Select, then manipulate

• When doing something within Windows Vista, you normally have to select an item (such as the Title Bar within a window) and once selected can you manipulate whatever it was you selected.  This is a very important concept to remember.  You need to select an item to tell Windows Vista what item you are interested in, before you can manipulate it.  This idea is fundamental to using Windows Vista.  For instance, later we will see that if you wish to format your text, you need to select a portion of text and then apply the formatting.   In a different context later on when you want to move a file on your hard disk from one place to another, you need to select the file first, and then move them.