The "Start" Menu Part 3

In this concluding part, we will look at the more obvious sections of the "Start" menu.

When you "open" the "Start" menu you will notice that as well as your most commonly used software situated to the left, there are also some sections on the right that are always there, they are really self explanatory but we will expand on them a little more here.

1. Documents (or My Documents) - this is where you can store all of your letters, or files that you would like to keep for future reference.
2. Pictures (or My Pictures) - this is where your pictures taken from your digital camera or saved from an email will be stored.
3. Music (or My Music) - again this is where you will store all of your music that you download or copy from a compact disc, most portable music players such as the Apple iPod will use this section to look for music to copied onto it.
4. Games - again this section has some built in Windows Games. ( This section of the "Start" menu is not available in Windows XP).
5. Recent Items (or My Recent Documents) - this section stores the last used files you used so that you can access them more quickly, if you are writing a letter late at night and decide to go back to it the day after, you can click on this section and the last saved version of the letter will be there.
6. Computer (or My Computer) - this area gives you access to the file structure of your computer, this area really doesn't need to be touched and really should only be used by the more confident and advanced user.
7. Control Panel - this section links to an area where you can make changes to your computer settings. This will be an area we will expand on later.

There are other options on the "Start" menu but these a specific to the version you are using, for more detail on these sections please choose the version that is relevant to you at the top of the site.