Table of contents

Windows 95 Explained: A guide for blind and visually impaired users
By Sarah Morley
Published by Royal National Institute for the Blind, UK
© Sarah Morley 1997. All rights reserved.

Please note: This Guide is not designed to be a manual. It is written to provide you with a firm understanding of the basics of Windows 95, following a logical progression of topics. The provision of keyboard commands throughout, together with a comprehensive glossary and a keyboard listing at the end should provide you with sufficient information to get you started and keep you going in Windows 95.

This is a chapter listing to give you an idea of what the book contains - these are not links, so you'll need to order the complete guide to read about these topics!

• Preface
• What are Graphical User Interfaces and What is Windows 95?
• Introducing Windows 95
• Icons
• Menus
• The Taskbar
• The Start Button and Start Menu
• Windows in Detail
• Dialog Boxes
• My Computer and Windows Explorer
• The Recycle Bin
• Running MS-DOS from Windows 95
• Running MS-DOS Outside Windows 95
• The Control Panel Application
• The Accessibility Options
• Windows 95 Help
• The Clipboard
• Final Remarks
• Glossary
• Keyboard Commands
• Feedback from the original 3.1 Guide "Window Concepts: An Introductory Guide for Visually Disabled Users" 1995.
• Resources

List of Figures and Sections Describing Them

• Figure 1: The Desktop with Shortcut Icons and Taskbar (D)
• Figure 2: Notepad Main Menu Activation (E)
• Figure 3: Notepad and a Pull-Down Menu 1 (E)
• Figure 4: Notepad and a Pull-Down Menu 2 (E)
• Figure 5: Notepad and its Control Menu (E)
• Figure 6: The Context Menu of a File Icon (E)
• Figure 7: The Context Menu of the Taskbar (E)
• Figure 8: The Context Menu of a Word Processor (E)
• Figure 9: The Context Menu of the Desktop (E)
• Figure 10: The Taskbar, Start Button and Application Buttons (F)
• Figure 11: The Desktop and Start Menu (G)
• Figure 12: The Start Menu with Additional Shortcuts (G)
• Figure 13: Cascaded Document Windows (H)
• Figure 14: Tiled Document Windows (H)
• Figure 15: Notepad Application Window (H)
• Figure 16: Microsoft Word Application Window (H)
• Figure 17: The Switch To Box (H)
• Figure 18: The Find Dialog Box in a Word Processor (I)
• Figure 19: The Taskbar Properties Sheet (I)
• Figure 20: Pushbuttons (I)
• Figure 21: Checkboxes (I)
• Figure 22: Radiobuttons (I)
• Figure 23: Editfield (I)
• Figure 24: Single Item Listbox (I)
• Figure 25: Drop-Down Listbox (I)
• Figure 26: Extended Listbox (I)
• Figure 27: Directories Listbox (I)
• Figure 28: Combobox 1 (I)
• Figure 29: Combobox 2 (I)
• Figure 30: Sliders (I)
• Figure 31: Spinners (I)
• Figure 32: My Computer (J)
• Figure 33: Explorer (J)
• Figure 34: MS-DOS Window (L)
• Figure 35: The Control Panel (N) Figure 36: The Accessibility Options Properties Sheet (O)
• Figure 37: The Shortcut Checkbox for an Accessibility Option (O)
• Figure 38: Help System - Contents Page (P)
• Figure 39: Help System - Topic Window (P)