Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT - Choosing a Desktop Style

Getting to Know Windows 98
Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop
Choosing a desktop style
Windows 98 provides several ways to view your desktop and
browse your files and folders. You can choose from three different
styles—the Web style, the classic Windows 95 look, or a combina
tion of options. The view you choose determines how you browse
in Windows 98, regardless of whether you start from the desktop,
My Computer, Windows Explorer, or Internet Explorer.
♦ Web style
In this view, you can browse the desktop and folders like you
browse Web pages, by single-clicking items. In the Web style
view, files, folders, and applications open in a single window,
instead of in separate windows.
♦ Classic style
This desktop view is similar to the classic Windows 95 desk
top. You double-click to open items, and a new window
appears for each item you open.
♦ Custom style
You can also pick and choose which options you want. Custom
settings include options for browsing folders, creating window
backgrounds, and selecting and opening items. For example,
you can use options from both the Web style and the Classic
style so that you double-click to open items and use Web pages
as window backgrounds.
For more information about changing your desktop style, enter
customizing the desktop on the Index tab in Windows Help.
Working in Web style
You can work in Web style if you prefer to organize and browse
your computer contents using the following Web-like options:
♦ Single-click to browse the desktop and folder.
You click only once to open an item, just as you click a Web
link to jump. Similarly, you simply point to items to select
them.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer