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"Do or do not. There is no 'try'." Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back |
My favorite PC shortcuts and tips
I've learned a few PC tricks through the years, mostly from others, and it occurs to me that some of you may not be aware of them, and they are such time savers. My favorites are:
- Alt Tab: I use this to toggle between the many programs that I have open. This function remembers your most recently used program so you flip back and forth, even between two sessions of the same program. Invaluable!
- Desktop Shortcut: Have a favorite program that you use frequently and you want easy access or your desktop? Create a shortcut by right clicking your mouse on your desktop and browsing to the executable file for your favorite program.
- Quick Launch
Show Desktop Icon: My favorite icon on the task bar, the one that
I use the most, is the desktop icon called "show desktop."
When I have a lot of programs open and I want to clear everything down
to the task bar and have access to the desktop, I just click the desktop
icon.
When I received my new computer with Windows XP, the Quick Launch Bar with my favorite icon was not active. To activate it, I right-clicked on the task bar, selected Toolbars, and then Quick Launch.
If you haven't tried this show desktop icon, give it a whirl. 
- Shortcut Keys:
Almost everyone has heard of Ctrl Z for Undo, but do you know and
use some of my other favorites such as Ctrl V, X, Y, & C? Here's
what they all do and I've listed the associations that I use to remember
them, silly, but they work.
Ctrl Key Result Association C Copy C is for copy V Paste V is for victory pasting what you want where you want it X Cut X is like scissors Y Redo Y is for why did I undo that? Z Undo Z is, well, I just remember Z.
- Default Save Locations: It can be a pain saving files to the right place, but there is one way to make it easier. In each of your frequently used Microsoft Programs, you can change the default save location. It's located in a slightly different location in each program, but here's an example for Word. In Word, go to Tools>Options, and select the File Locations tab. Highlight Documents and select Modify. Browse to the folder that you want to be your default saving location.
I hope these tips are helpful.
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Next month look for
the following topics:
--Is a rebate
worth it?
--Quick tip: protect your computer with Ad-aware 6.
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