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116 Exploring Your Computer’s Features<br />

Exploring the desktop<br />

NOTE<br />

Your desktop may contain other icons depending on your<br />

configuration. See Windows ® online Help for more specific<br />

information on each icon and how to use it.<br />

Start button<br />

You use the Start button to:<br />

❖ Start programs<br />

❖ Open documents<br />

❖ Adjust system settings<br />

❖ Find files<br />

❖ Access Windows ® Help and Support<br />

❖ Suspend system activity and shut down the computer<br />

Taskbar<br />

Whenever a procedure in this User’s <strong>Guide</strong> instructs you to click<br />

Start, it means that you should click the Start button.<br />

Each time you open a program, a button associated with that<br />

program appears on the Taskbar. With some programs, a button<br />

appears on the Taskbar for each document or window you open.<br />

You can use these buttons to quickly switch between the programs<br />

or windows.<br />

To make a program or window the currently active one, click the<br />

associated Taskbar button.<br />

Notification Area<br />

The Notification Area displays icons of tasks or programs that run<br />

continuously in the background and displays notifications. To learn<br />

more about each task, position the cursor over the icon for a few<br />

moments and a short description of the task appears.<br />

Typical tasks in the Notification Area are Current time, Power<br />

usage mode, Mouse properties, and speaker volume.<br />

To activate a specific task, double-click the appropriate Notification<br />

Area icon.

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