CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP

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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 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.

2Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the program that you want to add to the desktop.

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 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 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 itemDescription

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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