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2. Point to All Programs.

A menu listing the different program categories pops out above the Start menu, as
shown in Figure 2-1.
3. Point to the word Accessories. All Programs
Another menu, the Accessories menu, shoots out to the side of the All Programs menu,
as shown in Figure 2-2. The program you want to load, WordPad, is in the Accessories
menu. Can you find it?
4. Click the word WordPad.
The WordPad program appears on the screen in its own window, as shown in Figure Accessories
2-3. WordPad is a simple word processing program that is included with Microsoft
Windows.
NOTE: The All Programs menu is merely a list of the programs that should be
available on your computer. When installed, programs should automatically
add themselves to the Start menu. Occasionally, old MS-DOS programs or
programs that are poorly written may not put themselves on the Start menu WordPad program
when you install them, and you will have to find and add the program to the
All Programs menu yourself. You’ll learn how to manually add programs to
the Start menu in an upcoming lesson.
Most programs run in
Great! You’ve just started your first program. Turn the page and we’ll examine the parts of the
their own separate
WordPad window.
window on the screen.

Quick Reference
To Start a Program:
1. Click the Start button.
2. If the program appears on
the Start menu click it,
otherwise point to the All
Programs option.
3. Click the menu and any
submenus where the
program you want to run
is located.
4. Click the name of the
program you want to run.