One of my favorite tricks with Win7 is when I need to work with two programs on screen at the same time. Drag on to the right until it pops in to occupy 1/2 the screen, then do the same with the other to the left and voila, you have two programs each occupying 1/2 the screen. I use it quite a bit when I need data from one document to use in another, for example.

Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death -- Auntie Mame
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