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Enhancing Productivity
Exploring the desktop
Start button
You use the Start button to:
❖ Start programs
❖ Access Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition update
information
❖ Open documents
❖ Adjust system settings
❖ Find files
❖ Access Windows Help
❖ Run programs
❖ Suspend system activity and shut down the computer
Shortcut tray
The Shortcut tray displays icons of tasks or programs, similar to
desktop icons. You can access these buttons quickly and
conveniently at any time as they are not covered by the windows
of other executing programs.
To add an icon to the Shortcut tray, drag it to the Shortcut tray.
To activate a specific program, double-click the appropriate
Shortcut tray icon.
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.