Windows+7

=Tips and Tricks for Windows 7=

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If you frequently run multiple programs simultaneously, your desktop can get extremely cluttered. This can get annoying if you're working on one program and want to minimize all the other windows -- in previous versions of Windows you had to minimize them individually.======

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With Windows 7's "shake" feature, though, you can minimize every window except the one in which you're currently working -- in a single step. Click and hold the title bar of the window you want to keep on the desktop; while still holding the title bar, shake it quickly back and forth until all of the other windows minimize to the taskbar. Then let go. To make them return, shake the title bar again.======

You can accomplish the same thing by pressing the Window key-Home key combination -- although doing that is not nearly as much fun.
(PC World, 2011, [|http://www.pcworld.com/article/181926/top_20_windows_7_tips.html)]

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As usual, you can flip between multiple open windows by pressing ALT-TAB, but that's so Windows 2000. Windows 7 offers the option of a more 3D/graphical approach to this once mundane key stroke. Try using Windows-TAB (the key with the Windows symbol): all open windows will instantly present themselves as 3x5 index cards among which you can flip. Continue holding the Windows key and press the Tab key over and over causes the "cards" to rotate in a cascade fashion. The window in the foreground will become the active window once you let go of the keys.======

__Use check boxes to select multiple files__
In order to select multiple files for an operation such as copying, moving or deleting in Windows Explorer, you generally use the keyboard and the mouse, Ctrl-clicking every file you want to select. But if you're mouse-centric, there's a way to select multiple files in Windows 7 using only your mouse, via check boxes. To do it: 1. In Windows Explorer, click Organize, and then select "Folder and search options." 2. Click the View tab. 3. In Advanced Settings, scroll down and check the box next to "Use check boxes to select items." Click OK. 4. From now on, when you hover your mouse over a file in Windows Explorer, a check box will appear next to it; click it to select the file. Once a file is selected, the checked box remains next to it; if you uncheck it, the box will disappear when you move your mouse away.

(PC World, 2011, [|http://www.pcworld.com/article/181926/top_20_windows_7_tips.html)]

Windows 7 Speech Recognition
Windows has a new great feature - Speech Recognition. You can use this yourself and your students have this at their fingertips on any student desktop in the district.
 * //Here is a few helpful links to get started://**

Set-up Speech Recognition []

Dictate text []

Common Commands - (open programs and edit text with your voice) @http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Common-commands-in-Speech-Recognition