I’m getting old and always learning! You may need a different view in Windows Explorer occasionally, even try different views to decide what to keep in particular folders. Instead of going to the Ribbon options at the top, which is time consuming, there are easy keyboard shortcuts that will change view instantly: CTRL + SHIFT […]
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Here is a list of some keyboard shortcuts you really need to know if you want to perform common tasks in Windows easily. Win+X opens a menu at the left bottom corner of the Screen, with links to Control Panel, Computer Management, Windows Explorer (use Win+E to open Windows Explorer directly), Search (Win+F for direct […]
When you perform a search in Word, and there exist many occurrences of your keyword(s), you don’t need to find them using all the time the main Find Dialogue. You can jump to the next occurrence immediately by pressing Shift+F4, or Ctrl+Alt+y. Yet these shortcuts are not very convenient, especially if you are used to […]
In the process of editing a document one may need several times to preview before the day of the actual printing. To use the Print Preview options alone, you have to assign yourself a keyboard shortcut to the Print Preview command, and/or add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. To add a shortcut go to […]
Texter is a free auto-text utility that will save you countless keystrokes by replacing abbreviations with commonly used phrases you define. Texter runs in the Windows system tray and works in any application you’re typing in. It can also set return-to markers for your cursor and insert clipboard contents into your replacement text, in addition […]
The following keyboard shortcuts for Windows will save you a lot of time in managing your programs. Don’t miss especially those in bold letters. Win+(1-5): Starts the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the program is already running, it switches to that program. Win+Alt+(1-5): Opens the Jump List […]
Desktop Lighter is a free utility that will let you fine-tune the brightness of your screen using a keyboard shortcut (or a slider, if you prefer). Desktop Lighter lets you adjust the brightness of your screen easily and quickly, anytime you want to. It can change the brightness level by a trackbar slider or by […]
Keyboard Tweaker is a free program that will let you create and manage global Hotkeys to do various tasks. Including special system multimedia functions, it will transform a normal keyboard with 101/102 keys into a multimedia keyboard handling with shortcuts the sound volume etc. For example Ctrl+Alt+A may run one of the functions: Speaker Volume […]
If you need a program that displays what global keyboard shortcuts are registered by various applications, you can use ActiveHotkeys: it will show a list of all active (registered) or inactive (available) global hotkeys. Please note that Windows does not provide information about what program registered a particular global hotkey, therefore this information is not […]