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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Exploring the desktop
5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.3
Start button
You use the Start button to:
❖ Start programs
❖ Access Microsoft
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Windows
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operating system update
❖ Open documents
❖ Adjust system settings
❖ Find files
❖ Access Windows
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Help
❖ Run programs
❖ Suspend system activity and shut down the computer
Taskbar
Each time you open a program, a button associated with that
program appears on the taskbar. With some programs, a
button appears on the taskbar for each document or window
you open. You can use these buttons to quickly switch
between the programs or windows.
To make a program or window the currently active one, click
the associated taskbar button.
System tray
The System tray displays icons of tasks or programs that run
continuously in the background. To learn more about each
task, position the cursor over the icon for a few moments and
a short description of the task appears.
Typical tasks in the System tray are Current time, Power
usage mode, Mouse properties, and speaker volume.
To activate a specific task, double-click the appropriate
System tray icon.