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Why Windows 7 is all a student needs

Why Windows 7 is all a student needs. Everything is at your fingertips Save time with a more efficient and interconnected operating system You are never out of touch Access all of your documents from anywhere Keep in contact with new and old friends Endless entertainment

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Why Windows 7 is all a student needs

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  1. Why Windows 7 is all a student needs • Everything is at your fingertips • Save time with a more efficient and interconnected operating system • You are never out of touch • Access all of your documents from anywhere • Keep in contact with new and old friends • Endless entertainment • Stream TV, download music, edit photos and videos, easily share content…

  2. Start Menu • The start menu is a combination of customized pinned programs and recently opened programs • Hovering over an item opens the program’s jump list • Search results pop up immediately once text is entered into the search Window (and results are instantly sorted by category!)

  3. Taskbar • Pin programs to the task bar for easy access • Hover over open programs to see thumbnail views of open windows • Right click on pinned and open programs to view the jump list Thumbnail preview Right click to pin/unpin programs

  4. Snap • While snap is great for resizing windows to half screen, that is not the only thing it does! • Snap a window to the top edge of your desktop to maximize it.

  5. Peek and Shake • Peek gives you the power of X-ray vision, so you can peer past all your open windows straight to the Windows 7 desktop • Simply roll over the small box on the far right edge of the taskbar—and watch open windows instantly turn transparent, revealing all your hidden icons and gadgets • Ever need to cut through a cluttered desktop and quickly focus on a single window? Just click a pane and give your mouse a shake. Voila! Every open window except that one instantly disappears. Jiggle again—and your windows are back

  6. Shortcuts

  7. Office 2010 – Info Easily password protect your document, make it read-only, or authenticate it with a digital signature Check compatibility – great if you are sharing a document with someone who is using an older version of Office Browse recent copies of unsaved files

  8. Office 2010 – Save and Send Easily email your document, save it to SkyDrive (for further editing and sharing, or broadcast), or make into a PDF.

  9. In Document Photo Editing As soon as you insert a photo into any Office 2010 program, a new tab appears. This ‘format’ tab opens to a full ribbon with all of the photo editing capabilities from Windows Live Photo Gallery.

  10. In Document Video Editing As soon as you insert a video into any Office 2010 program, two new tabs appear. The format and video playback tabs open to full ribbons where you can edit and play video clips.

  11. PowerPoint Broadcast Slide Show Click broadcast slide show to generate a link you can send to anyone. They will be able to see your presentation, but not click ahead or download it.

  12. OneNote Search all notes quickly Draw directly in OneNote! Create a tab for every class and a page for every day. Notes…organized. With Insert  Screen clipping you can quickly grab a section from a website, and OneNote will save the URL and time/date for you. Perfect for researching paper and remembering websites referenced in class.

  13. Bing • Easy to navigate through videos • Just hover over each video in your search results and a preview plays automatically Sort through search results with a variety of categories

  14. Bing with Facebook

  15. Snip • Create more professional and interesting content for projects • Make easy to follow instructions (like this presentation!) • Just search “snip” in the start menu • Take free-form, rectangular, window, and full screen snips

  16. Connectivity • No matter how far your travel for college, you never want to be out of touch • Fully integrated email, messaging, and social networking on the fastest browser provide constant access to all three • Use SkyDrive and Web Apps to access and edit your documents from anywhere (really, anywhere)

  17. IE9 The pinning feature in Internet Explorer 9 gives you one-click access to your favorite sites by putting them right in your Windows 7 Taskbar.

  18. Hotmail Simply organize and clean out your Inbox Access your .edu email from your Hotmail account Chat via Messenger from your inbox

  19. SkyDrive and Office Web Apps • SkyDrive is an online hard drive offering 100 GB of FREE storage for all of your docs and photos! • Microsoft Office Web Apps are convenient online companions to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote that give you the freedom to work with your Office documents from virtually anywhere with a supported browser. Create new Word, Excel, PPT, and OneNote files directly in your browser.

  20. Create new documents right in your browser and change who can view/edit each of your documents and folders, as well as add editors that are not already your friends.

  21. Use SkyDrive to back up all your high-resolution photos and share them with whoever you want, without compromising the photo quality.

  22. Messenger • Keep in touch with family and friends at other schools easily • HD video chat for free • Manage all chats in one location • Share photos/documents through chat • Watch an online video together While chatting it is easy to share photos and files from your PC, or share content directly from Bing

  23. Facebook Chat in Messenger Link Facebook to Windows so you can use Facebook chat and see Facebook updates in Messenger, as well as upload photos directly to Facebook from Windows Live Photo Gallery.

  24. Entertainment • The ways your PC can entertain you are limitless • Free photo and video editing software to personalize your content

  25. Gadgets • Every gadget is free! • Translator • Battery stats • News • Direct link to email • Dictionary • Thousands more!

  26. Photo Gallery • Professional looking photos without professional photo editing software • Easy to share all of your photos with friends All of the places you can share photos (and upload with just one click!)

  27. Tag photos once before uploading to all your social networking sites Use all different effects to fine tune your photos and make works of art

  28. Photo Fuse Create tab Photo fuse • Select two group photos to fuse • Then select the “photo fuse” option from the create tab

  29. Photo Fuse • Use the cursor to highlight the person whose face you want to replace • Then select the face you like best

  30. Panorama • To start Panorama, select 2 photos, go to the “create tab”, and select Panorama

  31. Panorama The photos will take about a minute to be aligned…

  32. Save your photo as is, or crop for a cleaner look!

  33. Panorama The final product is a seamless and professional looking panoramic photo!

  34. Windows Live Movie Maker Record new content and take photos directly in Movie Maker Directly upload new videos to SkyDrive, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

  35. AutoMovie After adding content, chose a theme from AutoMovie to have transitions, title, and closing credits added automatically!

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