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Navigating 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 readingThe Scroll Button
If you are using a mouse with your computer/laptop you may already be familiar with the left button and the right button, but do you use the middle button much? Talking to different people at different levels of computer skill, I was surprised by the number that did not use the middle button, or know […]
Continue readingDesktop Tidy
This may be a familiar image, you computer desktop full of icons, folder, files and shortcuts. How often have we searched through rows of icons looking for one file/folder/shortcut? How many times have we sat at someone else’s desk while they searched through the same organised clutter? Ideally, the desktop would only show what is […]
Continue readingThinking outside the package
“Thinking outside the box” is a well known phrase referring to thinking beyond the obvious or perceived limitations (the box), or to throw in a movie reference ‘there is no spoon’. I have a new phrase “Thinking outside the package” – so far it hasn’t caught on, but if “was-sup” can, why can’t “Thinking outside […]
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 readingHow To…. Quick Launch Toolbar to Windows 7 & 8
In older versions of Windows the Quick Launch Toolbar made opening regular files and programs quick and easy. Program icons were easily added to and removed from the toolbar allowing for easy access to the programs you frequently used. This disappeared from the default settings with Windows 7 and Windows 8. The steps below […]
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