User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE 2800

[. . . ] User's Guide Satellite 2800/2805 Series ® Tips for viewing PDFs: To use bookmarks, click the Bookmarks tab, then click the plus sign (+) next to the bookmark icon to display topics in that chapter. Click the minus (-) sign to collapse again. To use thumbnails, click the Thumbnails tab, and double-click on the page number you want to view. (The page will appear on the right side of your screen. ) To print, specify a range of pages in the Acrobat Print dialog box, or specify noncontiguous pages or a particular page before opening the dialog box. [. . . ] However, when you do encounter one, it provides a convenient way to start the program to look at it while you read about the program in the Help topic. Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer Getting to Know Windows Millennium Edition Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do? 147 Using the online tours and tutorials Whether you are new to computers or you have some experience, the Windows Millennium Edition Tours and Tutorials collection is a good place to start. If you are not familiar with either Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition, start with "Windows Millennium Edition Preview. " If you have used Windows 98, "Learning about the benefits of Windows Me features" is a helpful introduction to the new features in Windows Millennium Edition. Sample Windows Millennium Edition Tours and Tutorials window To start a Windows Millennium Edition tour or tutorial: 1 Click Help, then click Tours and Tutorials. The Microsoft Help and Support window takes you to the Tours and Tutorial section. 2 3 Scroll through the list of Tours and Tutorials and select the place you want to start. Click the selected topic and follow the instructions on the screen. Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer Chapter 6 Exploring Your Options In this chapter, you will explore other features of your Satellite notebook computer. Windows Millennium Edition special features Windows Millennium Edition offers you the best in digital media, improved user experience, enhanced home networking and a richer, Internet experience. Best in digital media---For digital photos, it provides easier image acquisition and image management in the My Pictures folder. For digital games, it provides easier access to online games, and game partners, and it includes an assortment of bundled games. Improved user experience--New system file protection, a system restore function, allowing you to rollback the system to its previous state; an improved help center, and support automation, helping to eliminate time wasted on collecting data. It also provides automatic Windows update. 149 Exploring Your Options Personalizing your desktop 150 Enhanced home networking--Wizards simplify setting up your home network; you can easily share one Internet connection among multiple PC's; and an automatic discovery feature allows your computer to detect new and intelligent devices. Richest Internet experience--Provides you with Internet Explorer 5. 5, NetMeeting® 3. 1, MSN® Messenger, and Outlook® Express. Personalizing your desktop Your desktop is your virtual workspace. This section explains how to customize its features for the way you like to work. You can customize the following aspects of the desktop: Taskbar -- which resources to display for quick access Active DesktopTM -- what information from the Internet to always display Desktop style -- how windows are displayed and how to browse folders and files Toolbars -- what information appears at the top of each window Customizing the Taskbar As you work, the Taskbar changes to reflect what you are doing. Its icons provide shortcuts to programs, documents, files, folders, system features, and components. Open applications also have Forward and Backward buttons to allow navigation through folders, documents, and Web sites. Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer Exploring Your Options Personalizing your desktop 151 For example, you can personalize the Taskbar to include not only Quick Launch icons, but also your favorite URL addresses or local folders and programs. DEFINITION: URL stands for Universal Resource Locator, which is the address that defines the route to a file on the Web or any other Internet facility. Generically, it is known as the World Wide Web site address. Having a list of favorite URLs handy saves time because using it bypasses the need for you to launch your browser first. To access all Taskbar options: 1 2 Point to an empty space in the taskbar and click the secondary button. Point to Active Desktop and customize your setting. Bringing the world to your desktop With Windows Millennium Edition you can set up your desktop with complete World Wide Web integration at a single click. As Microsoft Help says, "The Active Desktop interface lets you put `active content' from Web pages or a channel on your desktop. You can make your desktop truly your own space by adding the active items you refer to on a regular basis: news, weather, sports, stock prices or whatever you want to have at hand. " Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer Exploring Your Options Personalizing your desktop 152 Turning on the Active Desktop The first step to bring active content to your desktop is to turn on the Active Desktop: 1 2 Place the cursor on an empty space on the desktop and click the secondary button. Point to Active Desktop, then click Show Web Content. [. . . ] RJ11--A modular connector used on most U. S. telephone systems and direct-connect modems. The RJ11 connector is a 6-wire connector. ROM (read-only memory)--Non-volatile memory that can be read but not written to. [. . . ]