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PART I
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INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND CUSTOMIZATION
With the taskbar unlocked, you can also resize it. Click and drag the edge
to resize it to show as much or as little information as you like. This tends to
have better results when the taskbar is at the sides of your screen, rather than
the top or bottom, but it’s a matter of personal preference. When you have it
resized, you can re-lock the taskbar so that it keeps its size and location.
There are several other behavior and appearance settings you can
change for the taskbar. Right-click the taskbar and then click Properties, or
right-click the Start button, click Properties, and then click the taskbar tab
(see Figure 3.21).
Figure 3.21. Change key taskbar behavior using the Taskbar Properties
dialog box.
Most of the settings are self-explanatory, but the two that you may want to
change are Group similar taskbar buttons and Show Quick Launch. The
grouping feature is an attempt to save button space in the taskbar. When you
open more than one window using the same application, such as Word or
Internet Explorer, Windows will collect the windows into a single taskbar but-
ton. The button is then modified to show the number of collected windows
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