Lesson 9: Creating Shortcuts; Creating A Shortcut To The Calculator - Toshiba Satellite 1750 User Manual

Lesson 9: Creating shortcuts

By adding shortcuts to your desktop, you can open programs or
files with the click of a button. You will probably want to create
shortcuts for the programs you use most frequently. This lesson
explains how to create shortcuts using two Windows Millennium
Edition accessories, Calculator and Character Map, as examples.

Creating a shortcut to the Calculator

Use this method when you know the name and location of the
program file to which you would like to create a shortcut.
1 Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop, then click
the secondary button.
Windows Millennium Edition displays the desktop shortcut
menu.
2 Click New, then click Shortcut.
Windows Millennium Edition displays the Create Shortcut
dialog box.
Sample Create Shortcut dialog box
3 In the Command line box, type
Next.
4 Windows Millennium Edition prompts you to select a name
for the shortcut.
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Lesson 9: Creating shortcuts
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