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Windows Vista™ Step by Step
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Windows Vista™ Step by Step

by Joan Lambert, Joyce Cox
December 2006
Beginner
464 pages
13h 12m
English
Microsoft Press
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Chapter 2. Working Efficiently in Windows Vista

Chapter at a Glance

Working Efficiently in Windows Vista

In this chapter, you will learn to:

Find your way around the Windows desktop.

Use and modify the Start menu.

Find your way around your computer.

Use and modify the taskbar.

Create shortcuts to files, folders, and programs.

Rearrange and delete items on the desktop.

Working in the Microsoft Windows environment is a lot like working in a real-world office environment. You have a desktop on which you can organize all your work tools, and you have folders in which to organize all your files. Windows incorporates all these elements into its user interface, which is the means by which you ...

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