Using the Shortcuts Bar

The Shortcuts bar is a useful way to streamline your work. It means you don't have to work your way through the menus to accomplish a task -- instead, you can click a shortcut and go straight there. On the black bar at the top of your screen, you should see Manage, then Shortcuts, then your directory ID. If you click on Shortcuts, you'll see the shortcuts already created. You can add to these shortcuts as needed, remove those you don't use, and rearrange what's there. 

To add a shortcut, click Manage to return to the regular menu bar. Find the type of content for which you want to make a shortcut, and right click on the link and choose Copy Link Location, or else just notice the machine name for the content. All these links follow a similar pattern -- /node/add/[name of content type]. Click Edit Shortcuts, on the right side of the bar, and then click the button labeled Add Shortcut.