Using the notifi cation area
By default, the notifi cation area shows these three icons:
Displaying an alert notifi cation
To display an alert notifi cation:
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Click the Notifi cation icon
For more details, refer to the section Using Windows
Customizing icons and notifi cations
You may choose to display or hide the icons and notifi cations on the taskbar or on the
notifi cation area.
To customize icons and notifi cations:
1.
From the notifi cation area, click on the arrow icon
2.
Click Customize.
3.
From the dropdown list, select the behaviors for the icons or items that you want
customize.
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Action Center notifi cation
Click this icon to display all the alert messages/notifi cations and
launch the Windows
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Action Center.
Network connection
This icon displays the connection status and signal strength of the
wired or wireless network connection.
Volume
Click this icon to adjust the volume.
, then click the message to open it.
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Action Center in this chapter.
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Chapter 2: Using Windows
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