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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES

LAUNCHING APPLICATION PROGRAM

Launching application program: means open a program for use. Basically we have two (2) ways of
launching application program.
 Launching a program from the desktop
 Launching a program using a start menu.

How to launch an application from the desktop
There are 3 ways of launching application from the desktop.
1. DOUBLE CLICK
Move the mouse pointer over the icon
Double click on the icon to launch the application.

2. USING RIGHT CLICK:
Move the mouse pointer over the icon.
Right click on the icon.
Click on open to launch the application.
3. USING THE ENTER KEY
Locate the icon you want to launch.
Click on the icon to highlight or select it.
Press the ENTER key to open the icon

HOW TO LAUNCH AN APPLICATION USING THE START MENU
i. Click on the start button located on the taskbar
ii. Select All Programs from the start menu
iii. Double click on the application you want to launch from the pop up menu.

Note: installation is the process of preparing and setting up software on a computer.

PRACTICAL LESSONS
LAUNCHING WORDPAD USING START MENU
Click on start button on the taskbar.
Select All Programs from the menu.
Select Accessories.
Click on Word pad from the sub menu.

LAUNCHING MICROSOFT WORD USING START MENU
1. Click on start menu on the taskbar
2. Select All programs from the menu.
3. Select Microsoft office.
4. Click on Microsoft word 2003 or2007 from the office suit

WINDOW MANAGEMENT
The computer allows you to do more than one thing at the same time. You can play music with media
player and open a word processing application to type a letter. In such situations, you need to be able to
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