Windows 7 Hot Tips Series: 21 through 25
Tip #21: Keep What You Want Within Easy Reach
Jump Lists in Windows 7 will help you keep your desktop free of clutter and find files quickly. They’re automatically populated based on how often and how recently you do things, so you’ll spend less time looking for your favorite song or the document you worked on yesterday.
There’s a Jump List for each program on your Start menu and taskbar.
With one click you can:
See frequently and recently viewed Web sites on the Jump List for Internet Explorer 8.
Drag and drop a file from the Jump List into Outlook as an attachment.
See options to play a recent song or a playlist on the Jump List for Windows Media Player.
Tip #22: Stay One Click Away From the Programs You Use Most
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Windows 7 Hot Tips Series: 16 through 20
Tip #16: Right-Click Mania
In Windows 7, right-clicking may just be your secret friend. There are many ways the right-click can simplify your computing experience. Here are just a few:
Right-click any empty spot in your desktop, and you have the control to change the screen resolution.
Right-click any of the icons in the Taskbar to “Unpin this program from the Taskbar.”
Right-click the Taskbar Explorer icon to access your most frequently used folders.
Tip #17: Unveil Your Hidden Drives
See the drives that aren’t currently in use when you open My Computer.
Click Computer → Alt to see the toolbar → Tools → Folder Options → View (tab) →
Uncheck “Hide empty drives in the Computer folder.”
And they magically appear!
Tip #18: Find a File or a Song You Want – Instantly
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Windows 7 Hot Tips Series: 11 through 15
Tip #11: Change the Scenery
Windows 7 allows you to personalize your desktop background with a new shuffle feature for your desktop.
You can program your desktop background to shuffle through your favorite images and get a change of scenery as often as you like.
To enable the shuffle feature, right click on your Desktop and select “Personalize,” then “Desktop Background.” Choose the folder where your favorite images or photos are stored and select as many as you like. Make sure you check the “Shuffle” box, and choose how often you’d like your images to shuffle.
Tip #12: Crunch The Numbers
The new Windows 7 calculator is a number cruncher’s dream.
New functionality allows calculations in the following modes:
* Standard
* Scientific
* Programmer
* Statistics
And that’s not all! Conversion formulas are available for:
* Temperature
* Weight
* Area
* Time
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Windows 7 Hot Tips Series: 6 through 10
#6: Help the Help Desk Help You
Solving problems unique to a machine can be an arduous task for both the end-user and the help desk.
Windows 7 introduces the Problem Steps Recorder, a screen-capture tool that allows the end-user to record the problems they’re having step-by-step.
The program is accessible from the Control Panel under “Record steps to reproduce a problem” or run psr.exe from Explorer.
Hit “record” then add in comments as needed. A HTML-based file is converted to a .ZIP folder, which is easily passed on to the help desk.
#7: Sticky Notes Avoid Sticky Situations
Instead of using paper, use Windows 7 Sticky Notes. Enjoy the variety of seven fun Sticky Note colors by right-clicking the note.
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Windows 7 Hot Tips Series: 1 through 5
Tip 1: Shuffling Through Program Windows
Windows 7 allows you to switch through same program windows with ease.
- Example: running multiple documents in Microsoft Word
Press down on the Ctrl key while clicking the icon from the taskbar.
Each click will change the window to the next in the sequence, in the order that you opened them.
Tip 2: Managing Your Windows
Windows 7 simplifies document and program management by allowing you to “dock” a window or manipulate its size with one mouse maneuver or a simple keystroke.
To dock your window on one half of the screen, drag it to the left or right and it will change its size to fit that half of the screen.
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