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Figure 1-11: A sample notification message
When you see one of those notifications, you have two choices.
✦ Read the message, and, if you want to pursue what it’s offering, click
the text of the message.
✦ If you want to ignore the message, or reject what it’s offering, click
the X button inside the message.
If you don’t understand what a notification means, your best bet would be to
close it. The message will come back from time to time. You can try out what-
ever it’s offering after you’ve learned more. For now, that’s the gist of how some
of the items on the desktop work. You’ll be seeing, and using, all of those things
in upcoming chapters, as well as each time you use your computer.
Using Icons
The little pictures you see all over the place in Windows are called icons. Every
icon is a little emblem, or symbol, for something larger. That something larger
could be anything — a program, a folder, a video, a song, a typed document —
things you’ll learn about in upcoming chapters. Using small icons to represent
larger things helps keep the clutter on your desktop to a minimum. Figure 1-12
shows some examples of icons, in no particular order.
Figure 1-12: Some sample icons in no particular order
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