In order to create an object, you must drag a template out of the template folder into the destination folder or the desktop.

Using what is perhaps the coolest feature of the Workplace Shell, you can change the background color of individual folders.

OS/2 uses notebook-style properties dialogs like the one shown above for just about everything.
To delete files, you drag them to the shredder. Files dragged to the shredder are instantly deleted, hence the name.

As I had mentioned above, you can change the background color, but the cool part about it is, that it is entirely customizable through the use of three pallets. You can drag a theme to a window from the scheme pallet, you can set the font type and size through the font pallet, and you can change the background color through the color pallet, as shown.
You can apply those settings to individual windows, or to all windows.

In addition to having the presets, you can create your own schemes, fonts and colors that don't already exist.

OS/2 includes an extensive help program. Clicking on the Start here object opens the general help, and more help files are included in the information folder and with programs.