Adding Icons To The Desktop; Identifying Window Items - Gateway LT 1000 User Manual

CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP

Adding icons to the desktop

Help and Support
For more information about desktop
icons, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the keyword desktop
icons in the Search box, then click the

Identifying window items

Help and Support
For more information about windows,
click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword window in the
Search box, then click the arrow.
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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.
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Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the program that you
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want to 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.
When you double-click the icon for a drive, folder, file, or program, a window
opens on the desktop. This example shows the Local Disk (C:) window, which
opens after you double-click the Local Disk (C:) icon in the My Computer
window.
Title
Menu
bar
Every program window looks a little different because each has its own menus,
icons, and controls. Most windows include these items:
Window item
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Description
The title bar is the horizontal bar at the
top of a window that shows the window
title.
Clicking the minimize button reduces
the active window to a button on the
taskbar. Clicking the program button in
the taskbar opens the window again.
Clos
Maximi
Minimi