Toshiba Portégé 650CT User Manual page 45

taskbar. When you close an object, its button disappears from
the taskbar. Right now, the taskbar is blank because you
haven't started anything. You'll put a button on the taskbar
when you create a new document in the next lesson.
There are other icons on the taskbar in the status area, such as a
speaker that represents your sound system or an electric plug
that represents the status of your battery. To view or change
settings for an object in the status area, double-click its icon.
5 Move the pointer to the My Computer icon in the upper
left corner of the desktop.
6 To open the My Computer window, double-click the icon.
When you double-click the My Computer icon, Windows 95
displays a window with icons for each of the computer's
drives, along with the Control Panel Folder and the Printers
Folder.
The Control Panel folder contains the programs used to config-
ure the computer.
The Printers Folder contains the tools necessary to configure or
control printers connected to your computer.
Double-clicking any of the icons in the My Computer window
opens the window associated with a drive or device. You use
this window when you connect to a printer, the diskette drive
or a CD-ROM drive.
The My Computer window
7 Click the My Computer icon with the secondary button to
display a shortcut menu.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
Getting to Know the Desktop
Lesson 2: Exploring the Desktop
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