Barbara Duprey wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Barbara Duprey wrote: >> >>> Victor Svedberg wrote: >>> >>>> Howdy! >>>> >>>> I would like to change back so whenever i typ Calc in the serachfield >>>> on Start Menu in Windows Vista 64Bit SP1 the Calculator starts >>>> instead of Open Office Calc. All help appriciated >>>> >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Victor Svedberg >>>> >>> When I do this on Vista Home Premium, it offers me a choice of the two >>> programs -- nothing actually starts unless I hit Enter, and then it's >>> Calc because it's the first thing listed. I don't know how the order >>> is determined (maybe alphabetic by path name?), but if you click on >>> Calculator that's what will start. Close enough? Or you can try calcu >>> as the search term and then Enter. (Thanks, by the way -- I'd never >>> tried this!) >>> >> >> Is that a new feature in Windows? It's been in Linux for years, at >> least with the KDE desktop. > > The ability to search for programs has been around "forever" but if > the search box from Start has been there before, I never noticed it. > (Just a creature of habit -- been navigating the Programs menu, in its > various incarnations, since Windows first came out.) >
In the KDE desktop, after clicking on the menu button, you can type a "/" and then the first few letters of the app name. The menu choices will narrow down, as you type more letters. I find Microsoft often "innovates" things that have already been done elsewhere. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
