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Enhancing Productivity
Exploring the desktop
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Internet Explorer — The Microsoft
®
browser that provides
access to the Internet.
If you place the cursor over an icon, a popup description of the
file contents appears.
Your desktop may contain other icons depending on your
configuration. See Windows
®
XP online help for more
specific information on each icon and how to use it.
Start button
You use the Start button to:
❖ Start programs
❖ Access Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP operating system
update information
❖ Open documents
❖ Adjust system settings
❖ Find files
❖ Access Windows
®
Help
❖ Run programs
❖ Suspend system activity and shut down the computer
Taskbar
Each time you open a program, a button associated with that
program appears on the taskbar. With some programs, a
button appears on the taskbar for each document or window
you open. You can use these buttons to quickly switch
between the programs or windows.
To make a program or window the currently active one, click
the associated taskbar button.
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