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Home Keys
One version of what “touch typing” is, is typing without needing to look at the keys. A typist knows their position on the keyboard from muscle memory alone. Usually, touch typing involves placing the eight fingers across the ‘home row’. The home row keys are in the middle row and are the letters “a-s-d-f” for […]
Continue readingNavigating Tabs Shortcut
This tip is aimed at those of you who use keyboard shortcuts, or are interested in trying them out. A lot of people may already be familiar with using the Ctrl key and a lettered key for shortcuts (Ctrl+B for Bold, Ctrl+I for Italics, etc.), another really useful Ctrl shortcut is Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn. Combining the Ctrl […]
Continue readingContext Menu Shortcut
This tip is aimed at people who already use keyboard shortcuts or are looking to try them out. You may already have noticed that when you use the right-click button on your mouse you get a different menu on screen depending on what you are clicking on. This is a context menu, if you right-click […]
Continue readingWhen a shortcut’s not a shortcut
A shortcut is only a shortcut when it’s a shortcut. There you go, the shortest blog ever!! Want me to expand? My computers are set up with customized quick access tool-bars, quick launch bars and macros linked to shortcuts to help me work faster. I frequently keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + C to copy for example) […]
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