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Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliii
Part I: Getting Started, Getting Secure 1
Chapter 1: What’s New in Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A New Look and Feel....................................................................................................................3
Flip 3D ..............................................................................................................................4
Why don’t I have Aero Glass?..............................................................................................5
What if I don’t like Aero Glass? ..........................................................................................6
Windows Sidebar ..........................................................................................................................6
Quicker, Easier Navigation ............................................................................................................7
Sizing icons ........................................................................................................................8
Sorting, grouping, and stacking ..........................................................................................8
Previous versions and undelete ..........................................................................................8
Search and Virtual Folders ..........................................................................................................10
Search for tags (keywords) ................................................................................................11
Saved searches (virtual folders) ........................................................................................12
Security ......................................................................................................................................13
User Account Control ......................................................................................................13
Parental controls ..............................................................................................................14
Windows Photo Gallery ..............................................................................................................14
Windows Mail and Internet Explorer ..........................................................................................15
Built-in CD and DVD Burning ....................................................................................................16
Speech Recognition ....................................................................................................................16
Better, Easier Backups..................................................................................................................16
Windows ReadyBoost..................................................................................................................16
Wrap Up ....................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 2: Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Terminology for Things You Do ..................................................................................................19
Mouse terminology ..........................................................................................................20
Point ......................................................................................................................20
Click ......................................................................................................................20
Double-click ..........................................................................................................21
Right-click ..............................................................................................................21
Drag ......................................................................................................................21
Keyboard terminology ......................................................................................................21
Tab, Enter, and Spacebar ........................................................................................21
If in doubt, Escape key out ....................................................................................21
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