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Tip of the week – 23rd January 2009

Jan 23

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customise, taskbar, windows

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Windows:
Are you bored of the taskbar? Then try these two tips:

1) Autohide – You may only need the taskbar sometimes so the rest of the time, why don’t you get rid of it! If you right-click your taskbar and select Properties, you’ll see that the second tick-box down says “Auto-hide the taskbar“. If you check this the taskbar will slide off your screen. When you need to see it, move your mouse to the bottom of of the screen and it will reveal itself again.

2) Move it around! – Did you know that the task bar can live on the other three sides of your screen? Just right-click and click the “Lock the taskbar” line so that it no longer has a tick next to it. Next, drag any empty part of the taskbar to the side of the screen you want it to be. Once you’re happy, you can “lock” the taskbar into play by repeat the first part of this tip.