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New Features in Windows 7 Computer Classes at the Library East Brunswick Public Library NEW FEATURES IN WINDOWS 7 START MENU Users have much more control over the programs and the files that appear on the Start menu. It is essentially a blank slate that you can organize and customize to suit your preferences. JUMP LISTS Jump Lists are a new feature for both the Start menu and the Taskbar. Jump Lists are lists of recent items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program you use to open them. In addition to being able to open recent items using a Jump List, you can also PIN favorite items to a Jump List, so that you can easily access the programs and files you use every day. To open a Jump List from the Start Menu: • Click on the Start menu button • Scroll to a program that you have used and saved files in recently. • Move your cursor over the arrow on the right • Recent files that you have worked on will display. The same items appear in a program's Jump List on the Start menu and on the Taskbar. PIN A PROGRAM TO START MENU No programs or files are pinned to the Start menu by default. After you open a program or an item for the first time, it will appear in the Start menu, but you can choose to remove it, or you can pin it to the Start menu so that it always appears there. You can also adjust the number of shortcuts that appear in the Start menu so that it doesn’t get too large. • To pin a program, right click on it and select Pin to Start Menu. 1 Page Windows & Features Overview www.ebpl.org Spring 2010 Computer Classes at the Library East Brunswick Public Library • To pin a file, open in the program so that it appears in a list of recently used files. Then right click on it and PIN it to the list. SEARCHING FOR FILES • The Start menu includes a search box that you can use to find files, folders, programs, and e-mail messages stored on your computer. When you start typing a word or phrase in the search box, the search begins automatically, and the search results temporarily fill the Start menu space above the search box. • The search results are organized into groups, depending on what kind of item each result is and where it's located on your computer. For example, you might see your search results grouped by Programs, by Control Panel tasks, by library (such as Documents or Pictures), and by Files. The top search results—but not all matches—for each group are displayed under a group heading. You can click an individual result to open that program or file, or you can click a group heading to see the complete list of search results for that group in Windows Explorer. • You can also modify your search once completed. Click with your left mouse button in the search box and add a search filter. Choose file type, date modified, size… 2 Page Windows & Features Overview www.ebpl.org Spring 2010 Computer Classes at the Library East Brunswick Public Library POWER BUTTON OPTIONS • The Shut down button appears in the lower-right corner of the Start menu. • Click the arrow next to the Shut down button for more options • When you click Shut down, your computer closes all open programs and shuts down your computer. You can choose to have this button perform a different action, such as putting your computer into sleep mode or allowing a different user to log on. • (Be careful that your mouse doesn’t roll off of Shut down because there is no “Are you sure?” double-check after you make your selection.) Libraries WHAT A library is a way to monitor folders that contain your items, and lets you access and arrange the items in different ways. The default libraries are Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos WHERE Available in the Start menu or from the Windows Explorer button on the Taskbar. HOW Libraries gather files from different locations and display them as a single collection, without moving them from where they’re stored. You can browse by folders or by document properties such as date, type or author. Libraries are similar to folders in that you see files or folders when you open them; however they display files that are stored in different locations. They don’t actually store your files. MORE You can create new libraries for other collections. TO CREATE A NEW LIBRARY: • Click the Start button • Click your user name (which opens your personal folder) 3 Page Windows & Features Overview www.ebpl.org Spring 2010 Computer Classes at the Library East Brunswick Public Library • Select libraries and on the toolbar, click new libraries • Type in a name for the library and press <ENTER>. • To copy, move or save files to a library, you must first include a folder in the library so that the library knows where to store the fields. This folder automatically becomes the default save location. FOLDERS IN LIBRARIES • Each library can include up to 50 folders THE TASKBAR • The Quick Launch Toolbar is gone. Now you just pin the programs that you use most frequently to the taskbar so they are readily available. The Windows Explorer button also resides there by default. • The taskbar now groups all programs that are open and those that are not together. You can tell them apart by looking the icons closely. Programs that are opened have a transparent box effect around them. • Taskbar Buttons have a new, more transparent appearance and do more than just show you which programs are running. Each program appears as a single unlabeled button, even when multiple items are open. • You can rearrange the program buttons on the taskbar in any order simply by clicking and dragging and you can also pin a new program to it by clicking and dragging an icon from the desktop. • Aero Peek - Hover over a program icon that has multiple files open and you will get a thumbnail peek of the files that are open. Next, move your mouse to the top of a thumbnail to open it full screen. The top right corner of each thumbnail also has and X for easy closing. TIP – HOLD YOUR CTRL KEY DOWN AND CLICK ON THE PROGRAM ICON ON THE TASKBAR. EACH CLICK WILL CHANGE THE WINDOW TO THE NEXT IN THE SEQUENCE, IN THE ORDER THAT YOU OPENED 4 THEM. Page Windows & Features Overview www.ebpl.org Spring 2010 Computer Classes at the Library East Brunswick Public Library • Users can also right click on an open program to see a list view of all open files in that program to navigate to or close an entire group with a single click. The image on the right shows all opened items in MS Word. • To open a new window for a program that already has multiple windows open, click on the scroll wheel of your mouse. The new window will appear on top. • Aero Peek the desktop - The Show desktop button has been moved to the opposite end of the taskbar from the Start button, making it easier to click or point at the button without accidentally opening the Start menu. It is the rectangular button at the very end of the taskbar. Tip - The Windows button + the Spacebar will do the same thing. PIN A PROGRAM TO TASKBAR Most programs or files are not pinned to the Taskbar by default. After you open a program or an item for the first time, it will appear in the Start menu, but you can choose to remove it, or you can pin it to the Taskbar so that it always appears there. • To pin a program, right click on it in the Start Menu or on its icon on the taskbar and select Pin to Taskbar. WINDOWS EXPLORER This now resides on the taskbar for easy access to all of your files. JUMP LISTS As noted above, Jump Lists - recently opened files, folders or websites – are also accessible from the taskbar. What you see in the list depends upon the program that you select. Right click on MS Word icon on the taskbar. The most recent files that you have worked in appear in the list. If you right click on the Internet Explorer icon, a list of frequently used web sites appears. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 5 Windows button +Home: Clear all but the active window Page Windows & Features Overview www.ebpl.org Spring 2010 Computer Classes at the Library East Brunswick Public Library Windows button +Spacebar: All windows become transparent so you can see through to the desktop Windows button +Up arrow: Maximize the active window Windows button +Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if it's maximized Windows button +Left/Right arrows: Dock the window to each side of the monitor (If you've got dual monitors, adding Shift to the mix (e.g., Win+Shift+Right arrow) will move the window to the adjacent monitor.) Windows button +T: Focus and scroll through items on the taskbar. Windows button +(+/-): Zoom in/out Shift+Click a taskbar item: Open a new instance of that application. THE WINDOWS DESKTOP SHOW DESKTOP The Show Desktop button is now located on the very right side of the taskbar. Point to the Show desktop button, and get a quick glimpse of the desktop as open windows fade from view and become transparent. Move the mouse away from the Show desktop button, and the windows return.
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