Getting to Know Your Desktop

Icons, Taskbar, Workspace, Window, Notifications, Start and Search

What is the Desktop? The desktop is the work space that appears on your

monitor when the PC is running The desktop includes:

A background pattern or picture that can be customized for each user

A set of icons representing the various programs and apps installed on the PC (“shortcuts”)

A taskbar that displays icons for the apps you use most frequently

A notification area that indicates which apps/programs are currently active on the PC, and the time & date

Icons – small pictures that represent Apps or Programs

DESKTOP

Taskbar – quick access to frequently used apps Notification area

shows active apps and processes

Looking More Closely…

The Taskbar (along the bottom of the desktop from the left)

The Notification Area(along the bottom of the desktop on the right)

START – Gives access to all content on the PC. START

MENU

Start Menu

Access to areas of the computer

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Apps YOU pin here for easy access

Apps the PC puts here because

you’re using it a lot!

Search Bar

Shut DownMenu

Click – vs.- Double Click – vs. Right Click

To open an app from the desktopDOUBLE CLICK the ICON (not the words!)

To open an app from the taskbarCLICK the ICON

To open a menu of options for an itemRIGHT CLICK on the item

Files – vs. - FoldersFiles are individual documents or graphics

created in apps or imported from a compatible source

Folders contain a group of files, usually of similar topics, types, or content

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