- [Instructor] Windows comes with several
bundled applications already installed.
You will have plenty to work with
before you even get to installing new apps.
Let's open up a few of them.
I'll go to the Start menu to the list of All apps,
and I want to launch the Maps application.
I'll go back there again
and I want to launch the Weather application, and one more.
We'll go back to the Start menu
and this time I want to launch the Calculator.
Now, every application has a different job,
so the interface is always different,
but I want to show you a few things to look for.
Here in the Maps application,
there is a toolbar across the top,
and there's a button with three dots that opens up a menu.
When we look at the Calculator,
at first it looks like there are no additional options,
but there is this button with three lines,
which opens up a sidebar.
And in the Weather app,
you've got sort of a combination of those.
There's a toolbar at the top.
There's a button with three dots,
but that just expands that toolbar.
There's a sidebar on the left
and if you click the button with three lines,
that expands that sidebar.
So toolbars, sidebars, buttons with three dots,
and buttons with three lines.
These are pretty common interface controls
that you should look out for.
Another thing you should look for
when learning a new application is the Settings tool.
If we go to the Maps, we can find Settings in this menu
and it's got that little gear icon next to it.
If we go to the Calculator,
you'll need to open up that sidebar on the left
and we can find Settings there.
And in the Weather, it's just a gear button
over here on the sidebar.
And so I want you to notice the common element there.
The Settings option is often, not always,
but often a button that looks like a gear.
Now, in Settings, you can change some options
for how this specific application works.
So take a look and see what options you might want to change.
One option that is in a lot of bundled applications
in Windows 11 is the option to change the theme
or the color mode.
I see that here in Weather,
I can see that here in the Maps,
and in the Calculator, it's actually the only thing
that you can change in settings.
This relates to the dark mode and light mode options
in Windows 11.
And to remind you of that, you can go to Windows Settings,
you can go to the Personalization category,
then to Colors and you can change the light mode
or dark mode for the computer.
So if I switch over to the dark mode,
that changes all of the interface elements
and most of the applications to this darker view.
For now, I'm just going to switch back to the light mode.
And let's go back to our bundled applications.
So there's often an option here to change the light mode
or dark mode for this specific application.
So maybe you like the light mode for most things
so that's how you have it set in Windows Settings,
but you want to set the Calculator to the dark mode.
So you can do that right here.
And it changes it for that one application.
Just keep in mind for some of these,
you will need to change that setting,
quit the application, and restart it
before you'll see the change.
Next, some of the bundled applications in Windows
can save information to your online account.
In the Maps application, I can see this button up here
at the top that looks like the outline of a person
and if I go over to the Weather app,
I can see that button in the sidebar.
This is not in every application
and it's not always in the same place.
This shows me information about the online account
that I'm using for this specific application.
Signing into your account lets an application
synchronize your preferences across multiple computers
and it can also help you keep track of your search history
and other information.
I'm already signed in because I sign into Windows
with a Microsoft Online account
and it automatically passed that information to these apps.
If you are not already signed in,
you will have an option to sign in
or create a new account here.
And if you don't want to save your account history
or preferences to an online account,
you don't have to sign in.
And if you are already signed in automatically,
you can click the Sign out button right here.
And of course, some applications, like the Calculator,
don't have the option for an online account
because it just doesn't have any data
that it would synchronize to an account.
So if you're new to Windows, it's a good idea
to check out some of the bundled applications.
And now you know some common things to look for.
We will introduce some of the more important applications
specifically in other videos in this course.