Toshiba 1730 User Guide
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Exploring Your Options
Personalizing your desktop
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:
to customize its features for the way you like to work. You can
customize the following aspects of the desktop:
❖
Taskbar — determines which resources to display for quick
access
access
❖
Active Desktop
™
— determines what information from the
Internet to always display
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Desktop style — determines how windows are displayed and
how to browse folders and files
how to browse folders and files
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Toolbars — determines what information appears at the top of
each window
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.
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 not only
Quick Launch icons, but also your favorite URL addresses or local
folders and programs.
Quick Launch icons, but also your favorite URL addresses or local
folders and programs.
DEFINITION: URL stands for Universal 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 (or “Web”) site address.
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 (or “Web”) site address.