Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab |
Hide inactive icons
[[Keeps the taskbar notification area from displaying unused icons.]]
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab |
Customize button |
In the Name column, click the notification you want to change, in the
Behavior column, click the behavior you want in the list, and then click
OK.
On the Taskbar tab, click Apply.
notification area
[[The area on the taskbar to the right of the taskbar buttons. The
notification area displays the time and can also contain shortcuts that
provide quick access to programs, such as Volume Control and Power
Options.
Other shortcuts can appear temporarily, providing information about the
status of activities. For example, the printer shortcut icon appears after
a
document has been sent to the printer and disappears when printing is
complete.]]
taskbar
[[The bar that contains the Start button and appears by default at the
bottom of the desktop. You can click the taskbar buttons to switch between
programs. You can also hide the taskbar, move it to the sides or top of
the
desktop, and customize it in other ways.]]
taskbar button
[[A button that appears on the taskbar and corresponds to a running
application.]]
[[When many document and program windows are open, taskbar grouping
creates
more available space on the taskbar. For example, if you have 10 windows
open and three of them are Wordpad documents, the three Wordpad document
taskbar buttons will group together into one button named "Wordpad." Click
this button and then click one of the documents to view it.
To reduce taskbar clutter, icons in the notification area (next to the
clock) are hidden from view when they haven't been used in a while. If an
icon becomes hidden, click the arrow (‹) to temporarily display the hidden
icons. If you click one of these icons, it is displayed again. ]]
[[Taskbar button grouping overviewThe taskbar can become crowded with
buttons when you are working with multiple programs at the same time. For
this reason, Windows provides a feature to help you manage a large number
of
open documents and program items.
The taskbar button grouping feature works in two ways. First, taskbar
buttons for documents opened by the same program are always displayed in
the
same area of the taskbar so you can find your documents easily.
Second, if you have many documents open in the same program, Windows
combines all the documents into one taskbar button that is labeled with
the
name of the program. A triangle on the right side of the button indicates
that many documents are open in this program. The single button provides
access to all the open documents.
To access one of the open documents, click the triangle on the taskbar
button, and then click a document name in the list. To act on all the open
documents at the same time, use the right-click menu. For example,
right-clicking the triangle gives you a menu that lets you close all the
open documents.]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In
boe said:
Thanks - actually what I want is the up and down arrows on the far
right near the clock - when you open lots of documents and apps.
Not grouping but when their are multiple lines to the taskbar.
Wesley Vogel said:
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab |
Group similar taskbar buttons
[[Displays taskbar buttons for files opened by the same program in
the same
area of the taskbar. In addition, if the taskbar becomes so crowded
with buttons that the width of the buttons shrinks beyond a certain
width, then the buttons for the same program are collapsed into a
single button. Clicking the button lets you access the document you
want. Right-clicking the button lets you close all the documents you
want.]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In boe <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hello,
For some reason, I no longer get the up and down arrows on my
taskbar when I open many programs and documents. I have to lift up
the taskbar to see all of the open items. I'd like to get those
back - thanks!
