1)You can open multiple applications using the task
bar.
With
the new Windows 7 taskbar, you can start navigating with just one click.
For example, you can launch Word by clicking on the icon on your taskbar, and
if you are using multiple different programs at the same time, you can simply
click on the icon to return to Word. However, what if you need to open
another Word document, or begin a new one? Clicking on the Word icon is
just going to bring you back to your original program. Just click on
the Word icon again while holding down the shift key, and you’ll open up a new
document.
2)
Navigate the screen with the touch of a button – and not your mouse button.
Yes,
we live in a pampered age. We have access to amazing technology, and it
just gets better every year. But have you ever found yourself wishing
that right when you were in the middle of something, you didn’t have to
interrupt your work flow be reaching for your mouse to navigate through the
screen? Yes, we have all been guilty of this pampered wish. But
Windows has delivered! Now you can move your application window using
your arrow keys.
- Lock the window to the left, right hand screen:
Win+left Arrow and Win+right Arrow
- Maximize & minimize: Win+up arrow and Win+down
arrow
- Minimize all items on screen: Win+M
- Return to your original folder, or browse through all
open windows: Alt+up arrow, Alt+Left Arrow, or Alt+right arrow
- Close down or reopen all windows: win+home
3)
Are you one of the few people who still uses Command Prompt?
You
know who you are, and you aren’t ashamed to still use this option that so many
people have forgotten about it. You can easily access it by holding down
the shift key while RIGHT clicking on any folder.
4)
Quickly select multiple files without using your mouse.
We
all know how to select multiple files or folders by Ctrl-clicking or
Shift-clicking multiple items. But all of us have tried this, and then
accidentally released Ctrl, only to lose all our precious work. Now there
is a way to select only the files you want through a check box system.
First, go to Windows Explorer, click Organize, and then “Folder and Search Options.”
Go to the View tab, and under advanced settings, you can find a box that says
“Use check boxes to select items.” Once this has been selected, you will
be able to hover your mouse over any file and a check box will appear.
This makes selecting multiple, random files quick and easy.
