I have two questions for you PC gurus.
Question 1 At work, I have two PCs, both running Windows 7, both configured (as far as I know) pretty much the same, but there are a few things that they do differently, and I can't figure out why or what settings to change or whatever.
On one PC, if I double-click on a Word document (from Windows Explorer), Word will open and the file I double-clicked on will be loaded up, and basically I'm ready to start reading/editing the file. This is preferred, and what I would expect. On my other PC, if I double-click on a Word document, Word starts up, but immediately minimizes itself to the task bar, then sits down there flashing. When I click on it (on the task bar), it opens up, with the document loaded, ready to start reading/editing. Why does it go through this useless thing where it opens, minimizes itself, then "notifies" me that it's ready? How do I make it just open Word and place it on top?
Question 2 I'm a keyboard-shortcuts guy, not a mouse guy, especially when it comes to menu options. In Windows XP, if you clicked on a menu (File, Edit, etc.) most of the choices would have one letter underlined. If you typed this letter, it would be the same as if you used the mouse to select it. In fact, the menus themselves were accessible via Alt-<some key> combos. Alt-F is always the File menu, so Alt-F-U (love that one) always takes you to
File/Page Set
up. Oftentimes, there's even a Ctrl-<some key> combo, for even faster service. So much faster than grabbing the mouse and dealing with the menu, when a couple of keystrokes would do the same thing, especially since my hands are already on the keyboard.
But in Windows 7, all the underlines are gone! They're what told me which keyboard shortcuts to use. Is there an option to make them appear?
Thanks in advance for any advice!