Windows 7 Tips
Calibrate Colors in Windows 7
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
If you are a photographer or artist, you are probably obsessed with having the correct colors displayed on your screen, printer, and at the press. Windows 7 provides a color correction utility in the display control panel. Open the Control Panel. Click on Appearance and Personalization. Click on Display. Click on Calibrate color.
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View Additional ‘Send To’ Options
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
When you right-click on a folder or file in Windows 7 Explorer and select Send To, there are a limited number of options available. If you hold down the Shift key, right-click, and select the Send To menu, you will see an expanded set of options.
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Open a Command Prompt in a Folder
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
In Windows XP, there was a great power toy to Open Command Window Here when you right-clicked on a folder. Windows 7 has the same functionality, but you have to know a trick to have it appear. Hold down Shift and right-click on the folder you want to open in command prompt. Select Open command [...]
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Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts – Docking
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
Windows 7 has much better window management than previous versions of Windows. This allows you to easily maximize, minimize, and dock windows. You can drag windows to the top to maximize or the right or left to dock, but these keyboard shortcuts will allow you to work even faster: Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock [...]