Datasheet

task, the taskbar is the tool that lets you manage those tasks. Each program
you open has a title bar at the top, which shows the program’s icon (symbol)
and usually the name of the program as well. For each open program, you’ll find
a corresponding button on the taskbar that shows the same icon and name, as
in Figure 1-10.
Figure 1-10: Calculator on the desktop and its taskbar
button
The taskbar is especially handy when you have several open programs piled
up on the desktop at once. To bring any of those open programs to the top of
the pile, you just have to click the program’s taskbar button. You’ll learn more
about managing open program windows in Chapter 4.
You can also make an open program window disappear, and reappear, by
clicking its taskbar button.
To close an open program, click the Close (X) button (shown at left) in its
upper-right corner.
The Notification Area
The Notification Area is to the right of the taskbar. It has some weird little icons
that represent services currently running on your computer. Its name comes
from the fact that, when Windows or some other program has a suggestion
for you, a little message pops up from that area, as in the example shown in
Figure 1-11.
Calculator's title bar
Calculator's taskbar button
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