Toshiba 2805-s503 User Guide
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Exploring Your Options
Personalizing your desktop
Having a list of favorite URLs handy saves time. Using it bypasses
the need for you to launch your browser first.
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.
taskbar and click the secondary button.
Bringing the world to your desktop
With the Windows
®
Millennium Edition operating system you
can set up your desktop with complete World Wide Web
integration at a single click. As Microsoft
integration at a single click. As Microsoft
®
Help says, “The Active
Desktop interface lets you put ‘active content’ from Web pages or
a channel on your desktop. You can make your desktop truly your
own space by adding the active items you refer to on a regular
basis: news, weather, sports, stock prices or whatever you want to
have at hand.”
a channel on your desktop. You can make your desktop truly your
own space by adding the active items you refer to on a regular
basis: news, weather, sports, stock prices or whatever you want to
have at hand.”
Turning on the Active Desktop
®
interface
The first step to bring active content to your desktop is to turn on
the Active Desktop:
the Active Desktop:
1
Point to an empty space on the desktop and click the
secondary button.
secondary button.
2
Point to Active Desktop, then click Show Web Content.
Your desktop is ready to set up.
Adding components to the Active Desktop
®
interface
1
Point to an empty space on the desktop, click the secondary
button, and click Properties.
button, and click Properties.