Mac user with questions

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Charles Bouldin

Okay, this is not a troll, but some real questions. I'm a Mac user since
1984, and now have to use Windows at work. I'm coming at this as an OSX
user, so How do I:

1. Move the tabs around on the taskbar? What I mean is to rearrange the
spatial position of the Exel/Word/etc tabs. Can this be done?

2. Is there a way to force the window tabs to always agglomerate into
popup groups that are application specific? I find it confusing that the
tabs proliferate and then start to arrange themselves into popup groups
by application. I would much prefer it if I could -always- have the
popup arrangement.

3.When I have lots of windows open in Word, Excel,etc, I don't see any
visual distinction between the active/frontmost Word document, vs the
other 8 I have open. Is there a preference to set such a cue? If there
is no visual cue for the active document, this is a major interface
failure. I constantly select the frontmost window, only to see it zoom
down to the taskbar. (The documents I work on often have non-intuitive
names that are difficult to keep track of).

4.Is there a good systemwide multiple clipboard? That is, is there some
add-on that will let me copy 5 different things from Word, a web page,
or Excel cells, and then copy these to another document? I am aware of
application specific multi-clipboards, but need this capability
system-wide.

5.I know you can use "show desktop" to hide apps, but is there a way to
quickly hide all the windows associated with everything -except- the
frontmost application? (command-option-h on OSX). As it stands now, I
constantly do show desktop and then bring the app I'm interested in to
the front. Two steps instead of one, and it's awkward if you do it
dozens of times/day.

6.Can I make the Windows explorer PLEASE remember that I always want
list view and show folders? Failing that, does anyone have
recommendations for a 3rd party replacement for WE? I really don't like
it much.

The working environment is WinXP and Office 2000. Not my choice, I just
have to work with it. Finally, I am a pretty advanced user on other
operating systems, so I would like to learn how to customize WinXP to
suit my tastes and working habits. Suggestions for net resources and/or
books would be much appreciated.
 
Question 4, try http://www.mlin.net/Clipomatic.shtml

The questions about making Windows GUI look and act like Mac
OSX can be fixed to your liking, Google for "Windows Shell
enhancements"
You can use TweakUI
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
to adjust many issues.
Office has a clipboard that works in all modules.
There are Windows and OFFICE newsgroups.
The books, Windows XP Inside Out and OFFICE XP Inside Out
should be able to answer most questions.
Office homepage
http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx
Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp


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| Okay, this is not a troll, but some real questions. I'm a
Mac user since
| 1984, and now have to use Windows at work. I'm coming at
this as an OSX
| user, so How do I:
|
| 1. Move the tabs around on the taskbar? What I mean is to
rearrange the
| spatial position of the Exel/Word/etc tabs. Can this be
done?
|
| 2. Is there a way to force the window tabs to always
agglomerate into
| popup groups that are application specific? I find it
confusing that the
| tabs proliferate and then start to arrange themselves into
popup groups
| by application. I would much prefer it if I could -always-
have the
| popup arrangement.
|
| 3.When I have lots of windows open in Word, Excel,etc, I
don't see any
| visual distinction between the active/frontmost Word
document, vs the
| other 8 I have open. Is there a preference to set such a
cue? If there
| is no visual cue for the active document, this is a major
interface
| failure. I constantly select the frontmost window, only to
see it zoom
| down to the taskbar. (The documents I work on often have
non-intuitive
| names that are difficult to keep track of).
|
| 4.Is there a good systemwide multiple clipboard? That is,
is there some
| add-on that will let me copy 5 different things from Word,
a web page,
| or Excel cells, and then copy these to another document? I
am aware of
| application specific multi-clipboards, but need this
capability
| system-wide.
|
| 5.I know you can use "show desktop" to hide apps, but is
there a way to
| quickly hide all the windows associated with
everything -except- the
| frontmost application? (command-option-h on OSX). As it
stands now, I
| constantly do show desktop and then bring the app I'm
interested in to
| the front. Two steps instead of one, and it's awkward if
you do it
| dozens of times/day.
|
| 6.Can I make the Windows explorer PLEASE remember that I
always want
| list view and show folders? Failing that, does anyone have
| recommendations for a 3rd party replacement for WE? I
really don't like
| it much.
|
| The working environment is WinXP and Office 2000. Not my
choice, I just
| have to work with it. Finally, I am a pretty advanced user
on other
| operating systems, so I would like to learn how to
customize WinXP to
| suit my tastes and working habits. Suggestions for net
resources and/or
| books would be much appreciated.
 
After using and becoming more familiar with the Windows operating system for
a short while, you will be surprised how most of your questions will already
be answered. Two very good starting points are the Windows Tutorial and the
Windows "Help" command.

By the way, using your real email address in newsgroup posts just invites
spam mail. Create a fake one.
 
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