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Create a Strikethrough shortcut in Word
Applying the Strikethrough format to text in a Word document requires a trip to the Font dialog box -- which will get old in a hurry, if you use that format a lot. Taking a moment now to create a keyboard shortcut will provide a big efficiency payoff. by Jody...
Tags: Dialog Box, Keyboard Shortcut, Strikethrough, Word 2007 Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Keyboards, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2008-07-15
Seven keyboard shortcuts to help make your PowerPoint slide shows glitch-free
You don't need to get distracted by the mechanics of presenting a slide show. Learn just a few shortcuts and you can focus on your audience and your message instead. by Jody Gilbert
Tags: Slideshow, Microsoft PowerPoint, Keyboard Shortcut, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2008-07-07
Toggle Word's Print Preview
I like to keep my fingers on the keyboard while working -- avoiding mouse clicks whenever possible. It isn't right or wrong, it's just how my brain works. I just ran across a great keyboard shortcut for toggling between your Word document and Print Preview. The truth...
Tags: File Menu, Microsoft Word, Keyboard Shortcut, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Susan Harkins
Blog posts 2008-06-02
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 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
35 keyboard shortcuts that save you time in Mozilla Thunderbird
my favoriteis hitting the "g" key to organize email by date. but it doesn't just sort them it sets them as collapsible threads in this order:+today+last week+two weeks ago+old maili use that setup as my default.
Tags: Keyboards, jlwallen@..., keyboard shortcut, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., keyboard
Discussion threads 2007-11-02
76 keyboard shortcuts for moving faster in Windows Vista
Windows Vista offers a healthy assortment of keyboard shortcuts, which can often be significantly more efficient than mousing around to perform everyday chores. Scott Lowe has put together a PFD of the most useful shortcuts in Vista. Organized according to where you use them (desktop, Sidebar, etc.), the list encompasses...
Tags: Keyboard, Microsoft Windows Vista, Keyboard Shortcut, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2007-10-25
35+ keyboard shortcuts that save you time in Mozilla Thunderbird
Knowing the most useful keyboard and mouse shortcuts for your e-mail client can cut down on writing time and increase productivity. But for shortcuts to make your job easier, you'll need to commit them to memory. Printing out this document and keeping it where you can glance at the shortcuts...
Tags: Message, Keyboard, Mozilla Thunderbird, E-mail Message, Mozilla Corp., Keyboard Shortcut, E-mail, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Nicole Bremer Nash
Blog posts 2007-10-19
10+ Windows XP keyboard shortcuts to speed everyday tasks
How expansive is your repertoire of Windows XP keyboard shortcuts? A lot of users learn a handful of shortcuts but turn their backs on a host of other ones that could come in handy. Check out the selection of shortcuts below and see if there aren't a couple you didn't...
Tags: Menu, Item, Keyboard Shortcut, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2007-10-17
10 keyboard shortcuts for speeding your work with Excel data
Which Next Cell?Nice collection of keyboard shortcuts, but the first one input and move to next cell has two shortcuts, depending on the direction of input:Type + Enter takes you to the next cell DOWN;Type + Tab takes you to the next cell RIGHT.When inputting across, using TAB to...
Tags: Microsoft Excel, keyboard, MJGunther, cell, keyboard shortcut
Discussion threads 2007-10-10
10+ keyboard shortcuts for speeding your work with Excel data
Shortcuts can save you a considerable amount of time when you're entering or modifying data in a worksheet -- but only if you can remember them. This list offers a quick reminder of some old standbys, along with a few shortcuts that are less well known but equally useful. ...
Tags: Keyboard, Microsoft Excel, Keyboard Shortcut, Cell, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2007-10-05
Create Icons/shortcuts for keyboard shortcuts?
I'm looking for a way to create click-able Icons/shortcuts for various keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+..., etc.). [My mouse is very acessable, but my keyboard is not. I know about various on-screen keyboards; but I would prefer clickable Icons that I could put in my quick launch toolbar, for example.]Is this possible...
Tags: Keyboards, photowiz@..., keyboard, keyboard shortcut
Discussion threads 2007-09-08
10 keyboard shortcuts to help you deliver a smooth PowerPoint presentation
A good article...butThis is a great article and would work well with users who are familiar with using PowerPoint. But, in my experience, usually the persons who do presentations using PowerPoint aren't very computer-literate. So, I don't know. I guess not using all of the shortcuts and just the...
Tags: Microsoft Office, ghost_75_24@..., Microsoft PowerPoint, keyboard shortcut, keyboard
Discussion threads 2007-09-05
10 keyboard shortcuts to speed formatting in Excel worksheets
Excel 2007 sort keyboard shortcutsSeveral times almost every day for the last ten years or so I've used Excel to sort data on two or three columns.Pre-07: alt-d-s- focus is on what column to sort, use arrow keys to select, tab twice for the next column.Now: alt-d-s- focus is on...
Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Office, jskean@..., Now IT, Microsoft Excel, keyboard shortcut, keyboard
Discussion threads 2007-08-31
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
10+ keyboard shortcuts for working efficiently with Outlook items
A comprehensive list of more than 80 Outlook shortcuts is available as a PDF download.The user universe is divided into mousers and keyboarders, with the latter group stoutly insisting that it's faster to keep your fingers on the keyboard than to stop and pick up the mouse to execute a...
Tags: Keyboard, Microsoft Outlook, Keyboard Shortcut, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2007-08-16
10+ keyboard shortcuts to speed formatting in Excel worksheets
A comprehensive list of Excel shortcuts is available as a PDF download.By now, most Office users probably know the Bold, Italic, and Underline shortcuts as well as they know their own names. (I've included them here because someone will surely take me to task if I leave them out.) But...
Tags: Keyboard, Shortcut, Microsoft Excel, Keyboard Shortcut, Jody Gilbert
Blog posts 2007-08-09
More keyboard shortcuts and tips for PowerPoint
Powerpoint help neededI am retired now, but actively involved with volunteering computer repair, assistance, training, web design, etc. Our church uses PowerPoint to project songs and text. It is easy to use backgrounds, animated gifs, and video. My problem is I cannot get PowerPoint to have text over the video...
Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Office, keyboard shortcut, keyboard, jd@..., Microsoft PowerPoint, video
Discussion threads 2007-08-09


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