Move Windows Around Quickly Using Your Keyboard in Windows 7 [Video]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5828453/move-windows-around-quickly-using-your-keyboard-in-windows-7

Windows 7: One of the best features of Windows 7 is its keyboard support for moving and arranging application windows. Press the Win key and an arrow key to easily dock windows side-by-side, maximize them, minimize them, and move them to another monitor.

These are the killer shortcuts for manipulating the active window:

• Win+Left arrow: Snap to the left half of the screen
• Win+RIght arrow: Snap to the right half of the screen
• Win+Up arrow: Maximize the window
• Win+Down arrow: Minimize/Restore if it's maximized

If you have more than one monitor:

• Win+Shift+Left arrow: Move window to the monitor on the left
• Win+Shift+Right arrow: Move window to the monitor on the right

I use the Win+Left arrow and Win+Right arrow all the time on Windows, for comparing documents side-by-side or just keeping the browser open for reference while writing in another window. I'd go so far as to say the Win+arrow key shortcuts are a pretty good reason to upgrade to Windows 7 if you haven't already. (Not using Windows 7? In Windows Vista and XP, you can tile windows with the Ctrl key and right-clicking. For Mac users, there are several apps to get this Windows-like shortcut; I'm using free ShiftIt.)

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