CPG Final Win 7

8/3/2019 CPG Final Win 7

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Introduction to Windows 7


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Agenda

Windows Desktop Windows 7 Taskbar

Windows 7 Ribbon

Windows 7 Libraries

Tips and Tricks The Windows Key


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The Desktop


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Windows 7 Taskbar

Jump Lists Thumbnail Toolbars

Custom Switchers

Icons

Overlay Icons

Progress Bars


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Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists

Mini Start Menu for yourprogram

Surface key destinations and tasks

Customizable

Accessible via right-click and via drag


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Jump Lists

A Detailed Look

Destinations

(nouns)

Tasks(verbs)

Known categories

Custom categories

User tasks

Taskbar tasks

Pinned category


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Windows 7 Taskbar Icons

Face of yourprogram

Large and small icons

Color hot-track

Icon Overlay Surface important notifications Appears over yourprograms icon

Progress bar Surface important notifications Appears in your taskbar button


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Overlay Icons

Surface importantnotifications

Appears over yourprograms icon


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Progress Bars

Surface importantprogress

Appears in your taskbar

button


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Live Thumbnails

Live thumbnails: Alive preview

Windows Vista: One thumbnail per window Windows 7: Grouped thumbnails


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Peek Preview (Aero Peek)

Live peek without a click


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Windows 7 Taskbar Custom Switchers

Surface custom UI (e.g.TDI/MDI)

Custom thumbnails for

each window Appears in your programswindow list


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Windows 7 Taskbar


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Explorer and Libraries


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Windows 7 Libraries

Cleanernavigation

Easypreviews

Powerful

Instant Search

Arrangement

views

Federatedsearch

Libraries


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Windows 7 Explorer


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Windows 7Windows 7

Tips and TricksTips and Tricks


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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

Tip 1: Shuffling Through Program Windows

Tip 2: Managing Your Windows

Tip 3: Project Your Display With Ease

Tip 4: Multi-Monitor Window Management

Tip 5: Aero Peek Your Desktop

Tip 6: Live Clutter-Free

Tip 7: Help the Help Desk Help You


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Shuffling Through Program Windows

Windows 7 allows you to switch through same program windowswith 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, inthe order that you opened them.


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Managing Your Windows

Windows 7 simplifies document and program management byallowingyou to dock a window or manipulate its size with onemouse maneuver or a simple keystroke.

To dock your window on one half of the screen, drag it to the leftor right and it will change its size to fit that half of the screen.

To manipulate the vertical size of a window, drag the window tothe top to maximize it, or double-click the windows top orbottom border to maximize it vertically while keeping the samewidth.

You can also perform all of these functions with keystrokes:

+Left Arrow and +Right Arrow dock to half the screen

+Up Arrow and + DownArrow maximize and minimize

+Shift+Up Arrow and +Shift+DownArrow maximizeand restorevertical size.


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Project Your Display With Ease

Plugging in a projector and projectingyour display is a snapwith the Windows 7 driver display utility, displayswitch.exe.

Press:+P to display the followingeasy-to-navigate pop-up window:

By hittingyour arrow keys (or +P) you can switch throughmultiple display settings, such as clone, extend or externalonly.

If you want broader control overpresentation settings, you can alsopress Win+Xto open the WindowsMobility Center, which allows you toturn on a presentation mode that switches IM clients to do not disturb,disables screensavers, sets a neutral wallpaper etc.


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Multi-Monitor Window Management

Use multiple monitors conveniently in Windows 7.

When working in multi-monitors, use the keyboard shortcuts+Shift+Left Arrow and +Shift+Right Arrow to togglebetween monitors.

The new window will keep its relative position to the top-leftorigin of the original.


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Aero Peek Your Desktop

A versatile tool introduced with Windows 7 is theWindows Aero feature, Aero Peek.

Click the rectangle in the lower right hand corner of thetask bar for quick access to your desktop.

The keyboard shortcut+Space performs the same function.

Aero Peek


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Live Clutter-Free

Windows 7 gets rid of all the superfluous windows behind your active window.

Hit +Home to minimize all inactive windows. To restore the windows justpress +Home again.


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Sticky Notes Avoid Sticky Situations

Instead ofusing paper, useWindows 7 Sticky Notes. Enjoythe variety of seven fun StickyNote colors by right-clicking thenote.

Need another sticky note reminder? Click the + sign in thetop left corner of the existing note to create a new one. Toaccess Sticky Notes, click Start All Programs

Accessories Sticky Notes.


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Adaptive Display Brightness

The display on a typical mobile PC consumes more battery power

than any otherpart of the computer. Windows 7 automaticallyreduces display brightness after a period of inactivity, much like cellphones do today.

In addition, Windows 7 intelligently adapts to your activity. Forexample, if the screen dims after 30 seconds and you immediatelymove the mouse to brighten the display, Windows 7 will wait 60

seconds before dimming the display again.


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Notify Me, My Way

Windows 7 helps solve more

problems, and, solve them on yourschedule.

The Action Center is a new, integratedControl Panel experience thatprovides a central place to go fortasks and notifications associated with

keeping your computer runningsmoothly. Youll see fewer notifications on your desktop

because the Action Center consolidates alertsfrom ten existing Windows features.

When Windows 7 needs your attention, youll see a new icon in the notification area.

To find out more, click the icon to see a menu that offers options for directly addressing the issue, or youcan go to the Action Center formore details.

In addition, you can choose which notifications youre interested in hearing about.

From the Control Panel go to System Security Action Center and click the Change Action Center settinglink on the left to choose which alerts to receive.


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Authority over thePower Switch

On the Windows 7 Start Menu, the default poweroption is a simple shut down.

If youd like a different action, you can easilychange your default to Switch User, Log Off, Lock,Restart, or Sleep.

Right-click the Start button, select Properties, and

under the Start Menu tab, select the PowerButton Action that suits you best.


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Locale Specific

One of the many new features in Windows 7 is the

Control Panels Default Location where you can storeyour location information (Country, ZIP code,geographical coordinates).

Internet applications that are location dependent are

faster when your location is known, for example, findingattractions near you.

Also, programs can find and download files faster whenyour location is known.

From the Control Panel click Clock, Language, andRegion Change Location Default Location, andenter your location information.


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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 sceneryas 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 orphotosare stored and select as many as you like. Make sure youcheck the Shuffle box, and choose how often youd likeyour images to shuffle.


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Crunch The Numbers

The new Windows 7 calculator is a number crunchers

dream. New functionality allows calculations in the following

modes:

Standard

Scientific

Programmer

Statistics .

And thats not all! Conversion formulas are available for:

Temperature

Weight Area Time

Templates for gas mileage, lease estimations, and

mortgage estimations are available as well!


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Smart Printing

Windows 7 allows for several default printers in severallocations with Location Aware Printing.

There is no need to reset your default or remember what

the printer name is; Windows 7 will figure out whetheryoure at home or at work with Location Aware Printing.


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Shake It Up

Remember the Etch-a-Sketch where you would shake it

to make things disappear?Windows 7 uses the same shake concept to help youmanage your windows.

Windows 7 AeroShake allows you to clear the inactive

windows from your desktop by shaking over the windowyoure working. Hover yourmouse over the title bar ofyour active window, left-click and shake from side to side,and all your inactive windows will disappear.

To bring them back, repeat the procedure and shakeeverything back into view.


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Clean Your Desktop! And Order It Too

Youve always been able to auto-arrangeyour desktop icons byright-clicking on the desktop and choosing Sort By.

Windows 7 makes it even easier. To auto-arrange the desktopicons according to your default settings, simply press and holdF5.

Order is instantly accomplished.


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Right-Click Mania

In Windows 7, right-clicking

may just beyour secret friend.There are many ways the right-click can simplifyyourcomputingexperience. Hereare just a few:

a.Right-click anyempty spot inyour desktop, and you havethe control to change thescreen resolution.

b.Right-click any of the icons inthe Taskbar to Unpin thisprogram from the Taskbar.

c.Right-click the TaskbarExplorer icon to access your

most frequently used folders.


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Find a File or a Song You Want Instantly

Find just about anything on yourPC from programsand documents to songs just by typing in a fewletters of the programs name, a word from adocument, or a song title.

You can even search external hard drives and otherWindows 7-based PCs and servers on your homenetwork.

To find what you want:

Click open the Start menu and start typing in the search box at thebottom of the menu, then, Select what you want from the list of search results which instantly

appears.

If its on your

PC, Windows 7.booklet will find it.


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SeeAll Your Open Windows Easily

When you have lots of windows open, Windows 7makes is simpler to find the oneyou want. You cansee all of the windows from your taskbar and switchthrough them with ease.

To view and switch windows:Hover the cursor over thatprograms icon to see all of the

open windows, then,

Hover over the previews to see

the full screen.Click on the preview to switch tothe window you want to see.


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Keep What You Want Within Easy Reach

Jump Lists in Windows 7 will help you keep your desktop free ofclutter and find files quickly. Theyre automatically populatedbased on how often and how recentlyyou do things, so youllspend less time looking foryour favorite song or the documentyou worked on yesterday.

Theres a Jump List for each program on yourStart menu and taskbar.

With one click you can:

See frequently and recently viewed Websites on the Jump List for InternetExplorer 8.

Drag and drop a file from the Jump Listinto Outlook as an attachment.

See options to play a recent song or aplaylist on the Jump List for WindowsMedia Player.


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Compare Two Windows Side-by-Side

Snap helps you quickly resize windows for better viewing andeasily compare two documents side-by-side.

Heres how it works:

Drag the window to either side of your screen. When the mouse pointer hits theside of the screen, the window will snap to half ofyour screen.

To expand a window vertically drag either the top or bottom border to the edge ofyour screen. When the mouse pointer hits the edge, the window will snap tomaximize vertically while keeping the same width.

+ Left Arrow and + Right Arrow snap to half the screen

+ Up Arrow and + Down Arrow maximize and minimize

+ Shift +Up Arrow and + Shift + Down Arrow maximize andrestore vertical size


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Stay One Click AwayFrom the

Programs You Use Most

You can pin the programs you use most on yourtaskbar so that you can access them with one click.

Hoveryour cursor over the favorite program and dragit to the taskbar, or

Right click on it and choose pin to taskbar.

Your program will then be pinned to the taskbar. Toopen the program, just click on the icon on yourtaskbar. You can unpin any program at any time.


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Personalize YourPC

Makeyour Windows 7 PC look the wayyou want it to.With Windows 7, there are more and easier ways topersonalizeyourPC.

Right-click on your desktop, then Click Personalize

to: Choose frommany beautiful and expressive built-inthemes, or

Turn your desktop background into a slide show ofyour favorite photos.

Click Gadgets to:

Add gadgets to your desktop so information youfrequently need from traffic conditions to stock

quotes to upcoming appointments is just a glanceawa .


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Its a Global Village

Wallpapers match the localeyou selected when you

installed Windows. For example, for US locale, youll see beautiful views

of Crater Lake in Oregon, the Arches National Park, abeach in Hawaii, etc.)

Several sets of themed wallpapers are installed basedon the languageyou choose, but the others are in ahidden directory. Ifyoure feeling in an internationalmood, simply browse toC:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and youll see a seriesof pictures under the Wallpaper directory foreachcountry.

Double-click on the theme file in the Theme directory

to display a rotation through all the pictures for thatcountry.(Note that some countries contain a generic set of placeholder art for now.)


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The Windows Key

Windows Key: Open/Close the Start Menu

Windows Key+PAUSE KeyDisplay the System PropertiesWindows Key+ D Display the Desktop

Windows Key+ M Minimize all of the windows

Windows Key+SHIFT+M Restore minimized windows

Windows Key+EOpen Computer

Windows Key+ Tab KeyCycle open programs with 3D FlipWindows Key+ L Lock keyboard (or switch users)

Windows Key+ L Lock keyboard (or switch users)

Windows Key+ SpaceAll Windows become transparent

Windows Key+Arrows Up Arrow: Maximize a Window DownArrow: Minimize a Window Right or Left Arrows: Pin Window to theright or left of the screen.


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Rearranging theFurniture

Unless youve seen it demonstrated,you may not know

that the icons in the new taskbar arent fixed in-place.

You can reorder them to suit your needs, whethertheyre pinned shortcuts or running applications.Whats particularly nice is that once theyre reordered,

you can start a new instance of any of the first fiveicons by pressingWin+1,Win+2,Win+3,etc.

Whats less well-known is that you can similarly dragthe system tray icons around to rearrange their order,

or move them in and out of the hidden icon list. Its aneasy way to customizeyour system to show the thingsyou want, whereyou want them.


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Its a Drag

Much play has been made of the Jump Lists feature in

Windows 7, allowing applications like Windows LiveMessenger to offer an easy task-based entry point.

Jump lists replace the default right-click contextmenu in the new taskbar; another way to access them

is by left-clicking and dragging up in a kind ofswooshing motion. This was designed for touch-enabled devices where the samegesture applies.

Another place whereyou can swoosh (not an

official Microsoft term) is the IE 8 address bar, wherethe downward draggesture brings up an expandedlist containing the browser history, favorites andsimilarentries.

The sloweryou drag, the cooler the animation!


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One More of the Same,Please

Ifyouve alreadygot an application open onyour desktop (forexample, a commandprompt window), and you want to open asecond instance of the same application,youdont have to go back to the start menu.

You can simply hold down the Shift key whileclicking on the taskbar icon, and it will open anew instance of the application rather than

switching to theexisting application.

For a keyboard-free shortcut,you can middle-click with the third mouse button to do the

same thing.


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Specialized Windows Switching

Another feature that power users will love isthe ability to do a kind of Alt+Tab switchingacross windows that belong to just oneapplication. For example, if youve got five Outlook message

windows open along with ten other windows, you canquickly tab through just the Outlook windows byholding down the Ctrl key while you repeatedly click onthe single Outlook icon.

This will toggle through each of the five Outlookwindows in order, and is way faster than opening

Alt+Tab and trying to figure out which of the tinythumbnail images relates to the specific messageyoure trying to find.

St ti E l f M


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StartingExplorer from My

Computer Ifyou spend more time manipulating files outside of

the documents folders than inside,you might want tochange the default starting directory for Windows

Explorer so that it opens at the Computer node:

Navigate to Windows Explorer in the Start Menu (its in theAccessories folder). Then edit the properties and changethe target to read:%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069

-A2D8-

08002

B30309

D}


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ClearType Text Tuning and Display Color Calibration

If you want to tune up your display for image ortext display, we have the tools included out ofthe box. Its amazing what a difference thismakes: by slightly darkening the color of thetext and adjusting the gamma back a little, thislaptop display looks much crisper than it did

before.

Check out cttune.exe and dccw.exerespectively, or run the applets from ControlPanel.

Youd adjust the brightness and contrastsettings on a fancy 42 HDTV: do the same forthe computer displays that you stare at everyday!

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