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The Taskbar as App Launcher
Each time you open a program, its icon appears on the taskbar (Figure 2-
20). That’s the way it’s always been. And when you exit that program, its
icon disappears from the taskbar.
These days, however, there’s a twist: You can pin a program’s icon to the
taskbar so it’s always there, even when it’s not open. One quick click opens
the app. The idea, of course, is to put frequently used programs front and
center, always on the screen, so you don’t even have to open the Start menu
to find them.
Figure 2-20. An icon without a white or colored underline is a program you haven’t opened yet. A
brightened background indicates the active (frontmost) program—Word, in this case.
Right-clicking one of these buttons lets you perform tasks on all the windows together, such as
closing them all at once.
If you prefer the old taskbar, where every window gets a separate button, see “Bring Back the Old
Taskbar,” a free PDF appendix on this book’s “Missing CD” at missingmanuals.com.
