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Getting to Know Windows 98
Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop
The taskbar lets you know which documents or programs are cur
rently open. It may also display the time. The taskbar below shows
the Quick Launch toolbar, which allows you to access the Desktop
and the Internet with equal ease, and shows other programs and
utilities that may have been preloaded during the Windows 98
startup.
View Channels
Show Desktop Utlll|y|con
Launch Outlook Express Volume contrc
-Launch Internet Explorer Browser Time/Dat
-Start menu button
Sample taskbar with icons
HINT: You can change the taskbar settings by placing the cur
sor
on an empty space in the taskbar, clicking the secondary
button, pointing to Toolbars, then clicking your setting.
In this guide, the term "click" infers pressing the primary but
ton, which is the larger AccuPoint button. Instructions requir
ing the use of the secondary button specifically mention that
button. For example, "click the secondary button."
You can personalize the taskbar to include not only Quick Launch
icons, but also your favorite URL addresses.
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
Web site address.
As you work through the lessons in this chapter, the taskbar will
change to reflect what you are doing.
The 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.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer