Using The Start Menu; Adding Icons To The Desktop - Gateway Profile Profile 6 User Manual

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Using the Start menu

Help & Support
For more information about the
Windows Start menu, click Start, then
click Help and Support. Type the phrase
Windows Start menu in the Search
box, then click the arrow.
Start All Programs

Adding icons to the desktop

Help & Support
For more information about desktop
icons, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the phrase desktop
icons in the Search box, then click the
Start All Programs
right-click program
Desktop (create shortcut)
You can start programs, open files, customize your system, get help, search for
files and folders, and more using the Start menu.
To use the Start menu:
Click the Start button on the lower left of the Windows desktop. The Start
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Shortcut
menu opens showing you the first level of menu items.
Click All Programs to see all programs and files in the Start menu. When
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you move the mouse pointer over any menu item that has an arrow next
to it, another menu, called a submenu, opens and reveals related files,
programs, or commands.
Click a file or program to open it.
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You may want to add an icon (shortcut) to the desktop for a program that you
use frequently.
To add icons to the desktop:
arrow.
Click Start, then click All Programs.
Shortcut 1
Send To
Right-click (press the right mouse button) the program that you want to
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add to the desktop.
Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). A shortcut icon for
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that program appears on the desktop.
Using the Windows desktop
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