Microsoft QLF-00195 manual Device Stage, Monitor Support

Windows 7 for You: Simplifies Everyday Tasks

Easy to Connect PCs and Manage Devices

Device Stage

Do you have a lot of digital devices like phones, music players, or digital cameras? Device Stage helps you manage all of your devices more efficiently by showing you the status of each and displaying the common things you can do with them in a single familiar window. When you connect portable devices such as digital cameras and cell phones to your PC, you’ll see a photo realistic image right on the taskbar. From there, you can easily launch the Device

Stage for that device or quickly access tasks for the device with a right-click of your mouse. For example, you can use Device Stage to synchronize important data and media between Windows 7 and cell phones or portable media players. You can add or create ringtones for your mobile phone or even see how much remaining storage is available on your digital camera.

Each Device Stage window has the same structure—according to device—but the device manufacturer may create custom- ized content for those windows. Any time your devices are updated, you’ll automati- cally see those updates in Device Stage.

Device stage shows you the status of your devices and the common things you can do with them.

Device Stage supports PCs too. If a desktop or laptop PC maker chooses to create content for device stage, you’ll see your PC in the Device Stage screen. Just double-click a PC icon in the Devices and Print- ers folder, and you can use Device Stage to help manage it.

Monitor Support

LCD monitors are becoming more popular because of their slim size, crisp text, and superior graphics capabilities. However, you might not be getting all the benefits from your LCD monitor that you could. Windows 7 improves support for monitors—especially LCD displays—to help you get the most out of them. You can adjust the size of text, optimize its clarity, and color-calibrate your monitor. And if you have a laptop, you can more easily take advantage of external displays.

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