Start Menu Jump Lists

To engage the Start Menu, left click on the Start Orb (bottom left corner of the screen) and the screen shown in Figure 1 will appear.

Figure 1 - Start Menu

Pinned Entry

Folders

Recently used programs

Search Box Shut Down

On the left hand side you see icons for the most recently used programs and tools, the All Programs Menu and a search box.

On the right hand side, you see the folders (Documents, Pictures, Music etc.) as well as the Log Off/Shutdown button. If an item has a small arrow next to it, the category has a Jump List which can be viewed. This feature can be turned on in the Start Menu customization area.

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Customize the Start Menu

You can customize the Start Menu to suit your own tastes. For instance if you want the recently opened documents list to be built up by Windows to show a Jump List of your most commonly accessed applications, you can customize the Start Menu as follows:

1. Left click the Start button 2. Right click on a vacant space on the right of the Start Menu 3. Left click on Properties 4. On the Start menu tab, click Customize (see Figure 2) 5. Scroll down to recent Items (see Figure 3) 6. Left click in the box adjacent to Recent Items (see Figure 3) 7. Left click OK 8. Left click on Apply

Figure 2 Selecting the Start Menu Customize area

Select Start Menu Tab

Click on Customize

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Figure 3 Customizing the Start Menu

Scroll Bar

Tick Box

Click OK

Now when you click on the Start Orb, notice that the Recent Items are listed with an arrow next to it. If you hover your mouse over Recent Items, a Jump List will appear of your most recent items accessed from this computer (Figure 4). You might want to spend some time exploring the start Menu customize feature and see what you can do.

Figure 4 - Start Menu Jump List

Hover the mouse over Recent Items and a Jump List will appear of the most recent items accessed from this computer.

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