Toshiba A45 Series manual 164, Personalizing your desktop, Customizing the taskbar

164	Exploring Your Options
	Personalizing your desktop

Personalizing your desktop

Your desktop is your virtual workspace. This section explains how to customize its features for the way you like to work. You can customize the following aspects of the desktop:

❖Taskbar—which resources to display for quick access

❖Active Desktop® interface—what information from the Internet to always display

❖Desktop style—how windows are displayed and how to browse folders and files

❖Toolbars—what information appears at the top of each window

Customizing the taskbar

As you work, the taskbar changes to reflect what you are doing. Its icons provide shortcuts to programs, documents, files, folders, system features, and components. Open applications also have Forward and Backward buttons to allow navigation through folders, documents, and Web sites.

For example, you can personalize the taskbar to include Quick Launch icons, and also your favorite URL addresses or local folders and programs.

DEFINITION: URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is the address that defines the route to a file on the Web or any other Internet facility. Generically, it is known as the World Wide Web site address.

Having a list of favorite URLs handy saves time. Using it bypasses the need for you to launch your browser first.

To customize your taskbar settings, point to an empty space in the taskbar and click the secondary button. Then click Properties.