Chapter 5
Getting Comfortable with the Desktop
IN THIS CHAPTER
Exploring the desktop
Moving, resizing, and rearranging windows
Working on a second desktop
Putting app icons on the taskbar
The desktop is Grand Central Station as far as Windows 11 is concerned. Sure, you can open applications from the Start screen (Chapter 2 explains how), but with a few simple modifications, you can open applications from the desktop as well. When you’re running more than one application, you can go to the desktop and quickly switch from one application to another. In fact, in Windows 11, you can create a second “virtual” desktop for one set of open applications (applications that pertain to leisure, let’s say), and when the boss isn’t looking, you can switch to the second desktop to play games or chat with friends.
One key feature of the desktop is the taskbar, a strip along the bottom of the screen that shows icons for desktop programs. The taskbar can be used to run and switch between desktop programs.
In this chapter, you get acquainted with the desktop, the taskbar, and apps. You change the ...
Get Windows 11 For Seniors For Dummies now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
