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- 10 keyboard shortcuts to improve your Linux experience
- A few simple keyboard shortcuts can make your work in Linux far more efficient. Jack Wallen runs through 10 of his favorites, for both desktop environments and window managers. by Jack Wallen
- Tags: Environment, Window, Window Manager, Terminal Window, Keyboard Shortcut, Desktop Environment, Alt, Ctrl, Keyboards, Construction, Linux, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- 10 obscure Excel tricks that can expedite common chores
- Over the years, each new version of Excel has introduced some nifty features. However, buried within Excel are lots of cool features that too few users have discovered. If you or your users perform certain tasks every time you use Excel, you'll want to make sure you're taking advantage of...
- Tags: Data, Row, Column, Entry, Cell, Ctrl, Figure L, AutoCalculate, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Jeff Davis
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- 10+ keyboard shortcuts to speed Firefox tasks
- You can shave significant time off your various viewing and navigational tasks in Firefox if you know a handful of keyboard shortcuts. A quick toggle (say, the History pane or Downloads dialog) or a speedy key combo that changes text size or jumps to your Home page is almost always...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Keyboard Shortcut, WWW, Ctrl, Web Browsers, Keyboards, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- 10 cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell
- If PowerShell's learning curve has kept you from embracing it for daily use, "cool" might not be a word you'd associate with it. But PowerShell is here to stay. It's a core part of Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008, and it has immense power we all...
- Tags: Command, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Microsoft Windows, Ctrl, EasyView, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- 10 keyboard shortcuts for working with PowerPoint slides
- Creating a PowerPoint presentation means juggling a lot of pieces -- moving, formatting, and editing objects such as AutoShapes, pictures, text boxes, and the slides themselves. It's not always immediately apparent how to select one of these items or how to navigate within it. Here are a few indispensable keyboard...
- Tags: Box, Microsoft PowerPoint, Keyboard Shortcut, Object, Ctrl, Keyboards, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Peripherals, Office Suites, Software, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- 10+ lesser-known shortcuts for formatting Word text
- Your users probably have a few favorite keyboard shortcuts for formatting text -- like Ctrl + B for applying boldface, Ctrl + I for applying italics, Ctrl + U for underlining, and maybe Ctrl + L to left-align text. But Word provides buttons for those tasks on the Formatting toolbar,...
- Tags: Keyboard Shortcut, Ctrl, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Keyboards, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- CTRL + F and CTRL + B don't work.
- Recently I noticed my CTRL F shortcut doesn't work anywhere and CTRL B doesnt work in Word 2007(I can't pinpoint the time and thus do not know what I may need to uninstall). Other CTRL + shortcuts still work (CTRL+A CTRL+U and others) I'm running Vista Business Edition...
- Tags: Keyboards, Word processors, ssgtbair@..., CTRL+A CTRL+U, Microsoft Word, keyboard, Ctrl
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- 10 keyboard shortcuts for tabbing around in Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer users officially entered the era of tabbed browsing with IE 7. No more wading through multiple browser sessions or time-traveling to previously visited sites via the Back and Forward buttons. For those of you who rely heavily on tabbed browsing, here are a few shortcuts that may save...
- Tags: Keyboard, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Tab, Keyboard Shortcut, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- 10+ keyboard shortcuts to help you deliver a smooth PowerPoint presentation
- How do you feel about standing in front of an audience -- even a friendly one -- to give a talk and run a slide show? If you're just slightly nervous, things will probably be fine, assuming there are no technical glitches and you don't lose your speaker's notes. But...
- Tags: Keyboard, Microsoft PowerPoint, PowerPoint Presentation, Keyboard Shortcut, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- Keyboard shortcuts in bash and zsh
- Learn these timesaving keyboard shortcuts for working in the bash and zsh shells. The bash and zsh shells are very similar, with zsh being more of a "power-house" shell than bash. Key commands for both shells are similar and knowing these time-saving shortcuts can be a great...
- Tags: Vincent Danen, keyboard, keyboard shortcut, Ctrl, current line, cursor, Alt, shell, Linux Tips Newsletter, Word, Cursor Position, Keyboards, Linux, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2007-04-27
- Tip: CTRL + ALT + DELETE . . . for a WorkGroup
- Do you want to add another level of security to your login if you are in a workgroup? Every wonder why domain users have to use the CTRL + ALT + DELETE? By having to physically perform a CTRL + ALT + DELETE you make sure a trojan/backdoor program doesn't...
- Tags: Windows Vista, Security
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- CTRL + ALT + DELETE for WorkGroups
- A tip on how to use CTRL + ALT + DELETE for Workgroups.
- Tags: Alt, Ctrl
- Image galleries 2007-05-31
- Use heading styles to create an outline of your Word report
- Mary Ann Richardson explains how to create an outline of a Word report by using headings, leaving the extraneous information in the original document where it belongs. Your supervisor asks to see an outline of your Word report before you submit the final version. Since you built your...
- Tags: Mary Ann Richardson, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Word processors, Ctrl, Table-of-Contents, outline, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Document, Table, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2007-02-20
- Use Find to edit selected cells in an Excel worksheet all at once
- Did you know that you can search for and edit multiple cells in Excel? Mary Ann Richardson discusses the Find tool and how you can use it to make big changes in a snap. Excel's Find function makes it easy to search for and edit multiple cells. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, cell, worksheet, Ctrl, Microsoft Office Suite Excel Tips Newsletter, Find, Find Dialog Box, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-10-24
- odd problem with upgrading memory
- Im ready to pull my hair out, For the life of me I cant figure this out so maybe someone out there can helpI have a Gateway 510XL running xp sp2 I have smart link 56k voice modem, and am on dialup... I know but its all that is avalible...
- Tags: hardware, new RAM, pane, stick, memory, modem, RAM, estonewallfarm@..., Ctrl
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Quick tips for working in Access' Forms design view
- If you often work in Forms design view, there are shortcuts that can make it easier to find your Access menus and windows. Here's how to find them. When you use Forms design view, you might wind up spending half your time searching for all the tools you...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Databases, Mary Ann Richardson, PRODUCTIVITY, Ctrl, check box, Microsoft Office Suite Access Tips Newsletter, Window, Tool, View, Construction, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-08-08
- Use these character formatting shortcuts to save retyping in Word
- Take the shortcut! Whether you need to change the case or switch formats, it's easy with these Word shortcuts. When preparing a Word document for publication, you want to spend as little time retyping as possible. Here are some shortcuts for reducing time spent editing text. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Ctrl, header, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-07-25
- Save time editing Word documents with these shortcut keys
- If you find yourself cleaning up other people's Word documents for publication, these keyboard shortcuts can make your job a lot easier. Do you spend a lot of time cleaning up Word documents for final publication? Here are three shortcut keys that can help you make your ...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, paragraph, Ctrl, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-07-11
- Keep Word from mistakenly changing what you type
- [Ctrl] + [z] rulezI prefer [Ctrl] + [z] for several reasons: 1st: you do not turn a sometimes useful feature of. you can decide as the case arises whether you want word to correct it or not. 2st: keyboard shortcuts are fast. 3rd: it works a
- Tags: software, Ctrl, AutoCorrect Works, ng@..., Microsoft Word, tool
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- 10 tips for working with dates in Microsoft Access
- This article is also available as a PDF download.Working with dates in Access can be somewhat confusing. Fortunately,Access offers the Date/Time data type, which greatly simplifies the job ofhandling dates. In addition, you'll find a number of functions that manipulatedate values and components. But even with all the built-in help,...
- Tags: Calculating Julian, Ctrl, current date, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Susan Harkins, Value at Risk
- Technical articles 2006-11-13
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