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Recycle Bin—Holds files you’ve deleted using the Windows 
Explorer. You may retrieve these files until you empty the Recycle 
Bin.
TECHNICAL NOTE: If you delete a file from a diskette, it does 
not go into the Recycle Bin. For more information on the 
Recycle Bin, see Windows online Help.
Internet Explorer—The Microsoft browser that provides access to 
the Internet. 
Toshiba VirtualTech—A Toshiba utility to help answer technical 
questions and troubleshoot system problems. For more 
information about VirtualTech, see “Using VirtualTech” on 
page 220. 
Toshiba Software Offer—A service provided by Toshiba that 
offers additional software.
FreedomWare
TM—Free offers and discounts on hardware and 
software for your notebook computer.
NOTE: If you place the cursor over an icon, a popup 
description of the file contents appears.
Your desktop may contain other icons depending on your 
configuration. See Windows
® Millennium Edition online Help for 
more specific information on each icon and how to use it.
Start button
You use the Start button to:

Start programs 

Access Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition operating 
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Open recently accessed documents 

Adjust system settings 

Search for files 

Access Windows Help and Support

Run programs 

Suspend system activity and shut down the computer 
For more information on starting programs, see “Lesson 6: 
Starting programs” on page 110.
Shortcut tray 
The Shortcut tray displays icons of tasks or programs. These icons 
function much like the desktop icons, but are easily accessible 
even when the desktop is covered with open windows.
To activate a task or program, click the appropriate Shortcut tray 
icon.
To add an icon to the Shortcut tray, click the icon and drag it to the 
Shortcut tray.
Taskbar
Each time you open a program, a button associated with that 
program appears on the taskbar. With some programs, a button 
appears on the taskbar for each document or window you open. 
You can use these buttons to quickly switch between the programs 
or windows.
To make a program or window the active one, click the program’s 
or window’s button.
System tray
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position the cursor over the icon for a few moments and a short 
description of the task appears.
Typical tasks in the System tray are Current time, Power usage 
mode, and speaker volume.
To activate a specific task, double-click the appropriate System 
tray icon.
Windows® Millennium Edition file system 
All files on your computer are organized for accessibility using a 
hierarchal file system.
Programs, documents, and other data are held in files. These files 
can be grouped together in folders, and folders can be grouped 
inside other folders for convenient organizing. All the files and 
folders reside in your computer on a storage device, such as a disk 
drive. 
You can think of your computer storage system in terms of office 
equipment. You have a file cabinet (device), that contains folders, 
and each folder may contain documents. Your office may have 
more than one file cabinet, just as your computer may have more 
than one disk drive.
Computers can be connected together to form a network, so that 
programs, documents and other data can be quickly and easily 
shared between computers.
You can use the My Computer feature on the desktop to access 
any file in the Windows file system.
For more information, read the Microsoft documentation that 
comes with your computer.
Lesson 2: Using the AccuPoint II 
The “Getting Started” chapter introduced you to the AccuPoint II 
pointing device, which is your basic tool for moving around the 
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screen and performing computing tasks. This lesson lets you 
practice using the AccuPoint II pointing device. 
1Move the pointer to the Start button, then click the primary 
button (the larger one) to open the Start menu.
NOTE: In this guide, the term “click” refers to the primary 
button, which is the larger one. Instructions requiring the 
secondary button specifically mention that button. For 
example, “click the secondary button.”
2Click an empty area of the desktop to close the Start menu.
3With the pointer in an empty area of the desktop, click the 
secondary button (the smaller one) to open the desktop 
shortcut menu. As the name implies, shortcut menus provide 
quick access to many Windows
® Millennium Edition 
operating system features.
Sample desktop shortcut menu
4Click an empty area to close the shortcut menu.
5Use the pointer button in the center of the keyboard to move 
the pointer to the My Computer icon, then click the primary 
button twice rapidly. (This process is known as “double-
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Sample desktop with the My Computer window open
6Now click the Close button in the upper-right corner of this 
window.
The My Computer window closes.
7Click an empty area of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen 
and, while holding down the primary button, use the pointing 
device to drag the pointer to the right edge of the desktop, then 
release the primary button. This process is known as “clicking 
and dragging.”
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Sample desktop with the taskbar on the right
HINT: You can move the taskbar to any of the desktop’s four 
edges.
8Click the taskbar once again and drag it back to the bottom of 
the desktop.
Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet
This lesson begins with Windows® Millennium Edition Web 
Tutorial. It 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).
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Exploring the Web Tutorial
Microsoft’s Web Tutorial can answer questions about the Internet.
1Click on the Connect to the Internet icon on your desktop.
The Internet Connection Wizard appears.
2Follow the Wizard’s steps to connect.
3In Internet Explorer, click Help.
The Help menu appears.
4Click To u r.
Internet Explorer displays a page with information about how 
to use Internet Explorer.
Sample Web page from the Tutorial
HINT: The content on the Web Tutorial may be different from 
the content in this illustration. The information on Web 
pages is dynamic and can be changed at any time.
Browser
controls
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The Browser controls provide various navigation features.

The Internet address, also called a Uniform Resource Locator 
(URL), is a line of information telling the browser where to 
look for a specific Web page.

The large window contains the Web page itself. 
Lesson 4: Creating a new document
This lesson teaches you how to create a text file without having to 
first open a program.
1Move 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.
2Click New, then click Te x t  D o c u m e n t.
The operating system creates an icon on the desktop called 
New Text Document with the icon name highlighted.
3To give your document a meaningful name, type 
My New 
Doc.txt
 and press Enter.
4Double-click the My New Doc icon.
The operating system opens the new document in Notepad—
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Sample Notepad window
Notice that when the document opens, there is a new button 
on the taskbar that reads My New File- 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 Start, then click Help or 
open the Help menu by pressing 
F1. For now, leave Notepad 
open and go on to the next lesson.
Lesson 5: Creating a new folder
DEFINITION: A folder is an area where you can store 
documents and other types of files. It is analogous to a file 
folder stored in a file cabinet. In this case, a disk drive in the 
computer is the file cabinet.
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The Windows® Millennium Edition operating system stores 
documents and programs in folders. It even stores other folders in 
folders. In this lesson, you will create a folder in which to store 
your new document.
1Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop, then click 
the secondary button.
The operating system displays the desktop shortcut menu.
2Click New, then click Folder.
The operating system creates an icon on the desktop called 
New Folder with the icon name highlighted.
3Type a name for the folder, such as My Folder, then press 
Enter.
4Close the Notepad document you just created by clicking the 
Close button on the right side of the Notepad title bar.
The operating system displays the document as an icon on the 
desktop.
5Click the document icon and drag it toward your New Folder 
icon. Position the document icon over the New Folder icon 
until it changes color, then release the primary button.
The outline of the document icon moves across the desktop 
and disappears into the folder.
6To see your document, double-click the folder icon.
A window opens and displays the contents of the folder.
7Close the window by clicking its Close button and continue 
with the next lesson to learn how to start programs.
Lesson 6: Starting programs
Usually, you will know which program you want to use for a 
particular task.