8.2 Creating a new desktop
For the first time, you'll only see the view at the top of the page.The first desktop
is your current one.
To create a second one, click the < New desktop> icon.
After creating a new desktop, you can simply click on the desktop you want to
switch to at the top of the screen.
8.3 Taskbar
The black bar on the bottom of the desktop is called Taskbar. It provides several
key features and they are:
• Start menu
• Search box
• App shortcuts area
• Notification area
Start Menu
To open the Start menu, you can either click on the windows icon
(which is also known as Start button) located at the left end of the
taskbar or press once on the windows key of the keyboard. And the
Start menu will appear, as shown below on the keyboard. Once opened
a list of features will be available.
Search box - Cortana
Next to the Start menu is the search box, as shown below.
When you select this box, a window will pop out as shown below.
This is the Cortana icon. Cortana is a new virtual assistant built into your Windows
10. Click here to finish the setup and you can control Cortana with either keyboard
or voice commands, and use it to perform intelligent searches and more.
After you setup the Cortana settings, the search box will look like:
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