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to display the pop-up menu and then click the appropriate menu option. For
example, to open the Volume Control dialog box to adjust the volume of your
speakers, right-click the speaker icon in the notification area and then choose
Open Volume Mixer from the pop-up menu that appears.
To temporarily expand the notification area so that all of its icons are displayed,
click the Show Hidden Icons button (the one to the left of the first displayed
icon in this area, sporting a triangle pointing upward). Note that you can also
customize the notification area as part of customizing the taskbar and Start
menu properties. (See the next section, “Customizing the notification area,” for
more information.)
Customizing the notification area
You can also customize the settings for the notification area of the taskbar by
altering the settings in the Notification Area Icons window opened by clicking
the Customize button in the Notification Area of the Taskbar tab in the Taskbar
and Start Menu Properties dialog box, which in turn is opened by right-clicking
the taskbar and then choosing Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.
In the Notification Area Icons window, you can change the circumstances under
which particular notification icons are displayed in the notification area and
also turn the display of system icons on and off.
The list box in this window is divided into two columns: Icons and Behaviors.
You can then change the way a particular icon is displayed in the notification
area by selecting any of the following behaviors on its Behaviors drop-down
button:
✓ Show Icon and Notification: Displays the particular process’s icon in your
notification area as well as any notifications above the icon.
✓ Hide Icon and Notification: Displays neither the process’s icon nor notifi-
cation in your notification area.
✓ Only Show Notifications: Displays a process’s notification above the notifi-
cation area without also displaying its icon.
If you want all icons on your notification area displayed along with their notifica-
tions, you can turn on the Show Icon and Notification setting for all the icons in
one step: Simply click the Always Show All Icons and Notifications on the
Taskbar check box at the bottom of the Notification Area Icons window and then
click OK.
Arranging windows on the desktop
Normally when you open multiple windows on the desktop, they overlap one
another, with only the most recently opened window fully displayed on top. As
you open more windows, it becomes increasingly difficult to arrange them so
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