User manual TOSHIBA PORTEGE A100

[. . . ] YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. Critical Applications The computer you have purchased is not designed for any "critical applications. " "Critical applications" means life support systems, medical applications, connections to implanted medical devices, commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any other applications where product failure could lead to injury to persons or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. [. . . ] (This process is known as "clicking and dragging. ") The taskbar moves from the bottom to the right edge of the desktop. Taskbar Sample desktop with the taskbar on the right HINT: You can move the taskbar to any of the desktop's four edges. 8 Click the taskbar once again and drag it back to the bottom of the desktop. 142 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet This lesson demonstrates how to access a Web page from a window and from the taskbar. The lesson assumes you have an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Opening a Web page from a window The most common way to open a Web page is by typing a Web address in the address line of the Web browser itself. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, then click Address Bar if it is not checked. It indicates that you are in "My Computer. " You can also type a Web address in the address line. Sample My Computer window Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 4: Creating a new document 143 Lesson 4: Creating a new document This lesson teaches you how to create a text file without having to first open a program. 1 Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop, then click the secondary button. The operating system displays a shortcut menu of commands applicable to the desktop. The operating system creates an icon on the desktop called New Text Document with the icon name highlighted. 3 4 To give your document a meaningful name, type My New Doc. txt and press Enter. The operating system opens the new document in Notepad--the text editor built into the operating system. Sample Notepad window 144 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 5: Creating a new folder Notice that when the document opens, there is a new button on the taskbar that reads My New Doc- Notepad (the name may be too long to fit into the taskbar space but, if you point to the name, the complete name is visible). By displaying buttons like this one, the taskbar helps you keep track of the programs and files you currently have open. To learn more about Notepad, click Help or open the Help menu by pressing F1. HINT: Maximizing a program is a good way to work when you are only using that program and do not want any distractions on the screen. Resizing and moving windows 1 Click the Restore Down button in the top-right corner of the Paint window. Notice that the Restore Down button has changed back into the Maximize button. For the next few steps assume that you want to be able to see both Paint and Windows Explorer at the same time. 3 4 Click and drag the edge of the window until it takes up just less than half the width of the desktop. Click the title bar of the Paint window and drag it to the left side of the desktop. 5 Click Windows Explorer button on the taskbar. 150 6 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows Repeat steps 3 and 4 to change the size and position of Windows Explorer, placing it on the right side of the desktop. Now that the windows are side by side, you can see how you could refer to one window while working in the other. Resizing and moving windows allows you to rearrange the desktop to suit your needs. Experiment with different sizes and placements of windows to find the best arrangement for your work. Sample Windows Explorer windows At this point you have two programs open on the desktop. The next lesson shows you how to close them. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 8: Closing programs 151 Lesson 8: Closing programs Once you are finished working with a document or program, it is a good idea to close it. While you can run several programs at the same time, having a large number of programs and documents open simultaneously can slow down your computer. This lesson teaches you how to close the programs you opened earlier in this tutorial. [. . . ] By volatile, we mean that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. reboot -- See boot, restart. 282 Glossary removable disk -- A disk that can be removed from a disk drive. resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. [. . . ]