Windows 7 Calculator

When you first look at the Windows 7 calculator it looks just like it always has. However, if you explore the View menu you’ll find new Statistics and Programmer modes (not that useful to me) and you will also see 3 very useful tools:

• Unit Conversions (length, weight, temperature etc.),
• Date Calculations (how many days between two dates), and
• worksheet templates to let you calculate fuel consumption, mortgage rates and more

 Shake to minimise

I don’t know if this is the start of Apple creeping into Windows, but if you position your mouse on the title bar of an application (ie: where it says “Document1 – Microsoft Word”) and then hold down the left mouse button of your mouse and then shake your mouse, the application will minimise.

 Some new options in RM Button in Explorer

If you have Explorer open, hold down the Shift key and click on your right mouse button and you will find new options have been added to this quick menu.  The trick is using the shift key.  You will also find when you use this combination there are a lot of new places that you can ‘Send To’

There are plenty of apps that compile business card data, but CardMunch is a new app that integrates LinkedIn, and could be worth a look.

To use the app, you just take a picture of a business card, and the app automatically inputs that data as a new contact. It then allows you to directly connect to that person through LinkedIn.

Users can also view LinkedIn profile information, and if the app isn’t quite recorded correctly, manual information input is allowed as well

Try them out:
F1 – Windows Help

F10 – Shows menu options

CTRL + ESC – Opens Start Menu

CTRL + SHIFT + ESC – Opens the Task Manager Dialog box

ALT + F4 – Closes the application or current window you are in

Windows + M – Minimises all windows to desktop

ALT + F6 – Move between multiple windows in the same program

ALT + TAB – Move between open programs

Working from the Desktop:
1. [Right Mouse] click anywhere on the desktop

2. Click on “New” and select “Shortcut”

3. At the browse prompt type in (without double quotes) “mailto: email@website.com”, using the appropriate email address you want to send to

4. Click on {Next} button

5. At the prompt “Type a name for this shortcut” type in the person’s name you want to see on the desktop

6. Click on {Finish} button

To apply a shortcut keyboard combination, [Right Mouse] on the shortcut icon and select “Properties”. Click beside “Shortcut key” prompt and press the keyboard combination you want. NB: Notice that Windows includes ALT. You must use the ALT key with your combination to activate the shortcut. Remember to click on {OK} button to apply the shortcut keyboard combination.

Then, whenever you need to send an email to that particular address, either [DC] on the shortcut or simply press the shortcut keyboard combination and you’re good to go.

The following format instructions determine the use of uppercase and lowercase letters; number formats — for example, whether “9″ is displayed as “ix” (roman numerals) or “ninth” (ordinal text) and character formats (character formatting: Formatting you can apply to selected text characters.). Format switches also retain a field result’s formatting when the field is updated.

Capitalization formats
The following is a list of switches and items that they capitalize:

\* Caps
The first letter of each word
For example, {FILLIN “Type your name:” \* Caps } displays “Julie Tanner” even if the name is typed in lowercase letters.

\* FirstCap
The first letter of the first word
For example, {COMMENTS \* FirstCap } displays “Weekly report on sales”.

\* Upper
All letters
For example, {QUOTE “word” \* Upper } displays “WORD”.

\* Lower
All letters are lowercase.
For example, {FILENAME \* Lower } displays “weekly sales report.doc”.
Note: This switch has no effect if the entire field that contains the switch is formatted as small capital letters.

Number formats
The following is a list of number switches and their results:

\*alphabetic
Displays results as alphabetic characters. The result has the same case as the word “alphabetic” in the field code (field code: Placeholder text that shows where specified information from your data source will appear; the elements in a field that generate a field’s result. The field code includes the field characters, field type, and instructions.).
For example, { SEQ appendix \* ALPHABETIC } displays “B” (instead of “2″),
and { SEQ appendix \* alphabetic } displays “b”.

\*Arabic
Displays results as Arabic cardinal numerals
For example, { PAGE \* Arabic } displays “31″.
Note: If the Number format setting in the Page Number Format dialog box (Page Numbers command, Insert menu) is not Arabic, this switch overrides the Number format setting.

\*CardText
Displays results as cardinal text. The result is formatted in lowercase letters unless you add a format switch to specify a different capitalization.
For example, { = SUM(A1:B2) \* CardText } displays “seven hundred ninety”, and { = SUM(A1:B2) \* CardText \* Caps } displays “Seven Hundred Ninety”.

\*DollarText
Displays results as cardinal text. Microsoft Word inserts “and” at the decimal place and displays the first two decimals (rounded) as Arabic numerators over 100. The result is formatted in lowercase letters unless you add a format switch to specify a different capitalization.
For example, { = 9.20 + 5.35 \* DollarText \* Upper } displays “FOURTEEN AND 55/100″.

\*Hex
Displays results as hexadecimal numbers
For example, {QUOTE “458″ \* Hex } displays “1CA”.

\*OrdText
Displays results as ordinal text. The result is formatted in lowercase letters unless you add a format switch to specify a different capitalization.
For example, { DATE \@ “d” \* OrdText } displays “twenty-first”,
and { DATE \@ “d” \* OrdText \* FirstCap } displays “Twenty-first”.

\*Ordinal
Displays results as ordinal Arabic numerals
For example, { DATE \@ “d” \* Ordinal } displays “30th”.

\*roman
Displays results as Roman numerals. The result has the same case as the word “roman” in the field code.
For example, { SEQ CHAPTER \* roman } displays “xi”,
and { SEQ CHAPTER \* ROMAN } displays “XI”.

Character formats and protecting previously applied formats
The following are character formatting switches and their results:

\*Charformat
Applies the formatting of the first letter of the field type (field type: The name that identifies the action or effect the field has in the document. Examples of field types are AUTHOR, COMMENTS, and DATE.) to the entire result. The result of the following example has bold formatting because the “R” in “REF” is bold.
For example, { REF chapter2_title \* Charformat } displays “Whales of the Pacific”.
Note: To add this switch, type it in the field code (field code: Placeholder text that shows where specified information from your data source will appear; the elements in a field that generate a field’s result. The field code includes the field characters, field type, and instructions.) or in the Field codes box in the Field dialog box (Insert menu, Field command).

\*MERGEFORMAT
Applies the formatting of the previous result to the new result.
For example, if you select the name displayed by the field { AUTHOR \* MERGEFORMAT } and apply bold formatting, Microsoft Word retains the bold formatting when the field is updated when the author name changes.
Note: When you insert fields by using the Field dialog box (Insert menu, Field command), the \*MERGEFORMAT switch is included by default. You can turn this option off by clearing the Preserve formatting during updates check box in the Field dialog box.

http://www.thefreewebstuff.com/index.html – Need to design web button (easy with this tool)

http://www.webstyleguide.com/ - my favourite book for online design

http://colorfilter.wickline.org/ - to check out how your site looks for colour blind people (of which 8% of men are).

http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php - Another colour site to check out

http://www.killersites.com/HTML_CODES/ - HTML codes

http://www.web-source.net/ - good reference information

http://www.finance.gov.au/e-government/service-improvement-and-delivery/publishing-information/style-manual.html - Australian Government Style Manual

http://www.finance.gov.au/e-government/service-improvement-and-delivery/publishing-information/index.html - Australian Government Publishing Guidelines

http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310299 – Australian Government Spam Guidelines

http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp - Learning styles online

http://www.allwebdesignresources.com/ - An interesting resource

Why is it so good?  How many times have you found something on the Internet such as the correct spelling of ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger’?  You copy and paste it into your Word document only to find that it has font changes, hyperlinks etc attached to it.  However, if you paste it into Notepad and then do a [Ctrl + A] and a [Ctrl + X] from there, you will find where ever you paste into, the text will be clean and matching the format of your document!

Looking for a definition (type in)     define:ethics
Needing a calculator (type in)      2*8+45
Needing a conversion rate (type in)      aud in euro
Needing conversion for cooking (type in)      5lb to kg
Looking for how many (type in)      seconds in week
Looking for an airline flight status (type in)       qf623 flight status
Looking for education information (type in)       business model site:edu
Needing to know the time in another city (type in)       time in new zealand

Then click on the Search button.

Click on [Start], then select [Control Panel] then [Folder Options] and select the [View] tag.

Two-thirds the way down from these options you will find a setting “Remember each folder’s view settings”. Click in the box to place a tick in it. Then click on the [OK] button. Now when you change your view from Explorer, Windows will remember that view when you go back into that folder. “Awesome,” as Bernie says.