Windows Vista for dummies quick reference by Greg Harvey

By Greg Harvey

  • Readers will shop themselves time and effort by utilizing this useful, A-to-Z connection with fast locate solutions in regards to the interesting generation of home windows Vista
  • Includes important details at the new positive factors of Vista, resembling the task-based interface, sidebar, contraptions, new "Aero" interface, 3D-look alternative, heightened defense, new seek services, and lots more and plenty more
  • Covers navigating the computer, launching courses, including courses, removal courses, growing documents, copying documents and folders, and deleting records and folders
  • Accessible association of issues additionally indicates readers find out how to create shortcuts, connect with the web, seek the internet, upload favorites, use the recent dossier administration approach, and more

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To make the switch back, right-click the Start button and then click Properties on its shortcut menu to open the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box with its Start Menu tab selected. On this tab, you click the Classic Start Menu option button and then click OK. Note, however, that when you first switch back to the Classic Start menu in Vista, this menu does not resemble so much the Windows XP Start menu as it hearkens back to an even earlier vintage, more like the Start menu of Windows 98 (now that takes me back a bit).

In addition, this dialog box contains a Show the Second Hand check box that you select if you want the Clock gadget to display a moving red second hand. Changing the opacity of a gadget In addition to customizing what information appears in the gadget (as in the RSS feed headlines shown in the Feed Headlines gadget), you can also customize the overall opacity of the gadget. Any gadget you add to the Sidebar is automatically displayed at 100% opacity (making it as opaque and non-see-through as possible).

Qxp 11/20/06 5:07 PM Page 17 Ah, That’s What They Did with It! 17 Figure 1-9 The information displayed in the Details pane can be quite helpful in identifying a folder or file for use. Moreover, the tags, ratings, and keywords assigned to particular files can be used in doing searches for the file. (See “Search” later in this part). Vista enables you to add tags and edit keywords that you can assign to a file directly from the Details pane. After clicking the file icon in Windows Explorer to select it, you then position the mouse pointer over the category in the Details pane and then, when an outline appears around the current entry and the pointer becomes an I-beam shape, click the insertion point in the field and type the new tag or keyword or edit its contents.

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