Hidden menu options


  1. Posts : 1,289
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    Hidden menu options


    Ive been thinking about a Tutorial for this but Im lost as to how I should name it or explain how to access the options

    I dont know how many of you have noticed but nearly all the File/Save dialogues have hidden options available

    Default Save Microsoft Word
    Hidden menu options-wordsavedefault.jpg

    Advanced Save Microsoft Word
    Hidden menu options-wordsaveadvanced.jpg

    Default save Snipping Tool
    Hidden menu options-snippingtooldefault.jpg

    Advanced save Snipping Tool
    Hidden menu options-snippingtooladvanced.jpg

    The Thing thats annoyed me about this since the first leaked build of Windows 7 is how these options are more or less hidden, end-users will not notice them and how applications that dont have options will use the last menu-size and show a very large emtpy space

    Hidden menu options-wordpad-fail.jpg

    On a separate issue, I do like how you can hide menu's altogether in applications using the Ribbonbar though

    Paint
    Hidden menu options-mspaint.jpg

    Wordpad
    Hidden menu options-wordpad.jpg
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  2. Posts : 620
    7264x64/7260x86
       #2

    How do you access these?
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  3. Posts : 6,305
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       #3

    copernicus said:
    How do you access these?
    It shows when saving files within any program
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  4. Posts : 1,289
    Thread Starter
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    copernicus said:
    How do you access these?
    Just resize the lower section where the options are located to see them

    Orbital Shark said:
    It shows when saving files within any program
    Theres only a few applications supporting extra options at the moment

    Im still not sure what to explain in a Tutorial to use these features though
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  5. Posts : 620
    7264x64/7260x86
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    haha, wow, there really needs to be an indicator that there's more stuff there.

    Thanks.

    All those are metadata tags that will help when you search for files btw. So if your file is saved as movie1.mpg and you put the tag of "Family Vacation" when you search for "Vacation" it'll pop up in the search results.
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