User manual TOSHIBA TECRA A1

[. . . ] Tecra A1 Series User's Guide If you need assistance: ® Toshiba Global Support Centre Calling within the United States (800) 457-7777 Calling from outside the United States (949) 859-4273 For more information, see "If Something Goes Wrong" on page 188 in this guide. Handling the cord on this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. C6655-0304M3 03/04 2 Model: Tecra® A1 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may include a ReWritable CD and/or DVD drive(s), among the most advanced data storage technologies available. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all set-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. [. . . ] For example, it lets you see all the files in a particular folder on the computer's hard disk. Sample Windows Explorer window Notice the taskbar now has two buttons on it--one for Paint and one for Windows® Explorer. 3 To re-display the Paint program, click the Paint button on the taskbar. The operating system places the active window on top of other windows on the desktop unless you have selected a different display option. You can move back and forth between the two programs by alternately clicking each button. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows 133 Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows If you have followed the lessons in this chapter, you now have a screen with several program windows open. You can organize these windows by resizing and repositioning windows so that you can see more than one of them at a time. You can also hide windows by removing them from the desktop without actually closing your document or program. This lesson introduces several ways to adjust the size, shape, and position of windows open on the desktop. Using the taskbar If you have applications open on the desktop, you can rearrange them by pointing to the taskbar using the TouchPad and clicking the secondary button. The Windows® XP operating system provides these options: Move windows Size windows Minimize all windows--display only the taskbar buttons Maximize windows Close windows Choose your option depending on how you wish to set up your desktop. Minimizing and maximizing windows 1 To make the Windows® Explorer window the active window, click the Windows Explorer button on the taskbar. The operating system highlights the Windows® Explorer title bar to show that Windows® Explorer is the active window. 134 2 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows Click the Minimize button at the top-right of the Explorer window to hide the window. HINT: Minimizing program windows is a good way to clean up the desktop without actually closing programs. 3 Click the Maximize button in the top-right corner of the Paint window. The Paint window expands to fill the screen, hiding everything except the taskbar. 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. The pointer changes to a two-headed arrow. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 7: Resizing, repositioning, and hiding windows 135 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. You can move any window by clicking its title bar and dragging it. 5 6 Click Windows Explorer button on the taskbar. 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 136 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 8: Closing programs At this point you have two programs open on the desktop. The next lesson shows you how to close them. 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. [. . . ] By volatile, we mean that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. 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. To reset the computer by reloading the operating system without turning the computer off. [. . . ]