Toshiba A10 User Manual
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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Exploring the desktop
Finding your way around the desktop
Your computer’s desktop includes several standard features: icons,
Start button, Taskbar, Notification Area, and background pattern.
Start button, Taskbar, Notification Area, and background pattern.
(Sample Image) Windows
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operating system desktop
Icons
An icon represents a folder, file, or program that can be quickly
activated by double-clicking the icon.
activated by double-clicking the icon.
You can create a new desktop icon for any folder, file, or program
by dragging the element’s icon from its location in a window to the
desktop area.
by dragging the element’s icon from its location in a window to the
desktop area.
Various icons are initially displayed on your system desktop, for
example:
example:
Recycle Bin—Holds files you have deleted. You may be able to
retrieve these files until you empty the Recycle Bin.
retrieve these files until you empty the Recycle Bin.
TECHNICAL NOTE: If you delete a file from a diskette or flash media,
it does not go into the Recycle Bin. For more information on the
Recycle Bin, see Windows
it does not go into the Recycle Bin. For more information on the
Recycle Bin, see Windows
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online Help.
If you place the cursor over an icon, a popup description of the file
contents appears.
contents appears.
Start button
Taskbar
Icons
Notification Area
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