I’m sure you’ve done this.  You are using a well-known application and stumble on to some ‘hidden’ functionality it has and thought “Wow, this is Cool” why didn’t I know about it earlier.  Well, that just happened to me with the Windows 7 Calculator tool.

Maybe many of you already know about these features and that’s great, but for everyone else – this is what I stumbled on.

Scenario:
Okay, I needed to do some minor addition; so I clicked Start and typed calc in search to bring up the calculator tool.  After completing my task I started looking around the View menu and found some things I never knew were there.

The Standard Calculator stuff:
Under the View menu there is what you would expect to find – the various types of calculators such as Scientific.

But Wait There’s More:
So what’s this other stuff; Unit conversion, Date calculation and Worksheets.

Unit Conversion:

Want to know how many square feet in an Acre?

Date Calculation:

This is a good one for kids, big and small.  Want to know how many days until Christmas?

Worksheets:

There are 4 Worksheets, all self-explanatory with the coolest being Mortgage.

The mortgage calculator has 4 different options, all easy to use and intuitive.

Are there other cool, hidden features in Windows 7?  Let us know what you like about Windows 7?  

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