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Chapter 2: Optimizing Windows Vista’s Interface

You can customize the way the slide show works by following these steps:

1. Open the Slide Show Options dialog box by right-clicking the Slide Show gadget

and selecting Options.

2. Use the “Show each picture” list to set the duration to show each picture. You

can set the duration using preset intervals, from five seconds to five minutes.

3. Use the “Transition between pictures” list to set the transition to use when

changing to a new picture. If you don’t want to use transitions, select None.

Otherwise, select the desired transition, such as Fade.

4. By default, pictures are displayed in alphabetical order. To shuffle pictures rather

than display them in order, select the “Shuffle pictures” checkbox.

5. Click OK.

Managing Windows Sidebar

Whether Windows Sidebar is displayed by default depends on your computer’s con-

figuration. Typically, though, the sidebar is displayed by default.

When the sidebar is displayed, you can add or remove gadgets and work with avail-

able gadgets. To close the sidebar and free up the desktop space it uses, right-click an

open area of the sidebar and then select Close Sidebar.

When the sidebar is closed, you can work with it using the Windows Sidebar notifi-

cations icon in the notification area of the taskbar. Click the icon to open the side-

bar. Right-click the notification icon to display a shortcut menu with the following

options:

Open

Opens Windows Sidebar

Bring Gadgets to Front

Brings all open gadgets to the front so that you can view and work with them

Add Gadgets

Opens the Gadgets Gallery dialog box so that you can add gadgets

Properties

Displays the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box

Exit

Closes and exits Windows Sidebar

Figure 2-23 shows the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box. You can use this dia-

log box to control the sidebar using the following options:

Start Sidebar when Windows starts

Select this checkbox to have the sidebar start when Windows starts. Clear this

checkbox if you do not want the sidebar to start when Windows starts.

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Sidebar is always on top of other windows

Select this checkbox to ensure that the sidebar is always on top and other win-

dows are resized around it. Clear this checkbox to allow other windows to be

displayed on top of the sidebar.

Display Sidebar on this side of screen

Use the Left and Right options to specify whether the sidebar is displayed on the

left or right side of the screen.

Display Sidebar on monitor

Use the selection list to specify on which monitor the sidebar should be dis-

played. This option works only if you have multiple monitors connected to your

computer.

If you want to close and exit the sidebar, complete the following steps:

1. Right-click the Windows Sidebar notification icon and select Exit. You are then

prompted to confirm that you want to exit the sidebar.

2. As shown in Figure 2-24, a checkbox is provided for controlling whether the side-

bar starts when Windows Vista starts. Select or clear this option as appropriate.

3. Confirm that you want to exit the sidebar by clicking Exit Sidebar.

Figure 2-23. Setting Windows Sidebar properties