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Do More With Gateway
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Do More With Gateway
Your notebook may include Do More With Gateway, a tool that provides 
additional information about using your Gateway notebook for digital music, 
digital photography, digital video, gaming, and other programs. To access Do 
More With Gateway in Windows XP, click 
Start, then click Do More With Gateway. 
Click the topics listed on the left-side of the page to learn more about the 
software already installed on your notebook as well as...

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Chapter 3: Getting Help
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Online help
Many programs provide information online so you can research a topic or learn 
how to perform a task while you are using the program. You can access most 
online help information by selecting a topic from a 
Help menu or by clicking 
a 
Help button.
You can search for information by viewing the help contents, checking the 
index, searching for a topic or keyword, or browsing through the online help. 

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Gateway Web site
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Gateway Web site
Gateway’s online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and 
provides the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and 
personalized information about your system. Visit the Gateway eSupport 
We b s i t e  a t  support.gateway.com
. For more information about connecting to 
the Internet, see “Using the Internet” on page 67.
Using eSupport
The eSupport site is divided into five major areas:
■Support Home
■Downloads...

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Support Home
To get specific information about your notebook, type your serial number into 
the My Support box, then click 
Continue, or click Look up my serial number for 
me
. For more information, see “Finding your specifications” on page 12.
Click 
Support Home, then click All Support Documents to access product 
documentation, specifications, and guides. By entering your serial number, you 
get specific documents related to your notebook. You can also...

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Windows Basics
Read this chapter to learn how to:
■Use the Windows desktop
■Manage files and folders
■Wo r k  w i t h  d o c u m e n t s
■Use shortcuts 

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Chapter 4: Windows Basics
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About the Windows environment
After your notebook starts, the first screen you see is the Windows desktop. The 
desktop is like the top of a real desk. Think of the desktop as your personalized 
work space where you open programs and perform other tasks.
Your desktop may be different from this example, depending on how your 
notebook is set up.
Help and 
SupportFor more information about the Windows XP desktop, click 
Start, then click Help and Support.
Type...

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Using the desktop
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Using the desktop
The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start button, and the Recycle Bin icon.
Using the Start menu
You can start programs, open files, customize your system, get help, search for 
files and folders, and more using the Start menu.
To use the Start menu:
1Click the Start button on the lower left of the Windows desktop. The Start 
menu opens showing you the first level of menu items.
2Click All Programs to see all programs and files in the Start menu....

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3Click a file or program to open it.
Adding icons to the desktop
You may want to add an icon (shortcut) to the desktop for a program that you 
use frequently.
To add icons to the desktop:
1Click Start, then click All Programs.
2Right-click (press the right touchpad button) the program that you want 
to add to the desktop.
Help and 
SupportFor more information about the Windows XP Start menu, 
click Start, then click Help and Support.
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Identifying window items
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3Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). A shortcut icon for that 
program appears on the desktop.
Identifying window items
When you double-click the icon for a drive, folder, file, or program, a window 
opens on the desktop. This example shows the Local Disk (C:) window, which 
opens after you double-click the 
Local Disk (C:) icon in the My Computer window.
Every program window looks a little different because each has its own menus, 
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Working with files and folders
You can organize your files and programs to suit your preferences much like 
you would store information in a file cabinet. You can store these files in folders 
and copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize and 
throw away information in a file cabinet. Window item Description
The title bar is the horizontal bar at the top 
of a window that shows the window title.
Clicking the minimize button reduces...