Win 7 tip #1
I know that Windows 7 is not new and that a preview consumer version of Windows 8 is promised next month and that Windows XP is still the most popular desktop operating system BUT in my school we upgrading to Windows 7 and Office 2010 and there a few new tips and tricks.
One of the most useful new features is the Snipping Tool. If this app is not pinned to your start menu you can find it in Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Snipping Tool.
Snipping Tool allows you to capture part or all of the screen and save or paste into documents, e.g. in Microsoft Word. In Windows XP you had to paste an entire screen shot into Paint and crop the image. Snipping Tool also seems to grab as much information about the image as possible rather than just grabbing the pixel values. I use it to make tests from pdf files. I copy and paste text into Word and use Snipping Tool to grab the images.
There is a nice explanation and demo of the Snipping Tool from Mircrosoft at bit.ly/w4oA5S.
