comprehensive windows tutorial 3 personalizing your windows environment

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Windows Tutorial 3

Personalizing Your Windows Environment

XPXPXPObjectives• Access common tools on the desktop• Customize Windows Sidebar• Create and use shortcuts on the desktop• Use Control Panel• Customize the desktop

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XPXPXPObjectives• Activate a screen saver• Change display settings• Modify the taskbar• Customize taskbar toolbars• Change Start menu settings• Pin items on the Start menu


XPXPXPAccessing Common Tools on the Desktop


XPXPXPDisplaying Standard Desktop Icons• Right-click an empty area of the desktop,

then click Personalize on the shortcut menu• In the left pane of the Personalization window,

click Change desktop icons• In the Desktop Icon Settings dialog box, click to

select a check box for each icon you want to add to the desktop

• Click the OK button


XPXPXPDisplaying Standard Desktop Icons


XPXPXPUsing the Windows Sidebar• Windows Sidebar is a long vertical bar displayed

by default on the right side of your desktop


XPXPXPUsing Shortcuts• You can create shortcuts to access drives,

documents, files, Web pages, programs, or other computer resources such as a printer


XPXPXPUsing Shortcuts


XPXPXPUsing Control Panel• The Control Panel is a window that contains

specialized tools you use to change the way Windows Vista looks and behaves

• To open the Control Panel window, double-click the Control Panel icon on your desktop


XPXPXPUsing Control Panel


XPXPXPChanging the Desktop Background• Open the Control Panel window and switch to

Category View, if necessary• Click Change desktop background in the Appearance

and Personalization category• Select an image in the Desktop Background window or

click the Picture Location arrow or the Browse button to select images stored in a different location

• Select a positioning option, if necessary• Click the OK button


XPXPXPChanging the Desktop Background


XPXPXPChanging the Appearance of Desktop Elements• A color scheme is a set of colors you apply to

Windows elements– Window Color and Appearance


XPXPXPActivating a Screen Saver• A screen saver blanks the screen or displays a

moving design whenever you haven’t worked with the computer for a specified period of time


XPXPXPChanging Display Settings• The Display Settings dialog box has a Resolution

slider bar that lets you change the size of the desktop area


XPXPXPMoving and Resizing the Taskbar• Make sure the taskbar is unlocked. To do so, right-click

any blank spot on the taskbar, and then click Lock the Taskbar on the shortcut menu to remove the check mark

• To move the taskbar, click a blank spot on the taskbar, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the taskbar to a new location (the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the desktop)

• To resize the taskbar, point to a taskbar border until a resize pointer appears, and then drag the border to a different height or width


XPXPXPMoving and Resizing the Taskbar


XPXPXPWorking with Taskbar Toolbars• One way to customize the taskbar is to use it to

display toolbars


XPXPXPCustomizing the Quick Launch Toolbar


XPXPXPCreating a Custom Taskbar Toolbar• To create a custom toolbar, right-click a blank

area of the taskbar, point to Toolbars, and then click New Toolbar

• In the New Toolbar − choose a folder window, click the folder or object you want to turn into a toolbar, and then click the Select Folder button


XPXPXPCustomizing the Start Menu• To customize the Start menu, right-click Start

button on the taskbar, then click Properties; click the Customize button


XPXPXPPinning an Item to the Start Menu


XPXPXPSelecting Start Menu Settings


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