Starting A Program; Starting A Program From The Start Menu - Toshiba libretto U105 Series User Manual

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Learning the Basics

Starting a program

To use the numeric overlay keys while the cursor control
overlay is on:
❖
Hold down
❖
To return to the cursor control overlay, release
To disable the cursor control overlay, hold down the
and press
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
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
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
1 Click Start, then point to All Programs.
The Windows
Programs menu, which lists programs and program
groups. If your program is listed, go to step 3, otherwise,
continue with step 2.
while you use the numeric overlay keys.
Shift
again.
F10
®
Explorer or My Computer to locate the
®
®
XP operating system displays the All
WordPad program as an example:
Shift.
key
Fn
®
Explorer.