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| ====== Windows 7 Tips ====== | ====== Windows 7 Tips ====== | ||
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| + | === Taking screen shots while drop down menus are displayed === | ||
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| + | The normal way to take screen shots (by pressing Shift or Alt then Print Screen) turns off the menu, so it is difficult to take screen shots showing the menu such as you may need to when creating instructions. | ||
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| + | The easy way is to press Ctrl first then press Print Screen. This will capture the entire screen, instead of just the active window, but it's easy enough to open it in Paint and crop what you need. | ||
| === God Mode: Creating shortcuts to useful system applets === | === God Mode: Creating shortcuts to useful system applets === | ||
| - | > I have a set of Bluetoth headphones and just figured out how to get | + | > I have a set of Bluetoth headphones and just figured out how to get music out of them. I found Audio Devices and |
| - | > music out of them. I found Audio Devices and simply have to switch from | + | > simply have to switch from speakers to headphones. All well and good, but since I often switch back |
| - | > speakers to headphones. All well and good, but since I often switch back | + | > and forth between the two, I'd like to know if, instead of having to do several mouse clicks to get to the Audio |
| - | > and forth between the two, I'd like to know if, instead of having to do | + | > Device manager, is there a way to create a shortcut for my desktop or pin it to my task bar? I know |
| - | > several mouse clicks to get to the Audio Device manager, is there a way | + | > how to create a shortcut using thew right click and send to. But I have no idea where the Audio Device Manager is |
| - | > to create a shortcut for my desktop or pin it to my task bar? I know | + | > located in Windows so I can go to the folder and create a shortcut. Does anyone know? Thanks. |
| - | > how to create a shortcut using thew right click and send to. But I have | + | |
| - | > no idea where the Audio Device Manager is located in Windows so I can go | + | |
| - | > to the folder and create a shortcut. Does anyone know? Thanks. | + | |
| This is a slightly round about way to achieve the sort of thing that you | This is a slightly round about way to achieve the sort of thing that you | ||