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Click here to display the new Windows 11 Start Menu |
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Click here to open the search panel where you can search your documents and the web |
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Copilot in Windows is an AI-powered intelligent assistant that helps you get answers and inspirations from across the web, supports creativity and collaboration, and helps you focus on the task at hand |
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Click here to open the Widgets panel |
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Task View |
Click here to see all open applications and windows and easily switch between them
You can also select (or create) multiple desktops |
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Microsoft Teams |
Launches Microsoft Teams |
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Allows you to navigate your drives, folders and files |
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Browse the internet using the browser built into Windows 11 |
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Open the Microsoft Store so you can find and install apps, games and much more |
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Thumbnail Preview |
Hover over any minimized or pinned programs on your taskbar to get a thumbnail preview of that window, makes it easier to switch between applications and choose the windows you want active |
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The desktop area which can contain shortcuts to your installed apps, or files and folders |
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Taskbar Corner |
Shows icons for common functions such as volume, network, pen and virtual keyboard along with any other icons you have chosen to show here e.g. OneDrive, Antivirus etc |
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Taskbar Corner Overflow |
Icons which are not chosen to be shown in the Taskbar Corner will appear in the Overflow accessible by clicking the up arrow |
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Date / Time |
Shows date and time and when clicked displays monthly calendar |
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Notifications |
Icon shows number of unread notifications and when clicked shows notifications panel - more details below |
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Show desktop |
Click here to minimize all open windows and show the desktop |
Taskbar Settings
You can access the Taskbar Settings by right clicking anywhere on the Taskbar and choosing it from the menu which appears.
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Taskbar Items |
Choose which buttons appear on the Taskbar e.g. Search, Copilot, Task view, and Widgets
And in the case of Search how it appears
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Taskbar corner Icons |
Choose which icons appear in the corner of your taskbar e.g. Pen menu and Touch keyboard
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Taskbar corner overflow |
Choose which additional icons you wish to show in the corner (A), the rest will appear in the overflow (B)
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Taskbar behaviours |
Change Taskbar behaviours:-
Taskbar Alignment - change location of Start Menu button and taskbar icons from centre to left Choose whether to automatically hide the taskbar Show badges such as unread email count on taskbar apps Choose whether to show taskbar on all desktops if using multiple monitors Enable/disable show desktop
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Notifications
New notifications pop-up down the bottom right hand corner, they are shown here for 5 seconds before disappearing.
The number of unread notifications is indicated as shown below.
When you click these notifications a panel will be shown with more details of any current notifications.
Click the X to close the current notification.
You can click the . . . icon to show the below context menu where you can choose to turn of all notifications for specific event / app, make future alerts high priority, or open the main notifications page in Settings to make further changes.
Touch Control
Below are for touch screen enabled devices and can also be used on some laptops with touchpads which support gestures:-
•Swipe in from the right to open Notifications.
