Displaying and Arranging Toolbars

Displaying and Arranging Toolbars

Toolbars provide easy access to commonly used tasks . Windows XP comes with a set of toolbars you can use to access programs, folders, documents, and Web pages right from the taskbar. You can rearrange, resize, and move the toolbars to compliment your working style. When you move a toolbar, you can attach, or dock it, to any of the sides on the desktop or you can float it in a window anywhere within the desktop.

Show or Hide a Toolbar

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Right-click a blank area on the taskbar.

graphics/two_icon.jpg Point to Toolbars, and then click a toolbar without a check mark.

A toolbar with a check mark is already displayed.

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Did You Know?

You can display hidden buttons on a toolbar . Click the double-arrow at the end of the toolbar.

You can display buttons on the taskbar . Click the up or down arrow on the taskbar to scroll through the taskbar buttons.


See Also

See " Customizing the Taskbar " on page 100 for information on modifying the taskbar.


Toolbars on the Taskbar

Toolbar

Description

Address

Opens web pages, network locations, files, and folders using the Address bar from Internet Explorer

Links

Opens links using the Links toolbar from Internet Explorer

Language bar

Switches between languages

Desktop

Opens windows to files, folders, and shortcuts on the desktop

Quick Launch

Starts Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Windows Media Player, or minimizes all the windows on the desktop


Unlock or Lock the Taskbar

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Right-click a blank area on the taskbar.

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Click Lock The Taskbar.

  • Toolbars on the taskbar are locked when a check mark is displayed.

  • Toolbars on the taskbar are unlocked when a check mark isn't displayed.

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Move a Toolbar

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Right-click a blank area on the taskbar, and then click Lock The Taskbar to remove the check mark, if necessary.

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Point to the name of the toolbar, and then drag it to a new location on the desktop docked to the side or floating in the middle.

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Did You Know?

You can resize a toolbar . Unlock the taskbar, and then drag the small vertical bar at the beginning of the toolbar.

You can expand or collapse a toolbar . Unlock the taskbar, and then double-click the small vertical bar at the beginning of the toolbar.




Show Me Microsoft Windows XP
Show Me Microsoft Windows XP (2nd Edition)
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