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Widgets: weather and news
Check the weather and read a news story from the Widgets button on the taskbar.
Step by step
- Click the weather, at the bottom left. Look at the very bottom left corner of the screen, on the taskbar (the dark strip at the bottom): there is a small weather picture with a temperature and a word such as "Sunny". Click it: the Widgets panel opens, a big dark board with the weather and the news.
- Click a news story. In the panel, the "Weather" box shows today's weather and the next few days. Look at it, then click one of the news cards (each has a headline): the Browser opens with the results about that story.
- Close this window. You are done with this window, so close it: click the ✕ button at the top right corner of the "Browser" window (on its title bar, the strip at the top). The window disappears.
These steps are written for SafePC, a pretend Windows-style computer in your web browser. On your own computer, the buttons and menus may look a little different, but the idea is the same.
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