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DESKTOP AND ICONS


                When our computer gets completely started,                    Icons

                we see a screen with a lot of small pictures. This
                screen is called the desktop. Once the desktop
                appears, we can start using the keyboard and

                mouse. The small pictures with their names on
                the desktop are called icons. On the lower left              Start button
                corner of the desktop, there is a Start button.


                When we click on the Start button or press the Windows key                        on the keyboard, a
                menu with a list of apps (computer programs) opens up. This menu is the Start menu.

                    Scroll using the mouse or use Arrow keys to move up and down in the Start menu.

                    Click, right-click or double-click on any icon to perform different actions.


                      KEYBOARD AND MOUSE IN A LAPTOP


                A laptop also has a keyboard and mouse
                fixed on it. The keys on a laptop keyboard                                              Keyboard

                are arranged closely and in a different
                way than they are on a desktop keyboard                                                  Touchpad
                but they work in the same way.
                                                                                                         Right button
                A laptop  has a  touchpad, also called a

                trackpad, that  is  a touch-sensitive  pad.             Left button
                Using a touchpad, we can control the mouse pointer by our finger. Just above or below

                the touchpad may be two buttons: left and right mouse buttons.

                    To click, press the left button with a finger. To right-click, press the
                   right button with a finger.
                   To double-click, press the left button twice quickly.

                    To drag, hold down the left button with one finger and drag the
                   touchpad with another finger.
                    To scroll, place two fingers side-by-side on the touchpad and gently
                   move them up and down on the touchpad surface.



                                                                 Hintbot

                               On a touchpad without buttons, tap the touchpad anywhere to click.






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