHORTCUT

Steps for creation of a shortcut :

•Select the item (file or folder or application)
•Right click the mouse on the item selected
•Pick the “Create shortcut” option in the menu opened
Shortcut will be created.

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CREATION OF SHORTCUT FROM MENU

Create short cut option

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CREATION OF SHORTCUT ON DESKTOP

If we want “short cut at desk top”,

 Select the item (file or folder or application)
 Right click the mouse on the item selected
 Move the mouse pointer on to “Send to” in the menu
opened
 Then select “Desk Top (Create shortcut)” option in the
menu opened

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CREATION OF SHORTCUT FROM SUB MENU

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ANOTHER METHOD TO CREATE A
SHORTCUT ON DESKTOP

 Right click mouse on the desk top

 Reach the new option
 Select short cut option
 Short cut window appears
 Then enter the command line or use browse option to
select the file to be made into shortcut
 Click next button
 Select the name for short cut
 Click on finish button
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CREATION OF SHORTCUT USING “NEW”
MENU ITEM

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MENU SHOWING “NEW” ITEM

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GIVING FILE NAME

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SELECTING FILE NAME WITH BROWSE
BUTTON
With command line / using browse you get it easily

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GIVING NAME FOR SHORTCUT
Name for short cut

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SHORTCUT CREATED
See the short cut for MS Word

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USES OF SHORTCUT

It is used to,
 Open the files or applications quickly
 User defined names can be given for short cuts
 Easy to locate and use files

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RENAMING SHORTCUT

 Select the short cut icon

 Right click the mouse and choose the rename option

 Enter the new name

The above method can also be used for renaming any

file or folder.
By double clicking the short cut we can easily open the
file/ application/folder

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 SUMMARY
 Short cut is a link to a file or folder or application
 Creation of shortcut
 Uses of shortcut
 Open the files or applications quickly
 User defined names can be given
 Easy to locate and use files

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 What is a short cut ?

 How can you create a short cut ?

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QUIZ
1) A shortcut is
a) a link to a file
b) an application
c) a directory
d) none of the above
2) A shortcut can be created on taskbar (True/False)
False

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Assignment
 List uses of shortcut
 How do you identify a shortcut

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