Windows 7: The Missing ManualIn early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.
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... Taskbar................................... 59 Universal Window Controls ... Taskbar 2.0 ..................................................................................................
... taskbar shows actual thumbnail images of the open documents, not just their names; all the icons have been redesigned with a clean, 3-D look and greater resolution; and so on. (Not everyone gets to enjoy these Aero features. Some PCs ...
... taskbar. The taskbar, the traditional row of buttons at the bottom of the screen (representing your open programs), has been given the most radical overhaul in years. Now it resembles the Dock on the Mac: It holds the icons for open ...
... taskbar thumbnails, and other eye candy); Windows Media Center; DVD playback; streaming of music and video to or from other computers; the ability to connect a second monitor; XP Mode for accommodating older programs; and a 64-bit ...
... taskbar, the Recycle Bin, shortcuts, the Start menu, shortcut menus, and so on. It also covers the system-wide, instantaneous Search feature. • Part 2, Windows 7 Software, is dedicated to the proposition that an operating system is ...
Contents
Interior Decorating Windows | 173 |
Getting Help | 199 |
Windows 7 Software | 211 |
Programs Documents Gadgets | 213 |
Windows 7 Online | 341 |
Hooking Up to the Internet | 343 |
Windows Live Mail | 427 |
Windows Live Services | 467 |
Pictures Music TV | 479 |
Windows Live Photo Gallery | 481 |
Laptops Tablets Touchscreens | 619 |
Network Domains | 761 |
Sharing Files on the Network | 773 |
Windows by Remote Control | 797 |