Look at the image to the right and embed this info in your head right next to the space for breathing!

For instance, window 1 is used to define color (Diffuse, Ambience, Specular, Specular Halo, and Transparent).  Based on what you know from the earlier discussions, you should be able to pick out all of these attributes from the preview image or from the image below.   By adjusting the corresponding slider, you can change the texture to suit your desired effect.

Another of the outputs of a texture component is the alpha channel. Window two represents the alpha channel and is used to define the attributes based on the grayscale that is in this location.  If it's black it is 0%, if it's white it is 100%.  The sliders are irrelevant in this method of application of the texture attribute, remember it is driven by the grayscale value in the alpha channel.

...however you could change them to any color for different effects.

Window three is used for bump map information. 

If it is one flat color, there is no bump map information.  If this is the case and you want to have bump map information, enter the DTE and click one of the "B's" to generate bump map information for the material component.

Dragging the slider will increase, decrease or even invert (negative values) the bump map.