General Windows Tasks - Singer FUTURA User Manual

General Windows Tasks

Whichever edition of Microsoft Windows your PC might be running,
whether it is Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows
NT or Windows XP (and FUTURA runs on all of these), this is the
operating system of the PC. This means that Windows actually "run"
and coordinate all the hardware parts a PC consists of. Simply put it
is like the brains of the machine whereas all parts are pretty "dump"
if not being run by the operating system
All other software products run on top of this operating system,
Microsoft Windows in our case, and this is also the case for the
FUTURA software.
It is necessary to get familiar with basic Windows functions for the
easiest interaction with your PC, as well as using FUTURA produc-
tively.
There are a number of common tasks used in computers with Win-
dows (computer operating system). While there are many different
versions of Windows, the procedures for the subjects listed here are
basically the same for any of them.
The explanations and exercises may help you to be more confident
before you even launch your embroidery software.
For those of you already familiar with working with software prod-
ucts it is possible to skip this chapter and proceed to the next one
but remember "repetition is the mother of knowledge" if you would
like to go through it one time.
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Installation:
General information on working with your PC and software