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Jerry Joyce and Marianne Moon Your easy, colorful, SEE-HOW guide! ® ® www.it-ebooks.info Jerry Joyce Marianne Moon Windows ® 7 Plain & Simple www.it-ebooks.info PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 Copyright © 2010 by Jerry Joyce and Marianne Moon All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Control Number: 2009932320 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 QWT 4 3 2 1 0 9 Distributed in Canada by H.B. Fenn and Company Ltd. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Microsoft Press books are available through booksellers and distributors worldwide. 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To date, this wonderful organization has changed the lives of more than 500,000 children worldwide. www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info   v Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv About This Book 1 No Computerspeak!  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A Quick Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What’s New in Windows 7?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A Few Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 A Final Word (or Two) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jump Right In 7 What’s Where in Windows 7?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Starting Up  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Leaving Your Computer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Starting a Program  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Accessing Your Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Mouse and Keyboard Maneuvers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Files, Folders, and Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Quickly Finding a Program, File, or Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Searching a Specifi c Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Accessing Everything. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Switching Among Open Windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Managing Windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using Shortcut Menus for Quick Results  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using Jump Lists for Quick Access  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1 1 1 1 2 22 2 www.it-ebooks.info vi  Contents Accessing and Organizing 27 Windows Views  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Changing the Window View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Viewing File Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Arranging Your Files  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Classifying Your Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Returning to a Folder or Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Creating Quick Access to a File or Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Adding Direct Access to a Folder or Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Organizing Your Files  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Recovering a Deleted Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Navigating with Toolbars  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sharing Files with Other Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Sharing with Selected Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Copying Files to a CD or DVD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Compressing Files  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Organizing Library Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Create a New Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Using a Removable Memory Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Running Programs and Gadgets 53 Using the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Composing a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Saving, Closing, and Opening a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Creating Easy Access to a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Copying Material Between Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Dialog Box Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Inserting Special Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Crunching Numbers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Making Specialized Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 3 33 3 4 44 4 www.it-ebooks.info Contents  vii Writing Equations and Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Running Multiple Copies of One Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Copying Your Screen Content  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Writing Your Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Typing on Your Screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Writing Quick Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Writing and Drawing Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Annotating a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Enlarging the Screen Content  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Controlling Your Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Running Commands  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Running Older Programs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Personalizing 83 Changing the Overall Look  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Changing the Window Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Enlarging Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Setting Your Desktop Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Customizing the Desktop Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Using a Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Customizing Your Mouse  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Customizing Individual Window Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Controlling the User Account Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Customizing the Taskbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Moving the Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Customizing the Start Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Customizing Windows Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Changing Your Account Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Setting the Way a Removable Storage Device Starts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Using Alternative Ways of Working  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 5 55 5 www.it-ebooks.info viii  Contents Working Alternatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Working in a Different Part of the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Adding Time Zone Clocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Controlling Updates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Customizing the Action Center Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Controlling Information Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Controlling Problem Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Sharing Your Customizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Exploring the Internet 115 What’s Where in Internet Explorer?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Finding a Web Page  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Going to a Specifi c Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Opening Multiple Web Pages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Viewing Multiple Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Returning to Your Favorite Sites  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Setting Your Home Page or Pages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Finding Related Web Sites  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Finding Information on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Viewing One Section of a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Reading RSS Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Controlling Pop-Up Windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Browsing in Private  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Keeping Your Information Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Managing Add-Ons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Transferring Your Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Saving a Web Page  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Copying Material from a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 Using Accelerators for Quick Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 6 66 6 www.it-ebooks.info Contents  ix Playing Games 141 Playing Your Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Playing Chess Titans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Playing FreeCell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Playing Hearts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Playing Mahjong Titans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Playing Minesweeper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Playing Solitaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Playing Purble Place  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Playing Spider Solitaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Playing Games over the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Playing Microsoft Touch Pack Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Working with Pictures 155 Viewing Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 So Many Photo Tools! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Creating a Multimedia Slide Show  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Viewing Photos with Windows Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Viewing Photos with Windows Live Photo Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Editing Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Viewing a Custom Photo Slide Show  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Creating a Panoramic Photo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Creating an Online Photo Album  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Importing Photos from Your Camera or Removable Media  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Drawing Pictures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Changing a Picture’s Resolution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 7 7 7 7 8 88 8 www.it-ebooks.info [...]... you’ve been using Windows XP or an earlier version of Windows, you’ll find many new remarkable and powerful features to enhance your time on the computer If you’ve been using Windows Vista, you’ll already be familiar with many of the features in Windows 7, but you’ll find many of them much friendlier and easier to use The first thing you’ll notice is that Windows 7 doesn’t look like Windows XP An impressive... multiple windows open on the Desktop, just use the mouse to grab one by the title bar, shake the window a bit, and all the other windows become minimized Aero Peek is controlled by a little bar at the end of the taskbar: Point to this bar, and all the windows become transparent so that you can see the Desktop Click the bar, and all the windows become minimized What’s New in Windows 7?  Windows 7 also... which is for our book to help you enjoy using Windows 7 We think that’s the best gift we could give you to thank you for buying our book We hope you’ll have as much fun using Windows 7 Plain & Simple as we’ve had writing it The best way to learn is by doing, and that’s how we hope you’ll use this book 2 Jump Right In In this section: ■ What’s Where in Windows 7? ■ Starting Up ■ Leaving Your Computer ■... become familiar with the various features of the Windows 7 environment You’ll want to feel comfortable with the basics before you do any customizing, so don’t change anything yet The best way to learn about running programs, managing windows, and getting help if you do get into trouble is to jump right in and try things out 7 What’s Where in Windows 7? Windows 7 is your working headquarters—the operating... many actions, Windows 7 s UAC not only greatly reduces the number of times this approval is required but also lets you set the level of protection you want Sometimes just a few simple changes make your work on the computer a lot easier Windows 7 introduces three features that make working with windows much more pleasant: Aero Snap, Aero Shake, and Aero Peek Aero Snap helps arrange the windows by snapping... visual glossary for a quick refresher on Windows 7 terminology Shortcut menu Account picture Aero Glass appearance Subfolder (folder inside another folder) Desktop icon Running program Start menu Windows Explorer button Minimized window of a running program Photo slide show as Desktop background Show Desktop button What’s Where in Windows 7? 9 Starting Up Windows 7 and your computer are designed to exist... About This Book In this section: ■ No Computerspeak! ■ A Quick Overview ■ What’s New in Windows 7? ■ A Few Assumptions ■ A Final Word (or Two) I f you want to get the most from your computer and your software with the least amount of time and effort—and who doesn’t?—this book is for you You’ll find Windows 7 Plain & Simple to be a straightforward, easy-to-read reference tool With the premise that your... and there, pointed out some features that are new in Windows 7, and thrown in a Try This or a Caution once in a while By and large, however, we’ve tried to remain true to the heart and soul of the book, which is that the information you need should not only be available to you at a glance—it should also be plain and simple! So, whether you use Windows 7 on one home computer, on several computers that... together in the Windows 7 environment so that once you learn how to do something in one program, you’ll know how to do it in other programs Pop-up description of a selected item Gadgets Toolbar Background picture on the Desktop Title bar Navigation pane Open windows Status bar Start button Program pinned to taskbar Similar open windows grouped under one taskbar button 8 What’s Where in Windows 7? Taskbar... Notification area of taskbar Jump Right In Take a look at the different parts of the Windows 7 environment displayed on these two pages—what they do and what they’re called—and you’ll be on the road to complete mastery The way Windows 7 was set up on your computer, as well as the many ways in which you can customize Windows 7, can make drastic changes to the look of your Desktop, but the basic concepts . 171 Drawing Pictures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Changing a Picture’s Resolution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 7 7 7 7 8 88 8 www.it-ebooks.info x . Microsoft Surface, MS, MS-DOS, MSN, Outlook, ReadyBoost, SharePoint, SpyNet, Windows, Windows Live, Windows Media, Windows Vista, Xbox, and Xbox 360 are either registered trademarks or trademarks. colorful, SEE-HOW guide! ® ® www.it-ebooks.info Jerry Joyce Marianne Moon Windows ® 7 Plain & Simple www.it-ebooks.info PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One