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00:10Hi, I'm Stuart Shiffey, host of the PBS television series, Computer Chronicles.
00:15On this video, I'm going to help you understand Windows 95.
00:19You've certainly heard about it.
00:21Maybe you're trying to decide whether or not to buy Windows 95,
00:24or perhaps you've already bought it and you want some help in figuring out how to use it.
00:28Well, you've come to the right place.
00:30With the help of two Windows 95 experts from Microsoft,
00:34we are going to give you a simple and easy-to-understand overview of what you can do with Windows
00:3995.
00:40Of course, we can't cover everything. There is a lot in the new Windows 95.
00:44But we'll give you a good, basic introduction to its new features.
00:47We'll compare doing similar jobs under Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
00:52Then we'll show you some examples of new applications like graphics programs and even games running under Windows 95.
01:00First of all, a few basics. There are several key differences in Windows 95.
01:05It is what is called a 32-bit operating system.
01:08Windows 3.1, which we have up here right now, is a 16-bit operating system.
01:12That means with Windows 95, your computer can process twice as much information in the same amount of time.
01:1932-bits instead of 16-bits.
01:22Windows 95 also lets you do something called multi-threading.
01:25That means the operating system is clever enough to use your CPU, like your 486 chip or your Pentium processor,
01:32to do two or more things at once.
01:34You'll see some good examples of that later on in this tape.
01:37Windows 95 also features something called plug-and-play.
01:41That means you can just plug in a new sound card or CD-ROM drive or other add-on.
01:46And if it supports plug-and-play standards, Windows 95 will automatically set up the new device,
01:52make all the necessary adjustments in your operating system and your startup files.
01:57Another nice new feature of Windows 95 is that it no longer limits you to using only eight letters to
02:02describe a file name.
02:04So instead of calling a document you created letter, you can now store it as my letter to Aunt Josie,
02:10which I wrote on September 23rd about the new pups.
02:13Finally, Windows 95 has a much improved interface with simpler commands and an easier way to launch programs,
02:20find files, and keep track of what is going on inside your computer.
02:24So let's get going through a special arrangement with Microsoft.
02:27We have invited two of the Windows 95 experts from Redmond, Washington to join us for this Windows 95 video.
02:34So let's take you now to Microsoft headquarters for the first part of this tape,
02:39which will be a head-to-head comparison between the old version of Windows 3.1 and the new version,
02:45Windows 95.
02:46Hi, I'm Deborah Sellis.
02:48And I'm Bob Taniguchi.
02:49And we're product managers from Microsoft, here today to show you Windows 95.
02:53We're really excited about Windows 95, so we'd like to give you a flavor for the product
02:57and show you how Windows 95 can help make computing easier, more powerful, and more fun.
03:02That's right, Deb.
03:04We've got a lot of great stuff to show you today.
03:06What we're going to do is start out with a Windows 3.1 and a Windows 95 comparison.
03:10And then we're going to show you how Windows 95 can make you more productive at your office.
03:13And then finally, we're going to show you how you can have more fun with your computer using Windows 95.
03:19Playing games, great multimedia support, as well as great online service support.
03:23But first, why don't we start with our comparison, our Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 comparison.
03:28Sounds good.
03:29Well, I hear I'm running a copy of Windows 4 Groups 3.11.
03:33And my program manager looks pretty familiar to me.
03:36And if I want to start a program, all I need to do is double click on an icon.
03:40So I will go ahead to Quicken for Windows and double click on it.
03:44And it will go ahead and launch for me a copy of Quicken, which is made by Intuit,
03:49and launch a copy of my financial calendar.
03:52So I guess you didn't get that at the company store, Deb.
03:55Now I have to return it, thanks.
03:57Well, you notice that before I begin my part of the demo,
04:00we're actually running on identical 46 8-meg systems.
04:04The only difference is my system has been upgraded to Windows 95.
04:07You'll notice that my desktop is a lot clearer, more simple.
04:11We've done an extensive usability study of the Windows 95 desktop and found that, in fact,
04:16the Windows 3.1 desktop was confusing and even intimidating for some new users.
04:20So what I'm going to do is the identical thing, but I'm going to use the Start button on the
04:24system taskbar.
04:26The Start button is kind of the anchor to the new user interface.
04:28I'll go to Programs. I'll go to Quicken.
04:31And notice this is just a conversion of the old Windows 3.1 group files over to a simple menu
04:36hierarchy.
04:37And I'll start up Quicken for Windows.
04:39And everything I've done to this point is accomplished through a single mouse click.
04:43No double clicking involved at all.
04:45And there you go.
04:45I've got the very same version of Quicken for Windows running on my system that Deb does on hers.
04:51Okay, well, one of the things that I really like about Windows 3.1 is that I can still run
04:56my older MS-DOS-based applications.
04:58So I'm going to go ahead and Alt-Tab back to the Program Manager so that I can launch another
05:04application.
05:06And in this case, I'm going to double click on the icon reading WordPerfect.
05:10This is a copy of WordPerfect for MS-DOS.
05:13And of course, I can run my MS-DOS-based applications here because I'm actually running a copy of DOS
05:17underneath Windows.
05:19Well, you know, Deb, in Windows 95, we've really worked on our 16-bit application compatibility.
05:24And in particular, we run things like MS-DOS applications better in most cases than Windows 3.1.
05:29So I've got the same version of WordPerfect installed on my system.
05:33And again, I'm going to go to the Start button and select it.
05:35And I, for convenience, have it installed right here off of my Programs menu and start up WordPerfect for DOS.
05:41One thing that you're going to notice is that when this starts up, I'm actually running WordPerfect in a window.
05:46And you'll notice that my WordPerfect window even includes a toolbar that allows me to do things like to change
05:52the font using our TrueType font.
05:54So I can actually dynamically scale even my MS-DOS windows under Windows 95.
05:59One last thing, Deb, that Alt-Tab stuff is not very intuitive.
06:03You'll notice that the System Taskbar has a button open for each application that I'm running on my system.
06:09So if I want to switch between WordPerfect for DOS and Quicken for Windows, I just point and click, just
06:14like changing the channels on the television.
06:16Very simple to use.
06:19Okay.
06:19Well, I guess I'm getting convinced that Windows 95's user interface is pretty easy to discover.
06:26But what about those things that aren't so easy to discover?
06:28When I run into trouble with Windows 3.1, I can always head to Help in the Program Manager.
06:34So, for example, if I switch back to the Program Manager, let's say I wanted to do something like change
06:39the clicking speed of my mouse.
06:41All I need to do is pull down the Help menu and type in what I'm looking for.
06:48So in this case, I will type in the word mouse.
06:51And I actually don't have a choice for that.
06:54So let's try clicking instead and see if I...
06:57Hmm.
06:58I don't have anything about mouse double clicking.
07:00But, you know, you get the idea.
07:01Whenever I don't know how to do something in Windows 3.1, I can just look for Help.
07:05Well, you know, Deb, under Windows 3.1, Help wasn't very helpful.
07:09We've actually focused a great deal of time and energy making sure our Help system is much more usable.
07:14So, again, I'm going to go back to my Start button.
07:17And you'll notice that I have a Help menu item right there.
07:20And I'll pull up Help for Windows 95.
07:23And, again, you notice that I have several tabs.
07:25I'm going to go to the Index.
07:26And what were we looking for?
07:28Mouse?
07:28Mouse double click speed.
07:29Okay.
07:30I'll type in mouse.
07:32And you'll notice about the middle of the screen, I have double click speed adjusting.
07:35So I'll click on that topic.
07:37And you'll notice another immediate difference between Windows 95 Help and Windows 3.1 Help.
07:41It's much more concise.
07:43In fact, it's only two steps to change the double click speed.
07:46So what I'm going to do is click here on this little button, and it takes me directly to the
07:50control panel applet for the mouse.
07:52So unlike Windows 3.1, where you had about ten steps, and since you couldn't print it, you had to
07:56write it down on a yellow sticky pad,
07:58this actually directs you to the actual thing that you're trying to do.
08:02And I'm going to just change the slider on my double click speed, and I have a handy little test
08:06area.
08:07Double click on that, and that looks good.
08:09So in two steps, I've been able to accomplish what it is that actually isn't even documented under Windows 3
08:15.1 Help.
08:16So Windows 95 Help is a lot more task-oriented.
08:18It brings you right to the place that you want to go in terms of adjusting your system.
08:23Well, that's right, Deb.
08:24Bob, I noticed a few other things on the start menu as you were launching Quicken and WordPerfect that I
08:30really don't have any comparison for in Windows 3.1.
08:32Can you give us a little demo of what those things are?
08:35That's right, Deb.
08:36In Windows 95, we've basically put all the functionality that you had in Windows 3.1 all in one place
08:41right off of the start button.
08:43So let's take a look.
08:44We've already looked at the programs menus.
08:46Here in the document cache, we have immediate access to the spreadsheets, word processor documents, or even video clips that
08:53you've been working on recently.
08:54Also under settings, this gives you direct access to the control panel as well as configuration of your printers or
09:01even customizing your system taskbar.
09:03And finally, there's a find command that's been enhanced over Windows 3.1.
09:07We can search for files and folders on your local computer.
09:11We can search for items out on your corporate network or even out on the Microsoft network MSN.
09:16So let's take a look at this briefly.
09:18You remember in the file manager under Windows 3.1, you could find things but only off of the file
09:23name.
09:23We've actually enhanced this capability in Windows 95 and let you search based off of the contents of a document,
09:29not just the file name.
09:30So I'm going to look for World Tour.
09:35And this is a presentation that I've been working on.
09:37And it's searching my hard disk right now, and you notice that it found my document.
09:42And that means that the words World Tour are actually contained within this Word document that I've been working on.
09:49There's a couple of other things, Deb.
09:51You notice that on my desktop I have two icons, my computer and the network neighborhood.
09:58My computer is basically everything that's on my computer.
10:02It has my floppy disk, my hard disk, as well as my CD-ROM drive, my control panel, and access
10:08to configuring my printers.
10:10Let's take a look briefly at my hard disk.
10:12And by double-clicking now, I can browse my way through my hard disk.
10:16And again, folders that you see here are nothing more than directories on your hard disk.
10:20I'm going to look at my personal folder, and we'll take a look briefly at a spreadsheet that I've been
10:25working on,
10:27this morgval.xls.
10:29What is that? That's a pretty intuitive file name.
10:32That's right.
10:33Well, you know, back in the old days, I was limited to 8.3 file names.
10:36And I actually created this before I upgraded my system to Windows 95.
10:39In Windows 95, we support long file names up to 250 characters and links.
10:45So what I'm going to do is actually type in a more meaningful name.
10:52So the real reason I go to work in the morning.
10:57And you can give things much more expressive and much more direct file names.
11:04Again, limited to 255 characters, upper, lower cases, and spaces.
11:09So there's one example of an enhancement that's built into Windows 95 that makes using your files a lot easier.
11:17One other thing, Deb, that you'll notice is on the desktop is an icon called the network neighborhood.
11:22Let me double-click on that, and you'll notice that it brings up everything that's on our little corporate network
11:27here,
11:27or our demo network on stage.
11:29You'll notice that all the icons look identical.
11:32So this is a change from Windows 3.1, where every network server that you connected up to,
11:36the interface on Windows 3.1 was different.
11:39So if I wanted to check out the NT server, all I would do now is point and click,
11:43and I would be able to browse the contents of the NT server.
11:46But, Bob, I'm actually pretty comfortable with file manager.
11:49Has Windows 95 taken away my file manager?
11:52Well, there's actually some good news, Deb.
11:53If you're really hooked on the Windows 3.1 file manager, we actually shipped that with Windows 95.
11:58However, we've got a version of the file manager that's been enhanced called the Windows Explorer.
12:03Let me go to that quickly.
12:05The Windows Explorer is actually an enhancement of the file manager in some meaningful ways.
12:11First of all, you can see everything that's on your computer as well as stuff out on your corporate network.
12:16But what I'm going to do now is just quickly take a look and browse my hard disk.
12:19So you'll notice it looks like an outline.
12:21I can expand and get more and more context by browsing on the left pane,
12:26which brings up on the right pane the corresponding contents of that folder.
12:31And what I'm going to do now is drag and drop a folder to my desktop.
12:37And, you know, I really didn't mean to do that.
12:39I actually have moved it from that location on my hard disk out to my desktop.
12:44So what I'm going to do is take advantage of a new feature built into the Explorer that allows me
12:49to undo.
12:49In fact, we have undo capability of the last few file system commands that you've implemented.
12:55What I actually meant to do was use the right mouse button, and I'm going to drag and drop to
13:00the desktop.
13:01And a context menu pops up, and I have the options to move it here, to copy it here, or
13:07to create a shortcut here.
13:08And that's what I'm going to do is create a shortcut.
13:10Now, Deb, a shortcut is really a pointer to a file, a reference to it, not an actual copy of
13:16the file.
13:16So any action that I would double click, for example, on the folder, I can just do the shortcut and
13:22the same thing would happen.
13:23So let's do that. Let me double click on the folder.
13:26And you'll notice that I have two video clips contained within the folder.
13:31What I'm going to do now is use the right mouse button again, and we'll take a look at the
13:36properties.
13:37Now, the properties give me some more information about that particular file.
13:41And in this case, you can see that the type is a video clip.
13:44The name is bellwhistle.avi.
13:47And I'm going to take a look at a little more detail on this particular file.
13:51We'll go to the subject matter.
13:52And you'll notice that this actually, the clip originally came from a CD-ROM called CyberVisions by TriDigital Software.
14:00So one other thing I have is a preview tab.
14:03This allows me to actually take a look at the video clip before I actually go into the media player.
14:08So let's quickly do that.
14:58So it looks like the right mouse button gives you a lot of access to system shortcuts.
15:03What else can you do with it?
15:03Well, Deb, basically every visual object in Windows 95 has right mouse button support.
15:09Let me quickly go to my computer, and you'll notice a different context menu pops up with different options that
15:15are meaningful for my computer.
15:17Let's go down quickly to the system taskbar status window, and I'll click on the time.
15:24You'll notice that this gives me direct access to adjust the date and time.
15:27So, for example, if I needed to change the date or modify the time, I could do it right here.
15:32Or if I'm switching time zones, let's say this is my notebook computer, I could just pick it in.
15:38Let's go to Hawaii, and you'll notice that it will adjust the time zone automatically based off of your input
15:44here.
15:44So it's a pretty complete support in terms of right mouse button support on the entire user interface.
15:51Well, Bob, I'm pretty convinced that Windows 95 is a big improvement over Windows 3.1 in terms of usability
15:57and really gives the user a lot of flexibility in the way that they want to access data and programs
16:02on their machine.
16:03But there's still a lot that I'm attached to in Windows 3.1, and one of those things is its
16:08ability to run MS-DOS based games.
16:11For example, if I go over to my computer, what I have is a copy of TIE Fighter, which is
16:16an MS-DOS based game.
16:17And I have it set up so that I can run TIE Fighter from Windows.
16:23Hmm. You know what? This probably is not the configuration that I have set up to be able to run
16:29this MS-DOS based game.
16:31So I guess I can't actually do that. Can you run MS-DOS based games, Bob?
16:36In Windows 95, we focused a great deal of attention making MS-DOS, and it turns out MS-DOS based
16:42games, to run better on Windows 95 than Windows 3.1.
16:45And it just so happens, Deb, that I have TIE Fighter installed as well.
16:49So we'll go back to the Start button, go to Programs, and we'll start up TIE Fighter.
16:54Now, MS-DOS games are among the most challenging MS-DOS applications to actually run.
16:59We focused a lot of attention on this in Windows 95, and MS-DOS games generally run much better on
17:06Windows 95 than they did on Windows 3.1.
17:09So it looks like everything is running okay here, Deb.
17:13The TIE Fighters are flying into the city.
17:15Well, one of the other problems that I've always had with Windows 3.1 is the out-of-system resources
17:20error.
17:21What has Windows 95 done for me to help me with that problem?
17:25Well, we focused a lot of attention under Windows 95 to improve system resources, not just for the 32-bit
17:32applications, but for 16-bit applications as well.
17:36Instead of just talking about it, why don't we show you?
17:38So what I'm going to do is, let's pick an application.
17:41Why don't I start up 16-bit Excel?
17:44And Deb, I think for purposes of comparison, why don't you start up Excel on your system as well?
17:48Okay.
17:52So I think what we're going to do here is run multiple copies of Excel and see kind of like
17:58a drag race and see who wins in terms of system resources.
18:01Okay, let's do a quick comparison then and see how many system resources each of us has with one copy
18:06of Excel open.
18:07Okay.
18:10So, how are you doing, Deb?
18:13I have 57% free, which is okay.
18:15I have a copy of Quicken for Windows, WordPerfect for MS-DOS, and Excel for Windows Open.
18:20So I'm doing okay.
18:21What do you have?
18:22Well, Windows 95 includes a new utility called the Resource Meter, and the Resource Meter gives me a pretty in
18:31-depth look at system resources.
18:33I'll double-click it, and I have between 83% and 91% free right now, Deb.
18:38Wow.
18:39Well, let's keep going.
18:40Let's each launch another copy of Excel.
18:42Okay.
18:47So I have two copies going.
18:49Let's start another.
18:52Alright, I'm on number three as well.
18:55Okay.
18:56Let's start another.
18:59There's four.
19:01Okay, I'm right there with you.
19:02Yeah.
19:03And I'm going to go to number five.
19:07Oh, I hit an error.
19:09Insufficient memory to run this application.
19:11Quit one or more Windows applications and try again.
19:13That's a familiar error.
19:17So, Bob, what do you say we open another copy of Excel or two on your machine just for fun?
19:22Okay, sounds good, Deb.
19:23So I'll start up, I guess, copy number six of Excel.
19:27No problem.
19:29Number seven.
19:31No problem.
19:32And you know what?
19:33Just for fun, I think I'll open up one more app.
19:36I'll open up a copy of PowerPoint.
19:39Again, the 16-bit version of PowerPoint from Microsoft Office.
19:43And so I have, in total, seven copies of Excel running.
19:48I'm opening a copy of PowerPoint.
19:50I also have our two MS-DOS-based applications.
19:55And let's take a look at system resources.
20:00And I have between 66% and 72% free.
20:04So you can see the dramatic improvement that Windows 95 offers in the area of system resources.
20:10So far, we've gotten to see what Windows 95 can do better than Windows 3.1.
20:16Next, our Microsoft experts, Bob and Deborah, are going to show you how to use the plug-and-play features
20:21of Windows 95.
20:22And they'll show you how you can easily access the internet or other online services directly from Windows 95.
20:29We'll also give you a brief look at the Windows 95 homepage on the World Wide Web.
20:33That's a good source of help for working with Windows 95.
20:37Next, we'll run some new applications under Windows 95,
20:40programs written especially to take advantage of the power of the new Windows.
20:45Then we'll explain something called OLE.
20:47That is an acronym, O-L-E, standing for Object, Linking, and Embedding.
20:53It's a very powerful tool that lets different programs on your computer communicate with each other
20:58and share information on the same documents.
21:01Finally, we're going to tell you about an add-on product from Microsoft called Microsoft Plus.
21:06You'll probably see this in the store next to the Windows 95 display.
21:10Microsoft Plus adds some additional features to Windows 95.
21:14This will help you decide whether you want to spend the extra money for Microsoft Plus.
21:19So let's go back to Bob and Deb for the second half of our video guide to Windows 95.
21:25So we've seen now a good comparison of Windows 3.1 versus Windows 95.
21:29We've seen how Windows 95's intuitive user interface makes it real easy to navigate throughout the system in a variety
21:35of different ways.
21:36In this segment, we're going to show you how Windows 95 can make you much more productive at work.
21:41First, we're going to show you how even configuring your PC is going to be simple using plug and play
21:47the framework built into Windows 95.
21:49Next, we're going to show you how you can be more productive at work using 32-bit applications.
21:54You can do more things at once with Windows 95.
21:57And then finally, we're going to show you how to take advantage of the built-in messaging features in Windows
22:0295, namely Microsoft Exchange.
22:05Deb?
22:06Well, for starters, I've moved over to another machine now.
22:09I'm on a 16-megabyte Pentium running Windows 95.
22:13And the first thing I'm going to do is configure my system and set up a printer and a CD
22:18-ROM drive.
22:19So, I'm going to head down to my start menu and look at printer settings.
22:25And you'll be able to see that I don't actually have a printer installed.
22:29Notice this empty section here in the dialog box.
22:32Bob has a printer shared out on his machine.
22:35So, what I'm going to do is go over to the network neighborhood, open that up.
22:41And as I click on the icon for Bob's machine, we can see that he has an HP LaserJet 5
22:47shared out.
22:49Now, due to the plug-and-play capabilities of this particular printer,
22:54I can drag the icon from Bob's machine into my printer's folder and it will automatically begin to set up.
23:02So, what it's actually going to do is go out to Bob's machine and copy the correct drivers onto my
23:08own machine.
23:09And the way it does that is through this add printer wizard.
23:12All I need to do is answer the simple questions.
23:16Yes, I want it as the default.
23:18And it will lead me through the correct installation of the printer.
23:23So, you'll see now that it's going to print me a test page so we can watch what happens.
23:29And in a few moments behind me, the page will print.
23:33The next thing I'm going to do is install a CD-ROM drive.
23:37I want to show you first that I do not have a CD-ROM drive installed.
23:41I have one sitting here on my desktop, but it is actually not connected to my computer.
23:46And the way you can tell that is in my computer, there is an empty space where in a few
23:51moments we'll see the D drive.
23:53So, I will go ahead and shut down the machine so that I don't electrocute myself.
23:59And then we'll go ahead and plug in the SCSI card and CD-ROM drive.
24:10I'm going to go ahead and plug in this Adaptec SCSI card.
24:14And all I need to do is pop it right into the slots.
24:20And then when we reboot, Windows 95 will automatically detect the addition of this card and install the right drivers
24:28for it.
24:28Now, before I do boot, I'm going to go ahead and plug in the CD-ROM drive.
24:33This is an NEC 3-spin drive.
24:36And I simply plug it into the card I have just inserted.
24:41And then we'll throw the power switch and be all set.
24:47So, we'll turn the power on to the CD-ROM drive.
24:51And then power up the computer.
24:57And wait for it to boot.
25:08Well, now that I've powered up my machine, I'll go ahead and press OK to log in.
25:15And you'll see here on the screen that Windows 95 has detected new hardware and is now installing the proper
25:21support for it.
25:22So, it sees the Adaptec SCSI card, goes out and finds the right software and loads it so that I
25:28can have a hands-free installation.
25:31And now you can see in my computer that where I used to have a blank spot, I now have
25:35a D drive.
25:37So, now I can just double click on my D drive.
25:40And you can see that I now have access to the CD-ROM drive within.
25:44And we can even play a little video to show.
25:58Yikes, well I can't bear to watch the train crash so we'll have to stop it there.
26:04Okay, well we've now installed a printer and a CD-ROM drive using the plug and play capabilities of Windows
26:1095.
26:11And it was pretty painless.
26:12The next thing I want to show you is the multitasking capabilities of Windows 95.
26:17In order to do that, I'm going to do something that a lot of us do when we get to
26:20work in the morning.
26:21I'll open up the email.
26:24And this launches Microsoft Exchange, which is the email client that ships right within Windows 95.
26:31Using Microsoft Exchange, I can retrieve mail over the network by CompuServe, America Online,
26:37or really from any third-party mail service who supplied a Mappy driver.
26:42So I'll go ahead and tell it to deliver my mail.
26:46And now it's going to go out and check for mail both over the network and, as I mentioned, dial
26:50into CompuServe.
26:52And you can see at the bottom of the screen where that is actually going through the dialing right now.
26:58At the same time, I'm going to go ahead and print a document because with Windows 95's multitasking ability, I
27:05don't have to wait for my email to download before I can remain productive with other tasks.
27:10So I'll go ahead and drag Print Me over to this printer.
27:15This is using the point and print functionality in plug and play printers.
27:21So it's very easy for me to do multiple things at the same time.
27:26The printer automatically launches a copy of Word, which is the application that created the file.
27:41And you can see that it was printing at the same time that my mail came to me from CompuServe.
27:46So let's see, what do I have here?
27:48Oh, looks like Bill Gates wants to know if I'm free for lunch Wednesday.
27:53But I have some other work to do, so I'll get to that later.
27:57What I'm actually going to do is prepare a document to fax to Becky back at my office.
28:02Becky Hall does not have email.
28:05So instead, because I have Microsoft Exchange, which can use a fax driver to send faxes in addition to sending
28:12email, I can choose to send mail, or in this case a fax, to Becky Hall.
28:17And if I select Properties, you can see that this is in fact a fax address.
28:24So I'll say OK.
28:27So what I'm working on faxing to Becky is a proposal for the expansion of my company, Blue Sky Airlines.
28:34So I'm going to go ahead and start working on that proposal.
28:37To do that, I'm going to first clear my desktop by going down to the System Taskbar.
28:42I right-click and choose Minimize All.
28:45Now, I've already started the proposal, and the parts that I haven't worked on yet is the insertion of the
28:51logo into my document.
28:52So I'm going to go over to my Start menu and launch a copy of Picture Publisher, which is an
29:01application developed by MicroGraphics.
29:03This is their version specially designed for Windows 95.
29:08And this actually is a multi-threaded application.
29:11So you can see that as I open up several copies of different images, they'll all load at the same
29:18time.
29:21And you can watch their progress here in the Task Manager.
29:26What I'm going to be retrieving from Picture Publisher is a portion of an image that they've given me.
29:35And it's actually this image right here, the blue sky.
29:39So I'll go ahead and cut a piece of the sky out.
29:44And then I'll select it and drag that scrap, as we call it, over to the desktop.
29:50The reason I can do that is Picture Publisher supports Olay as well as the desktop of Windows 95 also
29:57supports Olay.
29:58So I can drag and drop objects between Picture Publisher and the Windows 95 desktop.
30:04So now I have this little scrap and I will name it something easier to remember.
30:12And we're going to use that scrap in just a moment.
30:15Let me close out of Picture Publisher.
30:19I'm going to go back to the Start menu where I have a shortcut to my work folder.
30:24And this is where I've stored the document that I've been working on to fax to Becky.
30:29So I'll double click on my work in progress to open it up.
30:33And this is actually a copy of Microsoft Word for Windows 95, the new version that's specially designed for Windows
30:4095.
30:40It's a 32-bit version.
30:43And I'm going to scroll down to the place in my proposal where I've left a note to add the
30:47logo.
30:49And I'll just type over that.
30:52Here is the picture you wanted.
30:59And you'll see that my typing is not the best.
31:02But with the spell it feature of Word for Windows, it automatically identifies my misspelled words as I type them,
31:09which is a great time saving feature.
31:11And now when I right click on them, it actually suggests the correct spelling of the word so I can
31:18quickly correct my problems.
31:20Now I'm going to go ahead and drag my scrap of sky right into the document.
31:26And once again, you'll see that because Word supports Olay, I can easily drag and drop objects right into it.
31:34Now scrolling down a little farther, I see that I was also planning to put a copy of some figures
31:42that I've worked out about our business.
31:46So I'm going to go ahead and minimize Word while I look for my Excel spreadsheet.
31:52This is something that I was recently working on.
31:55So it's right here in my documents cache.
31:58It's the numbers of flights we expect to provide.
32:02So I'm going to add information about this flight projections to my proposal.
32:07And as I look at that, I actually see that my chart is pretty ugly.
32:11So for starters, I'm going to go ahead and use the answer wizard feature of Office for Windows 95.
32:18This is a great feature because I can actually ask questions in plain English and then get a response.
32:26So if I ask it, how do I make my table look good, it actually gives me a whole sort
32:35of choices about what might be the right thing.
32:39So I think I'll choose, apply an auto-format to a range and then I'll follow the directions.
32:45So it tells me to select the range that I want to format.
32:51On the format menu, click auto-format and then I can just pick one that I like.
32:58That one looks good, so I'll say okay.
33:02Now that looks a lot better.
33:05So now I'm going to go ahead and copy a portion of that chart right into my Word document.
33:13And again, we get to use Olay to easily inter-operate between applications.
33:20And I can drop my chart right into my Word document.
33:25So because of Olay technology, I can easily create a document with text, graphics and charts so that I have
33:35the most effective document possible.
33:37Now I'm going to go ahead and close my applications.
33:44And I will save here.
33:49Now the point of this document was to send off the proposal to Becky by fax so that she could
33:54hopefully invest some money for us.
33:56So we'll head down to the start menu.
33:59Once again, open up the work folder.
34:02And here's my completed document.
34:04Now I'm going to drag and hover my mouse over my mail message, or in this case my fax message.
34:12And that way it opens the message so I can drop the document right into the mail message.
34:19And once again, because Exchange supports Olay, I can easily drag and drop objects into a mail message.
34:26So now when I press the send button, Exchange will detect that what I'm actually trying to do is send
34:33a fax and launch up Microsoft fax services.
34:38So now it will be dialing, it will render the image to a fax format, and fax the document off
34:44to Becky.
34:46Now we'll be heading over to watch Bob get on the road and show us a little bit about Windows
34:5095's mobile computing features.
34:53Well thanks Deb.
34:54With more and more of us working on the road, we've designed in mobile computer features in Windows 95.
35:01It makes it a lot easier for you to use your PC while you're on the road.
35:04And what I'm going to show you today is one of them that allows me to continue to collaborate with
35:09Deb on a project that we were working on at work before we started the show.
35:13So you notice that on my screen I have a shortcut to a work folder.
35:17This is actually on Deb's machine.
35:18So I'm going to double click on that and what it actually does, it knows that I'm not connected to
35:23my corporate network right now.
35:25And it invokes our dial up networking that's built into Windows 95.
35:29So I'm going to connect up and hook up to our dial, oh I forgot to put the modem in.
35:34So what I'm going to do is actually take my PC MCA modem card and insert it into my PC.
35:45This is another example of the plug and play support that's built into Windows 95.
35:52Now if all goes well we'll hear a little tone and we did.
35:55So I'm going to try this again.
35:57Now I'm going to push connect, it's going to dial the modem and we'll be hooking up to our computer
36:05on the other end.
36:09The next thing that you're going to see is that after dialing the computer we're going to actually verify the
36:14connection and then log me into the corporate network.
36:21That's verifying my username and password and now it's going to log me into the network.
36:26So I'm connected up.
36:28Now the next thing that you're going to see is, remember I double clicked on the shortcut to the folder
36:33on Dev's machine and now it pops up on the screen and I can actually get at the pieces of
36:38information that I needed to get at from Dev's system.
36:41And there are a number of other mobile computing features in Windows 95 including deferred printing, hot docking support and
36:50tying into advanced power management features to keep your battery running longer in your laptop computer.
36:57Well in this section we're actually going to do a little bit of role playing and act like different members
37:01of the household so you can see some of the different functionality that you can take advantage of in Windows
37:0795 in the home.
37:08So for starters I'm going to act like the adult in the family and the first thing I'm going to
37:13do is customize my computer.
37:15I'm actually running a different computer this time that has a lot of our home features set up on it.
37:21It's also a 16 megabyte Pentium system.
37:24So what I'm going to do is first customize my desktop to look like something that I prefer.
37:30So I'm going to open up desktop themes.
37:34Now themes is a feature of Microsoft Plus which is an add on product to Windows 95 that helps your
37:41computer look better and helps you get connected.
37:44So as far as looking better we can make the desktop have a certain look to it and in this
37:52case as the parent of the household I'm going to choose a fairly sophisticated theme.
37:56I like Leonardo da Vinci.
38:00So Plus is going to expand the image from my desktop wallpaper and also give me a set of screensavers,
38:07mouse pointers, sounds, icons, all that fit with the Leonardo da Vinci theme.
38:12You can even see that my mouse pointer turns into a Mona Lisa when it's waiting so it's pretty nifty.
38:19Now I'm going to get onto the internet.
38:24And while Bob was talking I actually dialed in.
38:28So I'm now heading out to a web page on the internet.
38:32This is actually Microsoft's web page.
38:36And more specifically I think I will choose to visit the Windows 95 home site.
38:42So I'll type into the address www.windows.microsoft.com
38:53And there we see the Windows 95 home page.
38:56And I can look at all sorts of product information.
39:00And I think I might want to take a look at that product overview a little bit later.
39:04One of the great things about the Internet Explorer which ships as part of Microsoft Plus.
39:09Is that I can drag a shortcut from the internet onto my desktop.
39:15So that even when the Internet Explorer is closed.
39:18I can go directly to any home page that I choose.
39:23Well now that I've had my fun on the internet.
39:26I'm going to go ahead and disconnect.
39:29And let Bob show us a little bit about kids multimedia for Windows 95.
39:35Well thanks Deb.
39:37Well as the kid in the family.
39:38What I'm going to do first of all is change the desktop to something more of my liking.
39:42So we'll go right away to the desktop themes.
39:45And we'll change it.
39:46I really like animals.
39:47So I know there's a dangerous creatures theme.
39:50And I'm going to change to that.
39:53And again this is going to change the background bitmap.
39:57The mouse pointer.
39:58And the sounds to something more to my liking.
40:02So you'll see Mona Lisa go away.
40:04And in a moment she'll turn into a jellyfish.
40:08There you go.
40:11So as a kid I like to play a lot of the new multimedia titles.
40:15And one that's actually my favorite is Sammy Science House from Edmark Software.
40:19I happen to have a CD right here.
40:22And I'm going to insert this into my CD-ROM drive.
40:25This is another feature of Windows 95 called AutoPlay.
40:29So I simply go to my PC.
40:31I insert it into my CD-ROM drive.
40:34And in a moment it'll come up and play all by itself.
40:45AutoPlay is a feature that makes using CD-ROM titles as simple as game cartridges in your game console.
40:54You'll notice that this is from Edmark Software.
40:57And Sammy is actually a title that lets kids exercise some higher level thinking.
41:03You'll also notice we can have some fun with Sammy.
41:05But what we're going to do today is build a movie.
41:08And this gives kids an exercise in sequencing.
41:12So we'll take a look and you'll notice that it looks like we have a bird nest.
41:15And I'm going to drag each of these panels into the appropriate slots in the film.
41:19And build a little movie.
41:25I'm going to click on the little mouse and we'll watch the little masterpiece of film that we just created.
41:30And our little film plays.
41:32So that's an example of what AutoPlay and some of the newer multimedia titles for Windows 95 are actually a
41:39powerful combination to make it a lot easier for kids to use the system all on their own.
41:43But for a moment now I'm going to actually age and turn into the teenager in the family.
41:48So the first thing I want to do is once again change the desktop themes to something more of my
41:53liking.
41:55So I'm going to change from my current Windows settings to how about the 60's.
42:02And you'll notice that my background bitmap changes, my sounds change, as well as my cursor to something more to
42:09my liking.
42:12There you go, and I think I'll just accept that.
42:15We hope you enjoyed today's overview of Windows 95.
42:18You can visit your local computer reseller or software dealer for a hands-on demonstration of Windows 95.
42:25In addition, for more information, we hope that you look at the online sources for Windows 95, and in particular
42:32our revised homepage on the World Wide Web.
42:34So there you have it, Windows 95 is pretty cool.
42:38It does take up a lot of hard drive space, it will want a lot of RAM in your computer,
42:42and you do need a fast 486 at least to get the most out of it.
42:46But if you have the hardware to support it, I think you'll find that Windows 95 is a big improvement
42:51over any PC operating system you've seen before.
42:54I know we've covered a lot of ground, you might want to rewind this tape and watch some of the
42:59sections again, or follow up by reading a book on Windows 95,
43:02checking out the various online services for Win 95 help, or watching Computer Chronicles on your local PBS station.
43:09Thanks for watching, good luck with Windows 95.
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