Starting A Program; Starting A Program From The Start Menu - Toshiba Portégé M100 Series User Manual

numeric overlay keys. To return to the cursor control
overlay, release
To turn off the cursor control overlay, hold down the
and press
keyboard indicator panel goes out.

Starting a program

The easiest way to start a program is to double-click the name
of the file that contains the information you want to work on.
To find the file, use My Computer or Windows Explorer.
If you prefer to open the program first, you have four options.
You can:
❖
Double-click the icon for the program on your desktop
❖
Use the Start menu
❖
Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to locate the
program file
❖
Use the Run dialog box
The next three sections explain how to start a program from
the Start menu, Explorer and the Run dialog box.

Starting a program from the Start menu

When you install a program, the operating system usually
puts an icon in the All Programs menu. To start a program
that has an icon in the All Programs menu, follow these steps,
which use the Windows WordPad program as an example:
1 Click Start, then point to All Programs.
The Windows XP operating system displays the All Programs
menu, which lists programs and program groups. If your
program is listed, go to step 3, otherwise, continue with step 2.
2 Point to the program group, in this example, Accessories.
The Accessories menu is displayed.
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Shift
again. The cursor control mode light on the
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