Taskbar - Key TrainingPin a program to the Taskbar You can pin a program directly to the taskbar so that you can open it quickly and conveniently, rather than having to look for the

Desktop Enhancements

Opening, closing, and sorting through windows are a lot

easier. You can find what you want and get things done

a lot faster.

Recycle Bin

A Recycle Bin represents a directory where deleted files

are temporarily stored. This enables you to retrieve files

that you may have accidentally deleted.

Empty the Recycle Bin

Right Click the Recycle Bin

Select Empty Recycle Bin

Taskbar

Windows taskbar is that horizontal strip at the bottom

of your desktop where your open files and programs

appear. It’s where the Start button lives. Below are

improvements to the taskbar that will simplify the way

you work so you can get things done faster.

Show me the desktop

Hover over the Show desktop button far right of

task bar, and get a quick glimpse of the desktop as

open windows fade from view and become

transparent

Click the Show desktop button to minimize all

your open windows, revealing the desktop. Click it

again and your windows return

Pin a program to the Taskbar

You can pin a program directly to the taskbar so that

you can open it quickly and conveniently, rather than

having to look for the program in the Start menu each

time. Here’s how:

If the program isn't running, click the Start button

Click All Programs, find the program you want

Right-click it, and then click Pin to Taskbar

Or

If the program is already running, right-click the program button on the taskbar

Click Pin this program to taskbar

Recycle Bin

Task Bar Icons

Desktop

Start Button

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Using Jump Lists

Jump Lists are lists of recent items, such as files, folders,

or websites, organized by the program that you use to

open them.

You can open programs, recent items, and favourite

items using Jump Lists so that you can quickly get to the

items you use every day.

To open an item from a Jump List

Right-click the program’s icon on the taskbar, and then click the item.

Or

Click the Start button Point to a pinned program or recently used

program

Point to or click the arrow next to the program, and then click the item

To Pin and Unpin an item to a Jump List

You can pin a favourite item to a Jump List, so it will

always appear at the top of the list. That way, you’ll be

able to get to the file quickly and easily.

Open the program's Jump List, point to the item

Click the pushpin icon

Click Pin to this list

Or

To remove an item from a Jump List, open the

program's Jump List, point to the item

Click the pushpin icon

Click Unpin from this list

To remove a recent item from a Jump List

Open the Jump List

Right-click the item Click Remove from this list

Display fewer pop-ups

You can choose which icons show up in the notification area and fixed to the taskbar so that it’s not just a cluttered cluster of icons.

Click Show hidden icons

Choose Customize Choose Behaviors

Press OK

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Change how buttons appear on the taskbar

You can customize the taskbar, including the

appearance of buttons and how they group together

when you have multiple windows open.

Right click on the Taskbar

Choose Properties

Select the Task tab

Choose Always combine, hide labels under the

Taskbar buttons group

This is the default setting. Each program appears as a

single, unlabelled button, even when multiple windows

for a program are open.

Never combine

This setting is similar to Combine when taskbar is full,

except buttons never collapse into a single button,

regardless of how many windows are open. As more

programs and windows open, buttons decrease in size

and eventually scroll within the taskbar.

Use Small icons

The default installation of Windows 7 is the large desktop icons and the large taskbar which takes up usable space. To apply small icons and taskbar

Right-click an empty space on the taskbar Select Properties

Select Use Small Icons

Make the icons on your screen larger or smaller

You can make the text and other items, such as icons,

on your screen easier to see by making them larger.

Left click in an empty area of the desktop

Hold down the Ctrl key while rotating the roller

forward on the mouse

Hold down the Ctrl key while rotating the roller

backward on the mouse

Change the Screen Resolution

Screen resolution refers to the clarity of the text and images displayed on your screen whether you need the screen to be larger or smaller.

Right click the desktop and choose Screen Resolution

Choose Make text or other items larger or smaller Select Medium -125% Or

Select Set Custom text size (DPI)

Choose Scale to this percentage of normal size drop down

Press OK and Apply

Log off now to apply changes

Log in to see results Windows 7 themes

You can customise your desktop in various ways, including adding a background picture, changing the background colour, themes and changing the size of the icons on the desktop.

Right click the desktop and choose Personalize Select the Aero Theme Landscape

Select Desktop Background link Un-tick 3 of the Landscape Themes

Change picture every: 10 seconds

Select Save Changes

Close window

Change the Desktop Background

Right click the desktop and choose Personalize

Select Desktop Background link

Click the Browse command Choose the folder which contains image

Press OK Select Clear All

Tick picture of choice

Select Save Changes

Close window

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Change Screen Saver

This is a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time.

Right click the desktop and choose Personalize

Select Screen Saver link

Choose from Screen Saver drop down

Change Wait to 2 minutes

Tick On resume display login screen Press OK

Change Screen resolution

Screen resolution refers to the clarity of the text and

images displayed on your screen.

Right click the desktop and choose Screen Resolution

Change the Resolution from drop down

Press OK Restart Computer to see changes

Desktop Gadgets

Desktop gadgets can keep information and tools readily

available for you to use. If you want to keep track of

what's happening in the news while you work, you don't

have to stop what you're doing to switch to a news

website.

Right click the desktop and choose Gadgets Drag the Feed Headlines gadget to the desktop

Close Gadget dialogue

Select the Options command

Change Display this feed to Feed for United Kingdom

Change the number recent headline to show 20 headlines

Press OK Navigate to the 17 -20 headline and select the first

headline

Close Gadget

Change Speaker Volume

Click on the Speaker icon

Change volume setting to 35% using slider

Adding Additional Clock

If you have friends, family, or co-workers who live in different time zones, you may need to know their local times before communicating with them.

Click on Clock bottom right of task bar

Choose Change Date and Time settings

Select the Additional Clocks tab Tick Show this Clock

Choose (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time(US & Canada) from Select Time Zone drop down

Enter Display name USA

Press OK Hover over Clock and view screen tip

Click on clock to View multiple clocks

Launching Programs

The Start menu is the access point for all programs and

special Microsoft Windows places (Documents, Pictures,

Music, Games, Computer, Control Panel), with a "most

frequently used" list for quick access to frequently used

programs.

Click the Start button

Choose All Programs

Select the Appropriate program.

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Desktop Shortcuts

Desktop shortcuts allow you to create convenient links

to your favorite programs and folders right on the

desktop for quick access.

You first need to locate the icon for the program,

drive, folder or document for which you need to

create the shortcut

Right-click the program, folder, or document icons

Select Send to Desktop (create shortcut) menu

Auto Arrange

Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots.

You can use Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or

snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate,

save, or share the image.

View area you wish to Capture

Click on the Start menu- All Programs

Select Accessories folder

Choose Snipping Tool

Choose the type of Snip from the New drop down and apply

Select File – Save As

Choose Location and File name Snap a window to the side

You can use Snap to arrange windows side by side, which can be especially helpful when comparing two documents or when dragging files from one place to another. Here’ how:

Drag the title bar of a window to the left or right side of the screen until an outline of the expanded window appears

Release the title bar to expand the window.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 with another window to arrange the windows side by side

See following result

To return the window to its original size

Drag the title bar away from the top of the desktop and then release

Snap a window vertically

You can use Snap to expand windows vertically, which can be especially useful for reading longer documents.

Point to the top or bottom edge of an open window until the pointer changes into a double-headed arrow

Drag the edge of the window to the top or bottom of the screen to expand the window to the entire height of the desktop



Drag the title bar away from the top of the desktop

Or

Drag the bottom edge of the window away from the bottom of the desktop

Snap a window to the top

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You can use Snap to maximize a window, which makes it easier to focus solely on that window with less distraction from other open windows.

Drag the title bar of the window to the top of the screen until an outline of the expanded window appears

Release the title bar to expand the window to fill the entire desktop



Drag the title bar of the window away from the

top of the screen

Minimize open windows using Aero Shake

You can use Aero Shake to quickly minimize every open window except the one you want. You can then restore all of your windows just as easily.

In the window you want to keep open, drag (or shake) the title bar back and forth quickly

To restore the minimized windows, shake the open window again


Flip 3D View

When your desktop is completely buried with open

applications and you want to activate a specific window

Windows7 does a magic shuffle with you windows.

Hold down the Windows key while

continuously pressing the Tab key on the keyboard

Release the Windows key once application of

choice is first

Use the search box on the Start menu

You can use the search box on the Start menu to find

files, folders, programs, and e‑mail messages stored on

your computer.


Type a word or part of a word in the search box

Arrange files in a Library

In Windows 7 explorer, the navigation pane shows 5 folders, by default. They are Favorites, Libraries, Computer, Network, and Home group. You can arrange the files in a library by different properties.

Click the Start button, and then click Documents, Music, or Pictures

In the library pane (above the file list), click the Arrange by menu, and then click a property. Available properties will differ depending on which library you’re in

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Use search filters to find a file in the Documents library

When searching a library, you can use search filters to quickly narrow down your results.

Click the Start button, and then click Documents

Click in the Search Box at the top of the window, click a search filter (such as Date modified), and then click an item (such as a date or date range) to narrow down your search

If necessary, type a word or words into the search box to narrow down your search even further

Searching Date Range

If you are not sure the exact date the document was

modified you can search by a date range.

Click in the search box at the top of the window, click a search filter (such as Date modified), and then highlight the date range to narrow down your search

Save Searches

Do you often local search files related to same keywords

again and again you can use ‘Save Search feature to

save lot of time and efforts.

Create a Search

Select Save Search

Create a Search name and Press Save

Search wil be saved under Favorites

Delete Saved Search

Right click n Search name

Select Remove

Creating Favorites

It’s easy to add folders to the Favorites section. For

example, if you regularly access the same folder(s) on

the computer or the network. I’ll add it to the Favorites.

Navigate to the file or folder you wish to add

Right click on Favorites

Select Add current locations to Favorites

Previewing Pane

Preview Pane can help save you time and make you

more productive by previewing files without having to

open them up.

Click the Show the Preview Pane icon in the upper

right corner (to the left of Help) of Windows

Explorer

Click the Hide the Preview Pane icon in the upper

right corner (to the left of Help) of Windows

Explorer

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Change Your View

This option allows you to see your document and

images in different ways depending on the information

required.

Clicking it once we see a View

Clicking it each time will give you a different view

OR

Select the drop down menu

Choose option needed

Using the Control Panel

Windows 7’s Control Panel is packed with tools that

allow you to configure and control the way that the

operating system works. Because the Control Panel has

so many tools, Microsoft added a Search box to make it

easy for you to find the tool that you need for a

particular task.

Get computer speed and performance information

Performance Information and Tools lists your

computer's Windows Experience Index base score,

which indicates the performance and overall capability

of your computer's hardware.

Open Performance Information and Tools by click

the Start button

Click Control Panel

Click System and Security

View amount of RAM and processor speed

Click Performance Information and Tools bottom

left of window

Click View and print detailed performance system

information

Select Print this page

Add or Remove a Printer

To print, you need to connect a printer directly to your

computer or create a connection to a network or shared

printer.


Clicking Control Panel

Clicking Hardware and Sound

Click Add a printer

Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth

printer

Select the one you want to use

Click Next

Complete the additional steps in the wizard, and

then click Finish

Connect to a Projector

You can connect your computer to a projector to give a

presentation on a large screen.


Clicking Control Panel

Select Connect to a projector

Select how you want your desktop to be displayed:

Computer only (This shows your desktop only on

your computer screen.)

Duplicate (This shows your desktop on both your

computer screen and a projector.)

Extend (This extends your desktop from your

computer screen to a projector.)

Projector only (This shows your desktop only on a

projector.)

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Using the Internet Explorer 8 address bar

The first thing you might notice when you start typing a

web address is an improved Address Bar.

If you type an address that you’ve visited before, it will

show up in the address list. The list is categorized and

shows your recent browsing history and Favourites.

Remove an address from the address bar,

Point to it, and then click the Delete button. Using Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed browsing is a feature in Internet Explorer that

lets you open multiple webpages in a single browser

window. You can open webpages in new tabs and

switch between them by clicking the tabs you want to

view.

To open a new blank tab:

In Internet Explorer 8, click the New Tab button on the tab row

To open a new tab from a link on a webpage:

Press Ctrl as you click the link, or right-click the link, and then click Open in New Tab

Quick Tabs

Quick Tabs provides a miniature visual view (called a

thumbnail) of all your open tabs. This makes it easier to

find the webpage that you want to view.

Click the Quick Tabs button to the left of the row

of tabs

Click the thumbnail for the webpage that you

want to open

Using InPrivate Browsing

InPrivate Browsing prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session. InPrivate Browsing is running only during the time you use that window. You can open as many tabs as you want in the window, and they will all be protected by InPrivate Browsing.

To turn on InPrivate Browsing, do the following:

In Internet Explorer 8, click the Safety button

Click InPrivate Browsing OR

Open a new tab

click Browse with InPrivate

SmartScreen Filter SmartScreen Filter operates in the background as you browse the web. It analysing webpages and determining if they have any characteristics that might be suspicious. To check for threats, do the following:

In Internet Explorer 8, click the Safety button Click SmartScreen Filter

Select Check This website

Printing

Occasionally you may need to printout information

displayed on a webpage.

Select the Print drop down to right of icon

Choose Print

Select Print

OR

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For Quick print option:

Select the Print icon

Shut down

Windows7 saves everything and turns off your

computer.

Switch User

Choose this option if someone want to borrow your PC

and have roaming profile access.

Log off

Windows saves your work and your settings and returns

you to the Welcome screen.

Lock

The option Lock your PC and places your user account

picture on the screen.

Restart

Choose this option if Windows program crashes which

allows shuts down and reload itself.

Sleep

This option Saves your work to the PC memory and if

battery become critically low its saves to the hard drive.

When returning to the PC Windows7 present the login

screen with a key stroke and back to work in seconds.

Hibernate

This option copies your work to the hard drive and then

turn off the PC. Hibernate is slower than Sleep and

redisplaying your work where you left off.

Display or hide the Start menu

Lock the computer

+L

Display the System Properties dialog box

+BREAK

Show the desktop

+D

Minimize all windows

+M

Restore minimized windows

+SHIFT+M

Open My Computer

+E

Search for a file or folder

+F

Search for computers

CTRL+ +F

Display Windows Help

+F1

Open the Run dialog box

+R

Open Utility Manager

+U

Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero

Flip

+Tab

Zoom in or out

Plus Sign (+) or Minus Sign (-)

Exit Magnifier

+Esc