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MODIFYING THE QUICK LAUNCH BAR AND THE The System Tray
SYSTEM TRAY The System tray is sometimes referred to as the Notification

We can find the Quick Launch bar beside the search bar on area. It is located on the bottom-right corner of the desktop
the taskbar. This provides quick and easy way to start a found on the taskbar. This area displays programs running in
program with just a single click. the background of Windows.
Adding on Icon on the Quick Launch Bar Some of the common program icons displayed in the System
tray include the following:
We may add an icon on the Quick Launch bar by doing the
following steps. 1. Battery status
1. Drag any shortcut, file, folder, or drive over the Quick 2. Sound volume control
Launch bar on the taskbar. 3. Availability software
2. Drop the item to create a shortcut of it on the Quick 4. Anti-virus software
Launch bar.
5. Date and time
Another way is by right-clicking on the shortcut on the desktop
Changing the Date and Time Settings
or from the Start menu then choose Pin to taskbar.
1. Click the Date and Time option on the System Tray to
display the Clock and the Calendar.
2. Click the Date and Time setting below the Calendar.
Removing an Icon on the Quick Launch Bar

To remove an icon on the Quick Launch bar, do the following
steps.
3. The window for Time and Language settings will
1. Right click on the icon you want to delete from the
come up. Choose Date & Time.
Quick Launch bar.
2. Choose Unpin this program from taskbar.
4. On the right panel of window, the Set time Microsoft Office programs have the same user interface.
automatically should be turned off. Below Change This makes it easier for us to use the technics that we have
date and time, click the Change button. learned from other programs and apply these onto the others.
Graphical User Interfaces are tools that let us talk to our

computers.
Let us identify the parts of the Microsoft Office environment
GUI shown.
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The Title bar is found on top of the window. It shows the name
of the document followed by the name of the program.
5. Change the date and time. Click the Change button to There are buttons on the right side that are used to change the
bring the changes into effect. items in the Ribbon, minimize, restore, maximize, and close
the window.
The Quick Access toolbar appears on the left side of the Title
bar. It has commands that are often used while we work on our
document.
The Ribbon is found on top of the program window. It is directly

below the Title bar and contains tabs that with related
commands grouped together.
The Navigation pane is found on the left side of the window.
EXPLORING THE WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT This allows us to move around, search for text, and organize
things in our document.
Modern-day computers got smaller and more powerful. When
people needed to improve and develop the devices, the trend
The Document window is our working area. It appears below
was, size got smaller and processing power got bigger.
the Ribbon and displays what the document is about.
Aside from this, computers became more user-friendly. User-
The Cursor is the blinking vertical line. It shows where text will
friendly means the devices that we have is quite easy to use
be inserted or where the objects will be moved.
and helps us get to do your tasks faster. There are images on
our screen that guide us when we use our computer.
The Scroll bars are the bars that are seen on the right side and
Examples of these are toolbars, quick launch buttons, and bottom of our document window. It allows us to move our
shortcuts. document up or down and left or right.
Microsoft Office application screens were designed very similar The Status bar appears at the bottom of the program window.
to each other so we can find the same tools in the same It shows information about our document such as pages,
places. The grouping of tabs, icons, and shortcuts help keep number of words, etc. The tools found on the right side of the
things organized as we do our tasks. Status bar are used to display our document in different ways.
It can also change the zoom level of our document.
GUI stands for Graphical User Interface it is defined as a

program that allows a person to work easily with a computer by
using a mouse to point to small pictures and other elements on
the screen.

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MODIFYING THE QUICK LAUNCH BAR AND THE The System Tray

SYSTEM TRAY The System tray is sometimes referred to as the Notification

2. Click the Date and Time setting below the Calendar.

Removing an Icon on the Quick Launch Bar

Graphical User Interfaces are tools that let us talk to our

The Ribbon is found on top of the program window. It is directly

GUI stands for Graphical User Interface it is defined as a

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