Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Windows XP (SP2) and Windows Vista
Microsoft says if your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. That's great. Since you can't really upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, if you're using Windows XP and you're just curious if your PC is capable of running Windows 7 - or if you're thinking about installing Windows 7 on your XP computer via the "clean install" route, you'll want to run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor (Beta) from Microsoft.
This 6MB download will scan your PC and let you know if your current PC has what it takes to run Windows 7 or not. Wouldn't you like to know, just for curiosity's sake?
You can download Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft by visiting this page.
Here's what Microsoft has to say about it's "Upgrade Advisor" --
"Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your PC's system, programs and devices to check if it's able to run Windows 7. After a few minutes, the report will let you know if your PC meets the system requirements, if there are any known compatibility issues with your programs and devices, and will also provide guidance on your upgrade options to Windows 7."
Windows 7 has no Quick Launch toolbar?
Well, by defualt it doesn't. For some reason, the brains at Microsoft figured that with all the fancy ways you can arrange the icons on your taskbar in Windows 7 you don't need and won't miss the Quick Launch toolbar. you will too - especially if you use it like we do - as a second start menu for our most frequently used programs.
Here's a tip you might want to file away for the day you get your hands on Windows 7 (if that's what you're eager to do). We'll call this tip "How to get your Quick Launch toolbar back in Windows 7". And here's how you can do it:
Right click the taskbar, go to Toolbar, New Toolbar, and type “%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch” into the folder box, then click "Select Folder".
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When I drag and drop files, how do I know what is happening to them? Windows does tell you what it's doing as you move the file. If you see a " + " sign in a little white box, the file is being copied. If you see an arrow, Windows is creating a shortcut . Finally, if you see nothing at all, the file is being moved. , here's a new problem. What happens if you're trying to move say, a program file (a file ending in ".exe"), and Windows wants to do a shortcut instead of a move? Or maybe you want to make a copy of a file and Windows wants to move it?
Well, there's an easy solution for that as well. Just drag and drop with your RIGHT mouse button. When you release the button, you'll be given a little menu that allows you to pick Move, Copy, Create Shortcut, or Cancel.
Cropped Exactly as You Need It
Do you use a lot of pictures in your MS Office programs?
I know that I do and, more often than not, I'm trying to crop the picture to get just the portion of the picture I need to use.
I'm sure that you've found the cropping tools (found on the Picture toolbar or the Format tab of the Picture Tools section of the Ribbon) and have played around with the dragging of the handles. You've drug them this way and than trying to get not only just the part you need but many times you're also looking for a picture that fits into a specific space.
It can seem quite painfull at times… there are times when you just can't seem to release the crop handle at just the right position so you end up dragging it back and forth just the smallest amount. It can really be quite maddening!
If this is a frustration you've dealt with then here's a possible solution:
Office gives you the option to enter exactly how far from the left, right, top and/or bottom of the picture the program should crop.
No dragging a handle and guessing. If you need an inch off of the bottom then tell it to crop and inch up from the bottom.
Where do we find this alternative to our usual cropping methods?
Well, it depends upon the program's version… as usual.
Anyway, if you're using an older Office program or a program like Publisher 2007 that still uses toolbars and menus then you start with a right-click on the picture.
Choose Format Picture from the menu that opens.
In the Format Picture dialog box you need to be on the Picture tab.
The top section is labeled at "Crop from" and has a field for each direction. Enter the amount that should be removed in each direction and click OK.
If you need to know the picture's current size then the Size tab will be helpful in the Size and Rotate section. (The original size listed is only useful if you have not resized the picture since it was inserted.)
Poof - your cropped picture is exactly the size you need.
If you're using an Office 2007 program with the Ribbon then you start by selecting the picture and navigating to the Picture Tools Format tab.
On the far right you'll find the Size section, click the dialog launcher to the right of the section name.
The Size and Position dialog box will open where you need to be on the Size tab.
The "Crop from" section is towards the bottom in this version and it's where you need to enter the amount the program should crop from each side.
Notice that the picture's current size is displayed at the top of this tab (Size and rotate section) so that may be of assisstance when trying to aim for a specific picture size.
When using one of these programs you'll see how the picture is altered as you change the cropping values. It's an advantage I highly recommend you utilize - move the dialog box off of the picture and give yourself the room to see what it is that you're creating. This feature of the new programs can be really helpful when it comes to efficient work.
Click Close when you're done.
Google Images Search Options
Google Image has announced the search options panel a few months ago. Now there are some more improved features.
1.Search by Style options:
Searching for a perfect image that could match the style we expect will be a daunting task. We have already seen image search that contain faces only in our article a few months before. Google Image has come out with photo search which gives results that contains photographic images alone ignoring the Cartoons and drawings which may not be useful to us.
Photo content
This same feature has also been extended to clip-art and line drawings. You can see the effect of these new options in the slides shown below:
Clip-art
Line-drawing
You can select the “Content types” from the “Advanced Image Search” page. Now if you are interested in
Holiday wreaths, Celtic patterns, or Office clip-art it`s your choice to find images you are looking for.
2.New Search Options:
The new search feature offers users to search by color and size. This color search feature will find images that are only in specific colors say Pink, Red, Blue etc., or images that are only in Black & White. You can specify the exact size of the image or specify the range. You can see the results as below:
The layout also makes it easier and faster to combine and toggle between options. New features will be added in the near future to make it even more appealing. You can click “Show options” in the blue bar on the search results page to try out all these tools.
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