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Adding Shortcuts

Adding Shortcuts. Topic 8. What is a Shortcut?. A  shortcut  offers a way of doing a task more quickly such as starting a program or accessing a document. The shortcut icon has a  small arrow in the left corner  to help you distinguish it from the actual icon that represents programs and files.

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Adding Shortcuts

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  1. Adding Shortcuts Topic 8

  2. What is a Shortcut? • A shortcut offers a way of doing a task more quickly such as starting a program or accessing a document. The shortcut icon has a small arrow in the left corner to help you distinguish it from the actual icon that represents programs and files. • When you delete a shortcut, the original item still exists on your computer in its original location.

  3. Adding a Shortcut • To add a shortcut to the desktop using Windows Explorer or My Computer: • Open Windows Explorer or My Computer. • Double-click a drive or folder. • Click the file, program, or folder for which you want to make a shortcut. The item darkens when you select it. • Choose FileCreate Shortcut. • Resize the window so you can see the desktop. • Hover the mouse pointer over the shortcut icon and hold down the left mouse button and drag the shortcut onto desktop (in the left pane). • Release the left mouse button and a shortcut is moved to the desktop.

  4. Right-click to Add a Shortcut • To add a shortcut by right-clicking: • Open Windows Explorer or My Computer. • Double-click a drive or folder. • Right-click the file, program, or folder for which you want to make a shortcut. • A pop-up menu appears. Choose Create Shortcut. • Resize the window so you can see the desktop. • Hover the mouse pointer over the shortcut icon and hold down the left mouse button and drag the shortcut onto desktop (in the left pane). • Release the left mouse button and a shortcut is moved to the desktop.

  5. Challenge! • Add a shortcut for your Shopping List to your desktop (created in the previous lesson). • First, open My Documents. • When the folder opens, resize the window so you can see the desktop. • Create a shortcut for Shopping List on the desktop using one of the three methods described in this lesson.

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