
CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP | www.gateway.com |
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 arrow.
You may want to add an icon (shortcut) to the desktop for a program that you use frequently.
To add icons to the desktop:1Click Start, then click All Programs.
2
3Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). A shortcut icon for that program appears on the desktop.
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.
When you
Title bar | Close | |
Menu | ||
Maximize | ||
bar | Minimize | |
|
Every program window looks a little different because each has its own menus, icons, and controls. Most windows include these items:
Window item | 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. |
|
|
|
10