[nfbcs] Learning Windows 7

Fri Aug 16 23:58:02 UTC 2013

There is a classic view for the Control Panel, but not for the start menu.
Microsoft does not understand, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". 

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 4:43 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Learning Windows 7

Thanks.  The bit about links sounds like something XP does, until I changed
it to Windows Classic.  Is there a Windows Classic view mode for W7?
Will I need to download a new version of Jaws for 64 bit, or can it run the
32-bit I've got?
I'm pretty good with the Word shortcut keys, but it's annoying they've
mangled the menus.  Oh well.
Tracy

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From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Learning Windows 7

> The main differences in Windows XP and Windows 7 are:
> 1. No more Outlook Express. You now have to choose  between Outlook, 
> Windows
> Mail, or some other non-Microsoft email client. I use Outlook.
> 2. The start menu now has a search box. It is possible to get rid of it by
> unchecking Windows Search in the start up list in msconfig. The only catch
> is that there will not be any search functionality, but this did not both 
> me
> as much as landing in the search box every time that I went to the start
> menu.
> 3. The start menu is now divided into two columns, with programs in one
> column and things like the control panel in the other.
> 4. The start menu is now a tree view, not a menu. This means that, when a
> sublevel is opened, arrowing out the top or out the bottom of the sublevel
> returns to the upper level instead of looping.
> 5. By default, the control panel is a page with links through which to 
> tab,
> but it can be changed to a submenu.
> 6. Some items, such as systems, that used to go directly to the real thing
> first take you to a page of links.
> 7. Some items, such as network connections and taskbar and start menu, no
> longer appear outside of the control panel.
> 8. If you get a 64 bit version, you will now have a Program Files 
> directory
> for 64 bit programs and a Program Files (X86) directory for 32 bit 
> programs.
> 9. If you type in a directory in Run, such as C:\Users\All Users\Desktop 
> and
> open the directory, it is only possible to back up one level with the
> backspace key before it loops back to the directory that was originally
> opened.
>
> As far as Office 2007 and later, my recommendation is to memorize the 2003
> shortcuts. It will not step you through the menus as you press them, but 
> it
> is still usually to complete them correctly as the old shortcuts are 
> usually
> three keystrokes at most whereas the new ones can be a lot more, sometimes
> not even having a shortcut at all.
>
> Nicole
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:59 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Learning Windows 7
>
> Tracy,
>
> It is hard to know what to tell you because we're all different.  I can 
> tell
> you that I learned Windows 7 on the fly and it wasn't a big problem.  The
> largest impact on me is that Windows 7 changes greatly how one interacts
> with the Start Menu.  I was a heavy user of the Start Menu to run programs
> in Windows XP.  Windows 7 has caused me to put more of the shortcuts that 
> I
> use commonly on the desktop, but that isn't a complaint.  It just means I
> had to change old patterns.  The Start Menu is now more of a tool for
> looking for something when I'm not quite sure where it is, although I do
> still use it for some programs.  Windows Explorer is a little different 
> too,
> because you need to press enter on certain items like "Computer" to get 
> the
> items in the associated list to open.  In xp, when you arrowed through
> Computer", "documents" and such, the associated lists opened 
> automatically.
> Again, this is not a complaint, but just something that is different.  All
> in all, I think you'll be all right depending upon what you use most 
> often.
> I have found Windows 7 to be very stable.
>
> A tutorial of some kind might clew you into things that are new that you
> might like to use.  For example, there is a way to "pin"
> programs to the task bar that might be very nice, but I just have not 
> taken
> the time to try it.  Others here can probably add to this.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:47:48 -0400, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>>My office is moving to Windows 7.  Is it a big change from Windows XP?
>>Do I need to invest in a tutorial, or can a person learn it on the fly?
>>If I need a tutorial, can anyone reccomend one?  Of course, there is
>>one on the company's learning center, but I have yet to find anything
>>accessible on that site. Grrrr.
>>Tracy
>
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