3.2.4 Properties

The Desktop has a background color or pattern that you can change from the Display Control Panel. You can even display a picture here!

Time/Status box - This part of the Taskbar shows you the current time. It is also used to show the status of your printer or your modem if you are connected to the Internet.

3.2.5 Font Management

True type fonts are easily managed in the windows environment.

Click Start>Settings>Control Panel and click this icon to see the fonts installed.

Selecting and Viewing Fonts

The menus in the Fonts folder are slightly different from the usual folder memos. In the view menu, you will find, in addition to the choices for viewing  icons and lists, an option called List Fonts by Similarity.

To see just  how  similar the other fonts are right click on any of the font names and a new  window will pop-up with the details of the font.

Fonts don’t have to be located in the font folder to be utilized but it can be located any other folder recognized by Windows environment and the shortcut can be placed in the font folder.

3.3 Windows Accessories

3.3.1 Entertainment

To open an entertainment item, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to Entertainment, and then click the appropriate icon.

For information about using CD Player, click Options in CD Player, and then click CD Player Help.

You can use CD Player to play audio compact discs from a CD-ROM drive connected to your computer. When you put a CD into the CD-ROM drive and close it, Windows 2000 plays the CD automatically.

Using Windows Media Player

You can play audio, video, and mixed-media files using Windows Media Player. You can perform tasks such as viewing live news updates on the Internet, playing clips from a movie, or viewing a music video on a Web site.

You can use DVD Player to play DVD discs in a DVD drive that is connected to your computer. When you put a DVD disc into the DVD drive and close it, DVD Player plays the disc automatically.

To open an entertainment item, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to Entertainment, and then click the appropriate icon.

You must have a DVD decoder and a DVD drive installed on your computer to play DVD movies. For more information about the type of DVD decoder that came with your computer or the type of decoder you need, see the documentation that came with your computer or DVD drive.

If you are using a hardware decoder with your DVD drive, and Windows 2000 provides device drivers for it, the device drivers for the decoder are automatically installed when you install Windows 2000 or when you install the decoder. The Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility List at the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/) will help you determine which device drivers are shipped with Windows 2000. If Windows 2000 does not provide drivers for your DVD drive, you may be able to obtain drivers or software decoders from the DVD drive manufacturer's Web site or the Web site of the company that manufactured your computer.

If you are using a DirectX Media compatible software decoder and you upgraded to Windows 2000 with the decoder on your system, the decoder should still work with Windows 2000.

For information about using DVD Player, click the Help menu in DVD Player.