ZDNet Australia has filmed 10 tips and tricks to try and help you get familiar with some of Windows Vista's new features.

If you have recently moved to Windows Vista (or are about to), then let Microsoft Australia's Paul Randle guide you through 10 tips and tricks that should help you get off to a good start.

• Create a DVD menu in one minute

  Duration 1.32

  Find out how to create a professional-looking DVD menu that will help other people navigate the contents of your home-made DVDs.
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• Breadcrumbs hide the gigacheesy-whatsits

  Duration 1:14

  Previous versions of Windows have required users to be familiar with the logical directory structure of their hard drive -- this information is less important in Vista.
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• 'Soft' command bar eases burning issues

  Duration 1:27

  Vista's "soft" Command bar makes performing actions on specific files or folders -- such as printing, sharing or burning onto CD -- much easier than before.
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• Resize photos before e-mailing

  Duration 1:02

  Sending photos that are too large is a waste of bandwidth and can be very annoying for the recipient. This video shows how using Vista's reformatting feature can help ensure pictures are not too large -- or small -- for their purpose. View the video »

• Minimise all windows instantly

  Duration 0:27

  Cluttered desktop? To instantly minimise all your open windows, press the Windows key and the letter M.
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• USB stick gives instant speed boost

  Duration 1:01

  Demonstration of ReadyBoost, which allows you to use a USB stick to temporarily increase the performance of Windows Vista.
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• Fewer lost files with Vista desktop search

  Duration 1:41

  Microsoft has integrated a full desktop search facility into Windows, which is designed to ensure you never lose a file again.
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• Sticky keys mean one-fingered ctrl-alt-del

  Duration 1:02

  Vista has a feature called sticky keys, which is enabled by quickly pressing the shift key five times. While sticky keys are active, Windows will pretend consecutive key presses happen simultaneously.
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• Tabbed browsing and shrink-to-fit printing

  Duration 1:07

  Tabbed browsing is a feature that has been available in alternative browsers for many years but Microsoft has finally caught up.
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• Vista ShadowCopy forgives unwise edits

  Duration 1:04

  If you start editing a document and then, after making numerous changes and saving the changes, you realise you shouldn't have made the changes in the first place, ShadowCopy might save the day.
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