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Windows 7 Getting Started Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................ 3 2.0 IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS3 2.1 Aero ......................................................... 3 2.2 Calculator ................................................. 4 2.3 Integrated Search .................................... 4 2.4 Jump Lists ................................................ 4 2.5 Libraries ................................................... 5 2.6 Notification Icons ..................................... 5 2.7 Pin Control Panel to Taskbar ................... 5 2.8 Pin Feature .............................................. 5 2.9 Problem Steps Recorder ......................... 6 2.10 Shortcuts .................................................. 6 2.11 Shuffle Through Program Windows ......... 6 2.12 Snip .......................................................... 7 2.13 Sticky Notes ............................................. 7 2.14 Sync Time Zones ..................................... 8 2.15 Utilize Right-Click ..................................... 8 2.16 Search Box .............................................. 8 2.17 Start Menu ............................................... 9 2.18 Show Desktop .......................................... 9 2.19 Personalize Font Settings ...................... 10

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Introduction
This document outlines the steps to introduce you to your new Windows 7 PC and outlines many different changes and enhancements around the operation of Windows 7.

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Improvements and Enhancements

New Taskbar and System Tray Quick Desktop View button Improved Start Up, Sleep and Resume performance Improved power management saves memory and battery life Libraries to improve file access and organization Advanced Calculator functions including saving history Device Stage for recognizing USB devices faster New Start Icon Aero Snap, Shake and Peek Larger icons and hidden icons in the Taskbar Quick Launch toolbar has been replaced by pinning a program to the Taskbar Jump Lists for easier access A Search Bar in the Start Up Menu The "Run" command is accessed through the Start Menu's Search Bar

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Aero

Sort through open windows with Aero Flip 3D Aero is an interface that makes your visual interactions with the desktop fun and easy.

Aero Peek makes your open windows transparent so you may see your desktop. It also allows you to peek at items in your taskbar for a thumbnail preview. Aero Snap is a quick way to resize your windows to make them easier to read, organize and compare. Aero Flip allows you to preview all your open windows from a central window or 3D view that you can flip through. Aero Shake allows you to take your mouse and shake only the open window you want to focus on and the rest will disappear.

1. Aero Peek. Peek at open documents from your taskbar simply hover your cursor over a program icon in the taskbar to see thumbnail previews of all open documents in that program. To see a larger preview of a single document, hover your cursor over the thumbnail preview. 2. Aero Shake. Make all open windows but your active one disappear or reappear. Hover your cursor over the title bar of your active window, then left-click and shake your mouse from side-to-side. All inactive windows will disappear. To bring them back, simply repeat the procedure and shake everything back into view. 3. Aero Snap. Manage open windows for simultaneous viewing 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. To manipulate the vertical size of a window, drag the window to the top to maximize it, or double-click the windows top or bottom border to maximize it vertically while keeping the same width. The following shortcuts will help you to work even more efficiently with Snap: a. Win+Left Arrow/Right Arrow - Snap a window to left/right half of the screen b. Win+Up Arrow/Down Arrow - Maximize/minimize a snapped window c. Win+Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow - Maximize/restore vertical size of a snapped window

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Calculator In addition to standard and scientific views, the Windows 7 calculator provides programmer and statistic modes, as well as conversion and calculation features. Want to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit but can never remember the formula? Use the conversion panel. The calculator feature also provides a data calculation extension. Quickly find the difference between two dates or calculate a new date by adding or subtracting years, months or days.

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Integrated Search Find almost anything on your PC quickly and easily via the following steps: a. Click on the Windows flag in the lower-left corner of your desktop; the Start menu will display b. In the Search box at the bottom of the Start menu, type one or two words associated with the item you need to find A window will display listing all of the e-mails, pictures, documents and folders containing your search terms.

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Jump Lists Quickly access favorite or recently used files, folders or links within a program using the jump list. Either right-click the program icon in the taskbar or hover over a program name in the Start menu to display the jump list for that program. Jump lists populate automatically based on your activity within a program.

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Libraries Find, work with and organize related files scattered across your PC or network by creating a library the files will remain in multiple locations, but they will display as a single collection within a specific library folder. Windows 7 comes with default libraries for documents, music, pictures and videos, and you can also create your own custom libraries. Information about creating and using libraries within Windows 7 is available at http://windows.microsoft.com/enus/windows7/products/features/libraries

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Notification Icons The redesigned notification area displays only a minimum number of icons; all other notification icons are moved to a side window. Rather than using the Customize option to select icons for the main display, you can drag-and-drop icons from the side window to the notification area.

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Pin Control Panel to Taskbar If you use the Control Panel frequently, you may have noticed that you cannot simply right-click the Control Panel and select Pin to Taskbar. Instead, you must first Open Control Panel so its icon appears in the taskbar. From there, you can right-click the icon in the taskbar and select Pin this program to taskbar.

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Pin Feature Create a customized Jump List of your favorite files and folders, then access it directly from the Explorer icon on your taskbar. Simply right-click on an item and drag it onto the Explorer icon on your Windows taskbar Windows 7 will automatically pin it to the Explorer Jump List. To open the Explorer Jump List, right-click on the Explorer icon on your taskbar. You can use the same method to pin files and folders to the jump list of any program displayed on the Windows taskbar.

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Problem Steps Recorder Use this screen-capture tool to supplement your verbal explanation of PC behavior. a) Click on the Windows flag in the lower-left corner of your desktop; the Start menu will display b) In the Search box at the bottom of the Start menu, type Problem Steps Recorder; the search results window will display c) Select Record steps to reproduce a problem; the problem Steps Recorder task bar will display d) Click Start Record e) Begin the activity you wish to record f) To add comments as needed, click the Add Comment button g) When complete, click Stop Record The tool will create an HTML-based file of the steps you took during your activity, and compress it into a .zip file that you can easily share with the Service Desk, Desktop Technicians as well as others. These files can be emailed to the support person to assist by providing a visual example of the issue if the support person is unable to make a remote connection or if the support person is not online with you at this time.

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Shortcuts The Windows key is great for all your shortcuts. Here are some of the most useful: a) Win+h - Move current window to full screen b) Win+i - Restore current full screen window to normal size or minimize current window if not full screen c) Win+D - Minimize all windows and show the desktop d) Win+F - Launch a search window e) Win+G - Cycle through gadgets f) Win+L - Lock the desktop g) Win+M - Minimize the current window h) Win+P - Choose a presentation display mode i) Win+R - Open the Run window j) Win+T - Cycle through task bar opening Aero Peek for each running item k) Win+Home - Minimize all but the active window l) Win+Plus Sign/Minus Sign - Zoom in/out m) Win+Space - Aero Peek the desktop n) Win+Shift+Left Arrow/Right Arrow - Move a window from one monitor to another o) Ctrl+Win+Tab - Open persistent task selection window, roll mouse over each icon to preview item and minimize others Additional Windows 7 shortcuts are available at: http://windows.microsoft.com/enUS/Windows7/Keyboard-shortcuts

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Shuffle Through Program Windows If youre running a number of files from the same program, such as mult iple documents in Microsoft Word, you can switch through these windows with ease. Simply 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.

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Snip Use the Snipping Tool to quickly capture a screen shot of anything on your desktop. You can capture a whole window, a rectangular section of the screen, or a custom shape drawn with your mouse or tablet pen. a) Click on the Windows flag in the lower-left corner of your desktop; the Start menu will display b) In the Search box at the bottom of the Start menu, type Snipping Tool; the search results window will display c) Select Snipping Tool; the Snipping Tool taskbar will display d) Click the arrow next to the New button and select from the dropdown list of options: Free-form Snip Rectangular Snip Window Snip Full-screen Snip e) Select the area of your screen that you want to capture; the image will automatically copy to your Clipboard and the mark-up window You can write and draw on or around the snip at this point using the tools in the mark-up window f) In the mark-up window, click the Save Snip button; the Save As dialog box will display g) Enter a name for the snip, choose a save location and click the Save button

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Sticky Notes You can stick a note on your desktop for quick reminders. You can launch Sticky Notes by typing Sticky Notes in the search window and then clicking on the Sticky Note icon. . If you have a note selected, use Ctrl-N to create a new one. It's a snap to change the font or note color

Bold Text: Ctrl+B Underlined Text: Ctrl+U Strikethrough: Ctrl+T Bulleted List: Ctrl+Shift+L (press the same keys again to switch to a numbered list) Increased Text Size: Ctrl+Shift+> or Press Ctrl + scroll up the middle mouse wheel Decreased Text Size: Ctrl+Shift+< or Press Ctrl + scroll down the middle mouse wheel

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Sync Time Zones If you work with offices in different time zones and frequently find yourself missing meeting times because you are not in sync with their time zone, try the "Additional Clocks" feature. Within your Date and Time settings is a tab called Additional Clocks, where you can add two or more clocks to your taskbar time, and set them to provide different time zones from your current time zone.

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Utilize Right-Click The right-click can simplify your computing experience in many ways. Here are just a few: a) Right-click any empty spot in your desktop, and you have the control to change the screen resolution b) Right-click any of the icons in the Taskbar to Unpin this program from the Taskbar c) Right-click the Taskbar Explorer icon to access your most frequently used folders

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Search Box

First of all, the Search box at the bottom of the Start menu does nearly everything the Run box did, and much more. If you begin typing a command, it appears in the Start menu, where you can click or press Enter to run it. With the Run box, I have to type a command in full and possibly even include its path. If I mistype the name, I get an error message. Want to launch Microsoft Excel with the Search box, you can begin typing Microsoft excel and the first choice on the list will be Microsoft Excel, ready to run when you press Enter:

In XP, if you open the Run box, type Microsoft excel, and press Enter youll get a cryptic error message. You need to know that the name of the executable is excel.exe. The Win7 Search box, by contrast, works with program names and executable files.

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Start Menu

The Start menu in Windows 7 has been completely reworked. The Start menu does not use fly-outs and scroll-outs to show shortcuts and programs, With Windows 7 it uses a dropdown folder design.

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Show Desktop To Peek at the Desktop without closing windows: 1. Hover the mouse over the Show Desktop button.

Show Desktop button

2. Click on the Show Desktop button to close the windows. Click again and the windows will return

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Personalize Font Settings You may adjust the Font Settings and Cleartype on your Desktop based on your preferences. Change Font 1. From the Search bar in the Start Menu, type and select Fonts. 2. Select the Font you desire from the Fonts pane.

Sample Font selections

To change font size 1. Adjust the Font Size by selecting Change Font Size from the menu on the left of the Fonts pane. 2. Select the desired font size and click Apply.

Change font size Please note that a larger font size may interfere with how some items are displayed on the screen.

Clear Type You may also adjust the ClearType for your screen. ClearType helps improve the readability of text on LCD monitors and screens. To adjust ClearType, select Adjust ClearType text from the menu on the left of the Fonts pane and following the steps for selecting the text that appears the best to you. ClearType
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