Juggling Windows
Mousercise- Day 5, step W

Icons on the Taskbar are shortcuts for different programs, e.g., a web page, a Solitaire game, or a word processing program.

Some programs don't have shortcuts.  You find them by browsing the programs listed in your Start Menu.  Whenever a program is opened, Windows creates a temporarily "highlighted" icon on the taskbar. 
Thus the "lit" icons are the programs that are running.

Think of your monitor as your desktop, and windows as sheets of paper.
When you have a lot on your desk, some programs or pages may get buried.
Use the icon on the taskbar to retrieve windows that are temporarily out of sight.
You now have two programs open.  Each has its own window.

Practice switching back and forth between Solitaire and Mousercise.

You could open a third program.
Click, Start/ All Programs/ Accessories/ Sticky Notes
Note the new icon on your taskbar.

Sticky Notes are unusual windows.  They will not maximize or minimize. 
Touch part of the window behind your sticky note and the note seems to disappear.
(Touching a piece of the background window brings it to the front, burying your note.)
Retrieve your Sticky Note by using the icon on the taskbar.

Monitor your taskbar as you use your computer.  Know what you have running.  Close what you are finished with.  Running multiple programs wastes RAM, the operating memory of your computer.  It may slow your computer down.

Close Solitaire and your Sticky Note before proceeding.

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