The word Start at the bottom left of the desktop indicates the Start menu. Click Start to find icons (images) and/or names of programs you use frequently. You also might find some or all of the following:

• Programs (or All Programs): Click to see all the software applications on your computer.
• Favorites: Click to find saved Internet favorites.
• Documents (or My Documents): Click to open the folder in which most users save Word documents.
• My Recent Documents: Click to see a list documents read, typed, or changed within the last few days. (Hint: If you lose a document, the best place to start looking for it is in My Recent Documents. After you find and open the missing file, go to File>Save As, and note where the document is saved.)
• Search (or Find): Click to access the tool used to find lost files and programs.
• Control Panel (or Settings): Click to access tools for selecting computer options: volume, screen savers, add/remove programs, and much, much more.
• Help (or Help and Support): Click to access online help.
• Run: Click to open a window in which you can type the name of a file, document, or program you want to open.
• Shut Down: Click to shut down the computer.

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