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
You can pin the programs you use most on your taskbar so that you can access them with one click.
Hover your cursor over the favorite program and drag it to the taskbar, or
Right click on it and choose ” pin to taskbar”.
Your program will then be pinned to the taskbar. To open the program, just click on the icon on your taskbar. You can unpin any program at any time.
Tip #23: Connect Wireless Devices to Your Network More Easily
With Windows 7, wireless set-up is easier than ever. You can add wireless devices that are certified for Windows 7, including printers, network attached storage devices, and digital media players to your network in just a few steps.
Launch the ‘Add a Device’ wizard, then
Type in the PIN located on the device.
Windows will automatically connect the device to your wireless network.
Tip #24: Personalize Your PC
Make your Windows 7 PC look the way you want it to. With Windows 7, there are more and easier ways to personalize your PC.
Right-click on your desktop, then Click Personalize to:
Choose from many beautiful and expressive built-in themes, or
Turn your desktop background into a slide show of your favorite photos.
Click Gadgets to:
Add gadgets to your desktop so information you frequently need – from traffic conditions to stock quotes to upcoming appointments – is just a glance away.
Tip #25: Specialized Windows Switching
Another feature that power users will love is the ability to do a kind of “Alt+Tab” switching across windows that belong to just one application.
For example, if you’ve got five Outlook message windows open along with ten other windows, you can quickly tab through just the Outlook windows by holding down the Ctrl key while you repeatedly click on the single Outlook icon.
This will toggle through each of the five Outlook windows in order, and is way faster than opening Alt+Tab and trying to figure out which of the tiny thumbnail images relates to the specific message you’re trying to find.
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