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In fact, Windows provides us with many options for displaying the application windows when
                 we are working with multiple applications. We can right-click on the empty area of the Taskbar
                 to display those options. We can select Show windows side by side option to display all the
                 windows on the screen simultaneously.







 3   To narrow  the search
 mention the type of file, type
 ‘comp*.docx’.


 Searching for files/folders using a question mark(?)

 Question mark replaces a single character or symbol. It represents only one character, so it
 searches for only one character. For example, when we type C?M in the search box of the File
 Explorer, it will display only files or folders whose names begin with three characters, of which   Quick Byte
 the first and third characters are C and M. We can also use the question mark as a wildcard more
 than once as per the name of the file we are searching for.   Use Alt + Tab keys to move between the open windows.



                  i +  DIFFERENT FILE FORMATS

                 You must have observed that whatever we do on a computer is saved as a file. But every file stores
                 a different thing, like a Word file stores text, a video file contains multimedia, an audio file contains
                 audio and a picture file stores pictures. So, how does a computer differentiate between different
                 types of files? The file type is also called the file format. So, all these files contain different types
                 of data and are saved in a specific format. The file format can be determined by the file extension.
                 A file extension is a group of two or more characters used to identify the type of a file. It helps an
                 operating system recognise the different types of files. The file formats of different types of files                             Tech
                 depend upon the software used for creating those files. Software puts a file extensions after the
 i +  USING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS
                 file name to specify its format. Some of the most commonly used file extension or file formats are:
 When we work on a computer, we might need to work on more than one file at a time or open   •   JPEG:  It  stands  for  Joint  Photographic  Experts  Group.  It  is  used  to  store  images.  The  file   Funda  Use Alt + Tab keys to move
 more than one application at a time. For example, while working on a Word file, we would be   extension of an image file can be .jpeg, .jpg, or .jpe.               between the open windows.
 using Google to search for information and PowerPoint for making the presentation. If we need
                 •   MP4: It is used to store multimedia files. It stores audio and video, movies and still images. A
 some images for the presentation, we would have the image folder open in File Explorer as well.  file with an MP4 extension is an MPEG-4 video file.
 So, we could have one or all of the windows open for ourselves.   •   MP3: It is an audio file format that is used to store music files. MP3 stands for Moving Pictures
 •  A web browser like Google Chrome with different web pages for research   Expert Group. The file extension of an audio file is .mp3.

 •  PowerPoint for presentation  •   DOCX: It is used to save Word documents. This document stores images, text, pictures, and
 •  File Explorer   tables. The file extension of the Word file is .docx.
 •  Word for writing notes   •   XLSX: It is used to store spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. An XLSX file format stores tables in
                   the form of rows and columns, images, charts, pictures, formulas, etc.  The extension of the
 Windows allows us to work with multiple applications, as we have learnt just now. In fact, we
                   Excel file is .xlsx.
 could be listening to some music while doing all this work. As we know, all these applications
 would be open in separate windows. If we want, we can display two or more application windows   •   PPTX: It is used to store presentations and is used in Microsoft PowerPoint. It saves the data
 side by side for easier work.   in the form of slides. The extension of a presentation file is .pptx.


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