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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:50:56 +0000

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:43:59 +0000

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:36:48 +0000

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:29:06 +0000

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:13 +0000

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:53:46 +0000

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Comment on Ctrl+U: View Source in Firefox by estephen

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:07:26 +0000

You can’t edit — it’s just for VIEWING the source.

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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:32:25 +0000

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Comment on Introduction to laptop keystrokes by Leslie Burdick

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:05:15 +0000

My computer has gone into all caps and I can’t get small letters. What keystrokes can I use to get out of it?

Comment on How to post a comment or item in Google Plus (G+) without using a mouse by Paid Directory Online

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:21:26 +0000

Actually it happens same…I will try for Enter key…

Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by lisa

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:42:15 +0000

When i use certain keys they make shortcuts happen and i cannot use them to write my password in,how do i make the keys no longer shortcuts i have an Acer5600 series,using windows7,Like when i write a name,when the R is pressed it opens the run window….Is there anyway to disable the shortcut keys……Plz help..xx

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Jenny

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:54:50 +0000

Perhaps someone can help with this question.
I want to define case within a style.

For example, let’s create a style called “First Word” and have it automatically set the case to “Capitalaze Each Word” and small caps.

Any thoughts?

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Jenny

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:52:59 +0000

Timmy,
There are two levels of keyboard shortcuts: Windows and Application.
Windows level works for all applications. So, when you push the ‘a’ key, you get a letter a, but when you Shift+a you get A.
Application level allows the specific program to modify that behavior and it is usually set up so as not to conflict with the Windows level keys. So Ctrl+a usually (usually!) means ’select all’, but only if the programmer included that one.

In short, you can’t do the same keys in all editors. The programmers were all different and used different keys.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Vijin Paulraj

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:55:09 +0000

@Razibul Hassan:Thanks alot:)

Comment on Alt+Enter: Properties by Andy

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:02:07 +0000

How do you disable this?

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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:30:50 +0000

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Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:45:47 +0000

CAN ANY TEL ME PLS WHAT SHORT CUT KEY FOR SHUTDOWN COMPUTER IN WINDOW 7

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by KennyK

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:49:29 +0000

Jessica!

you are really the one who knows what you are doing! such simple steps to turn off the annoying Ctrl+Enter to send emails. no confusing regedit and HKEY stuff. I enabled mine by mistake and quickly and easily disabled it thanks to your instructions. you are great! thanks again

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by pankaj

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:37:50 +0000

ctrl+A for select all
ctrl+C for copy
ctrl+V for paste

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Ridwan

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:15:40 +0000

For Windows 7

To Shutdown: Windows Key+Alt Key then F4
To Open Run: Windows Key+R
To Open Start Menu: CTRL+ESC
To Lock Computer: CTRL+L
To Select All: CTRL+A
To Undo Something:CTRL+Z

It might work on other softwares aswell

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Rohan

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:17:59 +0000

press windows key + 2 times u

Comment on How to post a comment or item in Google Plus (G+) without using a mouse by coln1988

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:00:16 +0000

Similarly, for post a new item, press Tab once to get to the sharing area, then Tab again to get to the green “Share” button, then press Enter.

Comment on How to post a comment or item in Google Plus (G+) without using a mouse by jolin

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:58:54 +0000

yes, I will try to use Enter key .

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by siko

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:10:04 +0000

to get the dialog back:
delete CtrlEnterSends from:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Pre ferences
and restart outlook.

This will cause the dialog to display when outlook is restarted.

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Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:47:02 +0000

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Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by Nagabhushan

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:12:12 +0000

How to create short cut keys(opening programs with single stroke) Eg: Calculater, PDF etc.

kindly help me out

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by timmy

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:28:48 +0000

I know I don’t share your Word religion, I’m the antichrist… but remember you should share your love even with non-believers

Does anyone know of similar hotkeys to caps lock and the other ones you’re discussing that work in all windows text editing, and not just Word ? (I use notepad, wordpad, openoffice, web forums… not to mention file renaming ).

Or alternatively, if anyone can recommend some good, low-cpu-usage downloadable tool that provides multiple such functionally *all across the board* in windows 7… like:
- multiple clip board
- advanced text editing features (change upper\lower case, select blocks of text in the middle of text (rectangular, not bound to start and end of every line, (this was common in Amiga text editors)), etcetera.
- other text editing and hotkey stuff

(there has to exist one! But every time I search for tools like that I end up with 100 apps that are free but will cost you 40 bucks to unlock after it’s been installed along with a dozen useless toolbars + some spyware.

i guess AutoHotkey or other third-party auto-complete/auto-replace programs could have, or be set up to have, such functionality. I only did extremely simple scripting in AutoHotkey and my scripts lagged a lot.

Any ideas for anything helpful would be … helpful…! And highly appreciated if anyone replies, plz leave my a note at (”visualpost” is the first part of my adress at google’s well-known e-mail service..)

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Darshana

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:52:35 +0000

Thank u…

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Nand Kishor Singh

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:03:18 +0000

Press WIN + R to open run command. Type “Shutdown -s -t 01″ and press Enter.

You can make the shortcut icon for shutdown by using this.

Comment on Copy and Paste without a mouse, putting it all together by Don

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:47:20 +0000

Why can’t more than one copy of different parts of a document be stored via a right click of the mouse and a dialog box be opened showing your recent copy choices; then we can choose the one to paste? Am I the only person who thinks this would be very handy when bits and pieces of documents need to be copied and pasted?
Or…is this function available and I need to be educated about it?
Thank you for considering my question. Have a safe and blessed weekend.
Don Russo

Comment on Ctrl+[, Ctrl+]: Increase, decrease font size in Word, Outlook & PowerPoint by Ritu Sharma

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:55:07 +0000

How to increase Font Size in excel through Keyboard,,

I found CTRL+Shift+ to increase and decrease but it not works in excel
somebody help

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by erie

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:12:15 +0000

make shutdown & restart icon at desktop more easy…..

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Harjinder Singh

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:48:44 +0000

Ctrl+Ese, this create a underline in all the commands that appear in the start window we just click on the letter then the command is working. for example for shut down window:
ctrl+ese, then click on U a shut down windows is appear then click U,

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Jessica

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:00:53 +0000

Hi.

It is a setting in Outlook, though it’s hard to find. Just wanted to add that I’m an extremely fast and accurate typist, and I have sent uncountable unfinished emails with the key combination ctrl + enter.

Change settings like this:
Tools > Options > Preferences Tab >
Email Options button >
Advanced Email Options button >
at the bottom of the dialog box, uncheck “Press CTRL + ENTER to send messages.”

Jessica

Comment on Modify Firefox to do full keyword searches by Razibul Hassan

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:28:16 +0000

This is really a good tips for Mozilla users. Thanks for it.
I’d like to add a shortcut that Mozilla Firefox novice users would find helpful :
The Ctrl+Shft+T key combination to open the closed tabs. If you press this key combination once it will open the last closed tab and so on.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Razibul Hassan

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:20:27 +0000

The following are some of the very handy sort-cut keys for quick formatting or managing a MS word file:

All Caps Lock CTRL+SHIFT+A
Apply Heading1 ALT+CTRL+1
Bookmark CTRL+SHIFT+F5
Date Field ALT+SHIFT+D
Dictionary ALT+SHIFT+F7
Double Underline CTRL+SHIFT+D
Next Misspelling ALT+F7
Hyperlink CTRL+K
Subscript CTRL+=
Superscript CTRL+SHIFT+=

Comment on Copy and Paste without a mouse, putting it all together by Dazel jane principe

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:56:26 +0000

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Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by kitty

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:45:28 +0000

Restart Outlook after the change in registry.

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by kitty

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:45:08 +0000

Thank you ian for the solution. It fixes mine.

Can’t find a user interface option, but have a look in your registry - regedit.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Preferences

There is an entry CtrlEnterSends - set this to 1 to re-enable.

Comment on Revealing the underlined shortcut: Configuring Windows XP to be more keyboard-friendly by A replayer

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:33:46 +0000

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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:15:20 +0000

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Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by A replayer

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:14:33 +0000

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Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by A replayer

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:12:16 +0000

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Comment on Ctrl+K: Search the Web in Firefox by Razibul Hassan

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:25:04 +0000

Great . There are few other very handy keyboard shortcuts for Firefox users:
_____________________________________________________

Go to Bottom of Page : End
Go to Top of Page : Home
Close Tab : Ctrl + W
Reopen Closed Tab : Ctrl + Shift + T
Open a new Tab : Ctrl + T
Bookmark This Page : Ctrl + D

I found the above shortcuts really handy and life saving…

Comment on Ctrl+[, Ctrl+]: Increase, decrease font size in Word, Outlook & PowerPoint by Bob Marrs

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:58:25 +0000

Hold down Ctrl key and press + to make the size larger or - for smaller. Works like a champ.

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by Ashley

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:37:20 +0000

I had this same issue, XP professional the Win+L just didn’t work at all. Checked the registry for the above entries, doesn’t have any of those. Noticed that my machine was strangely unlocked when I got to work on Monday morning. Tried the Win+L several times nothing. Then did a Ctrl+Alt+Del, and the machine came back immediately saying the computer was locked (no enter required) - showing the login name and the password prompt. Unlocked the machine, tried the Ctrl+Alt+Del again, this time it was behaving normally. I had to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to get the login prompts. And hey presto, the Win+L is working again like magic, still don’t have a clue what the problem was…..

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by jane

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:24:24 +0000

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Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by Teri

Fri, 27 May 2011 16:40:41 +0000

Does anyone know if there are keyboard shortcut keys for formatting in PowerPoint using a Mac running the Leopard OS? Am getting so tired of having to mouse using the formatting palette … No shortcut keys shown in the dropdown format menu. I know the basic shortcut keys, I’m trying to find the formatting shortcuts - if they exist for the Mac version of ppt. Ready to go back to my PC just to use the keyboard instead of the mouse.

Comment on Gearing back up… by paullstanley

Wed, 18 May 2011 02:38:02 +0000

Very, very informative. A lot of information here and very well put together.I appreciate this blog, thank you. I have put together a blog with a reference guide to all of the CTRL shortcuts here http://www.itutorblog.com/2011/05/how-to-own-your-with-the-ctrl-button/

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by Malibog

Mon, 16 May 2011 13:19:53 +0000

HI… yeah, so is there any way to have a shortcut key for Google Chrome Incognito mode, with the home page set to www.[foobar].com?

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by Bob

Tue, 10 May 2011 19:07:33 +0000

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Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Razibul Hassan

Sun, 08 May 2011 05:18:17 +0000

That’s a good one. Thx for the tip. It will definitely save times for those who frequently need to change case of the text while editing.
However for a comprehensive list for all the handy short cut visit the official Microsoft website : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290938

Have fun !!!

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by kunal

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:49:37 +0000

hey i am not able to convert capitals into lower case in some cases, y is it so? plz reply asap.. i need ur help.. in some words/ cases , it works..?

Comment on Windows key+R: Run by biljana maksimovic

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:03:41 +0000

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Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Dave

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:33:12 +0000

I don’t understand all the consternation. It’s an Option setting in Outlook–you either have it checked or not. If you like it, like me, turn it on. If you don’t, quit complaining and just turn it off.

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by Michael

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:38:46 +0000

Had this problem, turned out to be some quarantined items in Avira. Used the Avira option to delete the quarantined items and full windows+L functionality returned.

Keeping it simple is usually the easiest way to fix a problem, I can’t believe people were recommending the changes above so boldly — There are few reasons to change the windows registry, especially if you’re a “normal” user.

Hope this helps someone. Cheers.

Comment on Ctrl+*: Select the current data block in Excel by maria

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:11:25 +0000

hi all
i want to delete some midle values of my data in excell what i have to do?

thak you’

Comment on Introduction to laptop keystrokes by pat kane

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:46:47 +0000

Tap the FN key with firm but not too hard strokes whilst typing in a notepad or word document to monitor the return to normal key mode. Sometimes the function key (FN) can be activated by accident, and can be reversed as mentioned in this reply. Take care folks.

Comment on Gmail! How to enable keyboard shortcuts by Sowmya

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:48:39 +0000

Hi,

To close the chat window in gmail, use windows+Esc button

Comment on Copy and Paste without a mouse, putting it all together by Joshua

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:31:04 +0000

Thankyou, I neaded that my hands keep on aching the way that you have to keep right clicking moving the mouse all the time it really helps once again thankyou hope more people comment and give positvie feedback.

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Rick

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:26:41 +0000

Thanks for this great tip. It’s always great to hack the keaboard instead of using the mouse.

Cheers.
Rick

Comment on Windows key+Break: Show System Properties by anon

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:27:06 +0000

iyou might have to press [fn] + winkey + pause for it to work on a HP laptop because the pause button is the [fn] version of pg up or something like that.

Comment on F7: Spell Check (Microsoft Office) by rosie

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:51:32 +0000

YEah im trying to learn all of these so yeah cool.

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Darren

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:14:09 +0000

Ian - God bless you fella, you are a true legend. I too made the mistake of turning off my CTRL+ENTER to send emails and it was driving me up the wall. Typical of Microsoft not to offer any help on correcting this too!

Someone else with BRAINs clearly doesn’t have much going on upstairs so I’ll refrain from having a cheap dig. However I will say it’s probably best you doing use that posting name given that this is a false statement to make about yourself.

Comment on Alt+Ctrl+S: Split the screen in Microsoft Word by Dr. Moreau

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:18:54 +0000

Is there a way to split it left-right, or is it only top and bottom? Thanks though, this is neat.

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by Xantes

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:44:12 +0000

Ctrl Shift N is a keyboard shortcut for making a new folder on any place in Windows: either i a partition root, in on a folder as a sub folder or on the PC’s desktop as well.

Comment on Shift+F10 or Menu Key: Opens Shortcut Menu (same as right-clicking) by Toby Chang

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:17:51 +0000

Cool shortcuts, very useful. Thanks a bunch!!! I found a few move shortcuts here: http://www.usingcomputers.co.uk/tutorials/useful-windows-shortcuts.php its worth taking a look at combined with this article. Thanks, keep up the good posts!

Patrick

Comment on Ctrl+T: Create hanging indent in Word by WORDnewbie

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:42:14 +0000

Thanks for sharing! This is what I was looking for

Comment on F7: Spell Check (Microsoft Office) by sarah

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:05:49 +0000

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its green!!!! aww, now its grey :_(

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by Freethought

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:42:08 +0000

Trinity, you have to press down the down arrow twice. Or, with windows 7, by pressing Windows Key + Left, or +Right arrow, you can move the Window to split screen viewing. ….Very handy shortcut.

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Ken

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:18:23 +0000

Thank you! By the way I have used the control+enter option for 10 years also and send 100’s of emails everyday, I have never sent one early…..helps if you know how to type properly.Someone with brians should change his name to without…….

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by jishnu

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:31:29 +0000

thanks very much….this was exactly what i am looking for………..tankuu

Comment on Copy and Paste without a mouse, putting it all together by Pulak Paul

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:01:35 +0000

Really this tip is very much useful for them who are using “copy paste” protected software and want to copy & paste like me………

Comment on Windows key+Break: Show System Properties by lip eczema treatment

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:03:13 +0000

I tried to go the old Pandora’s Battery method on my friend’s slim but it just shows a black screen then turns off leading me to believe he has one of the un-pandorable psp(s). I tested the Pandora’s Battery on my phat psp and sure enough it works so that

Comment on Fn+F2: Disable wireless by tom

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:49:37 +0000

Does anyone know how to disable the F2 button? (the opposite of what this guy is asking?) I use the #2 often working on my laptop, and I keep turning off my internet by accident since the F2 button is right above the Number 2. Is there anyway to deactivate the button?

Comment on Alt+Prnt Scrn: Copy Screenshot of Current Window to Clipboard by charles Shirriff

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:01:13 +0000

Mine shares Prnt Scrn with F10

NO guarantee.

Comment on Ctrl+[, Ctrl+]: Increase, decrease font size in Word, Outlook & PowerPoint by Steven

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:56:35 +0000

Try WinKeyPlus (www.winkeyplus.com). It allows you to map custom hotkeys to commands for windows.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Great Shortcut

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:43:49 +0000

Thanks. This worked in my Word Doc

Comment on Alt+Ctrl+S: Split the screen in Microsoft Word by mhs

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:47:21 +0000

this is very helpfull

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by lord

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:22:30 +0000

U can press window key n then press dbl U…..;)

Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by Steven

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:11:01 +0000

Rather try www.winkeyplus.com

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by Maiboi

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:21:09 +0000

Are you guys kidding me? It takes about two seconds and is no hassle at all.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Mohammad

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:51:06 +0000

How can I change this shortcut? I mean that I want to do this but with another shortcut key like F3 only.

Thanks a lot.

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by rats

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:53:53 +0000

why is it that when ever i press the win key my computer shuts down?

Comment on Ctrl+[, Ctrl+]: Increase, decrease font size in Word, Outlook & PowerPoint by shanmukh

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:21:43 +0000

Hey thanks a lot for that… I have been looking for this for years…. That’s a wonderful post.

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by sujal

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:05:43 +0000

hey if do this windows narator & utility maneger start it doesnot shutdon the pc
im not using my pc

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Tathagat

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:51:32 +0000

U can also press WIN then U and again U

Comment on Alt+Enter: Save link (Firefox) by Chris

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:22:24 +0000

WONDERFUL thanks - you’ve just saved me at least an hour of fiddling about!

To speed this up even more (avoid the need to wait for the downloads window then Alt+F4 each time), go to Tools, Options, General tab then UN-tick the ‘Show downloads windows when downloading’. That way you just need Tab, Alt+Enter, Tab, Alt+Enter, Tab, Alt+Enter…no forms to wait for.

Comment on Ctrl+= and Ctrl+Dash: Increase and decrease font size in Firefox and Thunderbird by leemz

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:53:54 +0000

Thanks a billion. I thought it would never get fixed.

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by tony

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:20:20 +0000

yer your teachings is correct and perfect, but what about the key to restart windows , and the one to maximize your program you minimize.
thank you very much.hope to hear from you soon.

Comment on Ctrl+1: Format cells in Excel by John R

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:17:27 +0000

Ctrl+1 does not work for me. Am I doing it wrong?

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by trinity devine

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:29:54 +0000

When I did the Windows Key + down arrow (on my Windows 7 pro Machine), it did not minimize firefox. It just made the window take up last space on the desktop. Maybe Im confused but I thought minimize was to retire the window to the task bar (to hide things quickly from prying eyes).

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Prakash

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:44:32 +0000

Hi ton all,

I think we all want some very small and easy shortcut key to shutdown, if we can reconfigure some key that will stand for shutdown like if we press “Shift” key for 5 times it will active stick keys, in similar manner if anyone can tell us is there any other same way to shutdown our pc like suppose alt+ctrl+shift+s”=shutdown then we wont have to do any thing, do any one have any idea about any such way to configure our key?

Thanks in advance
to those who will suggest us the needed stps

Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by Curator

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:50:54 +0000

You can also use WinKeyPlus to map shortcuts and disable keys in Windows.

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by cross trainer

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:04:41 +0000

hello
Which characters do I need to include for an on screen keyboard to support email addresses?
Cross

Comment on Introduction to laptop keystrokes by dapistoff

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:28:53 +0000

Acer laptop aspire one. Screen is broken want to switch to monitor but the fnand f5 combo don’t work for switching to external monitor wut might b the prob thx

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by steveg

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:47:49 +0000

Tnx, looked at all the tips but my keyboard shortcut “SHIFT+F3″ for Change Case STILL won’t work. Cld it be that i’m using MWword 2007 with an Addintool for Classic Menu or something else..?

Comment on Using the keyboard with Google Chrome by ChromeConvert

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:47:33 +0000

I’m posting this info wherever I can find FAYT threads:

If you want to have this feature (find as you type/FAYT) ENABLED IN CHROME BY DEFAULT, go to
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=150 and read #4 for why it’s not.

Then star ( = vote for) the issue, tell everyone who wants FAYT enabled by default to star it, and install tokland’s extension as an awesome workaround for the time being: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cpecbmjeidppdiampimghndkikcmoadk

Also, please join my group on LinkedIn, start a Facebook group, tweet about it, or do something to spread the word: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3111816&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Comment on Fn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Increase/Decrease Screen brightness by sarah

Mon, 31 May 2010 07:02:56 +0000

That was just perfect! I pressed it by accident & couldn’t work out how to get it back! thanks

Comment on Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow: Forward and Back in Firefox and Internet Explorer by John Unrau

Wed, 26 May 2010 03:23:15 +0000

I have a similar problem. I use IE8 and what just started happening is that to go back to a previous page I have to hold down the ALT key and double click the the left arrow. Don’t know why. Does anyone have a solution?

Comment on Alt+Enter: Save link (Firefox) by Christopher

Sat, 22 May 2010 15:40:05 +0000

I believe holding alt while clicking on a link also works for Firefox… it did for me (on my Mac), and most of the shortcuts are universal.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Rustam

Mon, 17 May 2010 18:03:46 +0000

in O2007 U go to OfficeGlobe->Word Options->Customize, Change a value “Choose Commands from” 2 “All Comands” , and find “Aa Change Case…” shortcut. Add it 2 the Quick Access Toolbar. Done.

Next to the Office Globe U now can see Aa… shortcut which let U choose from :
- Sentence case
- lowercase
- UPPERCASE
- Capitalize Each Word
- tOGGLE cASE

in old 2003 way, no punctuation marks problem.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Hugh

Sat, 01 May 2010 06:10:22 +0000

Howard, it’s working for me on O2k7 and Win7… Remember you need to select the text; you can’t just place the cursor within a block of text or a sentence.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Howard

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:13:36 +0000

Shift + F3 doewsn’t seem to work in Office 2007 running under Windows 7. Is there another trick?

Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by jazzheR

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:05:31 +0000

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SHORTCUT FOR MY ENTER KEY, IT DOESNT WORK WHEN IM AT MESSENGER, IF SOMEONE CAN HELP ME PLEASE

Comment on Shift+F1: What is this? by DTurnidge

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:12:24 +0000

I have a Citrix application for which F13, or SHIFT+F1 clears messages. However, Win7 captures the key stroke and pops the Start menu instead. I would like to disable the SHIFT+F1 key for windows so it can be used in MY application. Any ideas?

Comment on Windows key+Break: Show System Properties by Alvison Hunter Arnuero

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:33:13 +0000

mine works fine, Windows key + Break, Alt+Dblclick on mycomputer

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by estephen

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:23:38 +0000

NomeDemon, nope, none of the standard Windows shortcuts like this are easy to disable. (Unless you write the app, then you can trap that key as an event.)

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by estephen

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:22:41 +0000

Moo7aa, that’s great for Windows 7! When I get around to updating this blog for Windows 7, I’ll post this, thanks!

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by Moo7aa

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:37:06 +0000

hey … a better way … windows logo key + down arrow twice …. try it

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by NomeDemon

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:13:43 +0000

hey…is there anyway how can i disable it? i mean the alt+spacebar shortcut?

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+R (or Ctrl+F5): Reload page, overriding cache by candemir atlas

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:14:12 +0000

get rid of the forced reloed

Comment on Alt+Enter: Save link (Firefox) by Lucas

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:37:44 +0000

DownThemAll couldn’t handle an NTLM protected site so I ended up using your keyboard shortcut hint; then I tried flashgot, and it that worked also.

(Looks like DownThemAll uses some own download manager, whilst flashgot simply delegates the the firefox dl manager.)

So, thanks twice!

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by ian

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:14:52 +0000

Can’t find a user interface option, but have a look in your registry - regedit.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Preferences

There is an entry CtrlEnterSends - set this to 1 to re-enable.
I too avoid using the mouse where possible.

Comment on Fn+F2: Disable wireless by Dom

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:37:14 +0000

i have an advent laptop and the wireless button seems to be disabled. i have tryed the above tips but have not been able to activate it

please help,
thanks

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopen closed tab in Firefox by Gregory Helton

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:25 +0000

Norton has their face page on my screen,and i want yahoo back on there,,how do i get rid of norton and re-store my yahoo back on,,plus my icons are much bigger than before. I need regular letter sizeson my screen,,can you help please,

Comment on Fn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Increase/Decrease Screen brightness by somanna

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03:25 +0000

Good one … It helped me a lot ..

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by farid

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:57:23 +0000

Hi, so I’ve recently discovered the shortcut Alt Spacebar N to minimize an active window but I doesn’t seem to work every time on winamp.
Can anyone please help me on that xD

Comment on Ctrl+L: Left justify, Ctrl+R: Right justify, Ctrl+E: Center, Ctrl+J: Justify by zekifog

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:33:41 +0000

thanks you very much.

Comment on Fn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Increase/Decrease Screen brightness by karen

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:26 +0000

fixed mine too!! thanks!

Comment on Windows key+M: Minimize all Windows by In retrospect….. everything.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:18:45 +0000

[…] That night, she proved she hadn’t lost her knack for ghosting into space like a world class striker attacking a corner at the far post and blind siding the goalkeeper. It certainly didn’t help that I was reading this blog…..and giggling like a teenage girl lost in the throes of delirious laughter occasioned by the tickles of her puppy love….all at 3.00am… The reflections of the screen in my glasses must have alerted her to the fact that this was no ordinary word fest! In amazing presence of mind (or so I thought), I hit the windows key +D key combo, the screen quickly switching to my benign desktop. […]

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Grant

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:44:19 +0000

I have set up in policy to spell check a message before it is sent. However, I don’t want to spell check parts of the message from others when I am replying, so I want to bail out of the SpellCheck dialog before it reaches the end of the message. Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?

Comment on Alt+Prnt Scrn: Copy Screenshot of Current Window to Clipboard by Derek

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:58:31 +0000

Any answer for kinm’s question?
I don’t have any key marked Prnt Scrn either - what key is it / what else is on the key?
Thanks

Comment on Alt+Enter: Save link (Firefox) by s1

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:09:29 +0000

and if u hav the ff addon “downloads tool bar” you dont hav to press alt+f4 or ctrl+W

thanks again

Comment on Alt+Enter: Save link (Firefox) by s1

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:07:30 +0000

OMG, Thank you thank you thank you thank you soo much
u’ve saved me house of finger numbing clinking and dragging
thank you once again
:D:D:D:D

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by adamoerikom

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:40:38 +0000

Stunning blog and good article. High 5 for u man !

Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by jay

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:22:39 +0000

I want to create a shortcut that allows a pre-estabished line or two of text to appear. For instance, have the abilty to anwer a frequently asked e-mail question with a2-3 key stroke custom shortcut.

Comment on The Windows key by ALi Naghavi

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:58:22 +0000

How to Close these Shortcuts ?
please mail me !!
ali.naghavi.it@gmail.com

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by Carlos

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:49:58 +0000

I love this feature, but when I unlock, all keys respond as if I were holding down the windows key. I have to hit the windows key again or the keyboard misbehaves. I can’t seem to find any references to this, even though this has happened on an HP and a Lenovo laptop running vista and Windows 7.

Comment on Navigation by shery craig

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:21:27 +0000

can someone please tell me why my keys will not double stroke

Comment on Alt+Prnt Scrn: Copy Screenshot of Current Window to Clipboard by stephanie

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:39:11 +0000

try cntrl+alt+prnt scrn to copy then cntrl+V to paste

Comment on Ctrl+0: Hide Columns in Excel (Ctrl+Shift+0 to Unhide Columns) by geo

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:24:31 +0000

this is the fix thx to mikeray on Opera browser forums
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967893

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by rebecca

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:09:15 +0000

Can someone please tell me if there is any way of Initial Capitalising or Capitalising a sentence in Mail on MacBook? The solutions above work in Word but not Mail. Please help

Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by sHeKhEr

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:38:42 +0000

Thnx so much, this information helped me a lot…so nice of u.

Comment on Alt+Prnt Scrn: Copy Screenshot of Current Window to Clipboard by Rose

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:26:33 +0000

This totally does NOT work for me. If I click my function key to print screen, it takes me right to the printer preview screen and my only option is to select the printer. I try opening a blank document in photoshop CS4 and pasting (Ctrl-V) and it comes up blank. Erg. So frustrating as every page I’ve gone to have these very same instructions, and the snip tool that comes with Vista sucks, as I can’t capture open menus like I need to. HELP!?!

Comment on F5: In Notepad, enter a Timestamp by timestamper

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:51:03 +0000

@ estephen,

The point is that this un-editable format is not sortable in any way. Try prefixing a folder full of text files with the above timestamp. Open the folder and make sense out of the resulting filenames. Yay, all my morning files are together. useless.

yyyymmdd_hhmm_originalfilename.abc

Do this and all your files sort alphabetically. All your files sort numerically. Alpha-numerically. Use this same format WHENEVER you make a timestamp anywhere and you get used to reading it like music. Handled fine in IIS. Handled fine in Linux. OSX handles it. Even Windows OS’s can handle it.

Being unable to choose the format of the datestamp is it’s fail-flaw.

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+B: Organize Bookmarks with Firefox 3 by Koyae

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:27 +0000

Hey. I’ve got FF 3.0.11 (XP) and that shortcut isn’t showing up for me to manage bookmarks. It would, however, be great to have.

So you must mean version 3.5, right? Or am I missing something?

Comment on Ctrl+Up Arrow, Ctrl+Down Arrow: Move by Paragraph by worduser789

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:02:02 +0000

For MS-Word, version 11.5.0, the results of Ctrl+Down Arrow are inconsistent. I always have “Show paragraph marks” ON so I can see where a real paragraph ends. But in several cases that I can’t explain, the Ctrl+Down Arrow, sometimes skips many paragraphs down.

Are all Paragraph-marks created equal?

Comment on End, Arrow Key: Move by sections in Excel by JANET

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:11:26 +0000

In earlier versions of Excel, copying cells in columns to the right of data used to be easy. You simply hightlited the cell to copy and then moved cursor over to the column with data that you wanted to copy next to. This option doesn’t seem to work in 2007, unless of course someone knows how to accomplish this. If so, please help. thanks

Comment on Fn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Increase/Decrease Screen brightness by Narayanan

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:06:43 +0000

my up-arrow is not working how to get the brightness increase - is their any way to reset the display settings overall?

Comment on Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow: Forward and Back in Firefox and Internet Explorer by Albert Galick

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:54:24 +0000

This is exactly what doesn’t work in FF3 for me, but did in FF2. Example: go to www.google.com and start typing “ie6 vs ie7 ” and notice the autocomplete choices below (speed, performance, javascript performance, etc.). Pick one. Now try to hit Alt+left arrow to get those choices again. Worked in FF2, not in FF3.

Comment on Ctrl+0: Hide Columns in Excel (Ctrl+Shift+0 to Unhide Columns) by Titus Barik

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:53:07 +0000

I can confirm this as well. Something is causing Ctrl + Shift + 0 to get swallowed from within Windows Vista, and it affects any application that is using this key combination, not just Excel. Ctrl + Shift + 1 through Ctrl + Shift + 9 seem to work just fine however.

Comment on Ctrl+0: Hide Columns in Excel (Ctrl+Shift+0 to Unhide Columns) by Subashini

Thu, 21 May 2009 08:25:25 +0000

Hi,

I have been facing the same problem for a while. I kept experimenting with a combination of keys and I just discovered that control shift and = would unhide the hidden columns.

Comment on Ctrl+R or F5: Refresh in Internet Explorer and Firefox by eugene

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:52:51 +0000

i cant down loand the f5

Comment on F2: Edit a cell in Excel by Ramratan Gupta

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:39:46 +0000

Thanks for shortcut help and for windows handy shortcut.

Comment on Fn+F2: Disable wireless by Lewis BW

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:09:14 +0000

There is a way to recreate this on your PC. This is by using a vbs script to send keys using the send key command you could then create a shortcut to this on the desktop im sure this could be effective. Hoiwever i am not sure if VBS supports the F keys instead i could consider using NirCmd command line interprator tool with the send key command whic supports the send key cammand and gives the option of holding a key down for a predetermined amount of time. For example here is a working script that you need to save and whatever.bat make sure you use the .bat standing for batch file

@echo off
nircmd send key ctrl down
nircmd send key f2 press
nircmd send key ctrl up
exit

Also you could add a wait and a messagebox like this.

@echo off
nircmd send key ctrl down
nircmd send key f2 press
nircmd send key ctrl up
msg * Wireless hardware status changed
exit

You will need the command line tool downloaded here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

(There is a link at the bottom)

And the command list here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html#using

Hope this helps

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Jessica

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:00:41 +0000

If you would like to do title case, where Every First Letter Will Be Capitalized, go to Format > Change Case… and selet Title Case.

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Justin

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:00:04 +0000

My home computer is XP, haven’t tried your method but I’ll take your word for it that it will work.

My laptop is Vista, and I tested out the fastest way (that I know of) for the shutdown “shortcut” key:

CTRL + ESC (or windows button)
TAB x2
RIGHT x2
ENTER

I’m not sure if you have to do anything extra because I haven’t tried anything past the RIGHT x2. Too lazy to wait 5 minutes for my computer to start up again if I follow through… =P

Comment on Left Shift + Left Alt + Print Screen: High Contrast Mode by Anon

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:36:31 +0000

The reason it doesn’t affect some or most (debatable, based on programs you use) third-party applications is that they aren’t made to support Windows, instead being designed for multiple platforms, such as your experience with FF.

Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by Alex Krause

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:18:41 +0000

Steven, you can write your own scripts to do whatever set of keystrokes you want utilizing a native windows scripting host and this key-shortcut technique. The site below explains it all:

http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/features/030316fe.htm

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F9: Calculate all formulas and dependent formulas by Carnaveron

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:38:13 +0000

Hi, I received a file that requires alt+ctrl+f9 even tough no other workbooks need to be open. However there are dependent workbooks. And yet , the alt+ctrl+f9 shortcut is essential for this workbook to calculate properly. The designer instructed us to do alt+ctrl+f9 and then f9. Does that make sense to you?

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Vera

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:11:40 +0000

Anne-Marie, thank you so much for the tip!!! I’ve been searching for this combination, even trying my untalented hands on installing macros and such. You’ve made my day! Week! Month! Yippieh!

Comment on Fn+F2: Disable wireless by Pauline

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:51:09 +0000

i want to know lang po sira kasi ung f2 ko sa keyboard, eh hindi ko po maOpen ang wireless.pano po un?another key po, ano poh kaya?

Comment on Alt+Shift+F10: Open “Smart Tag” menu in Word, Excel & PowerPoint by GB

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:05:37 +0000

Is there any way to turn off smart tags as a default in Word? I turn them off, but they return when I cut & paste, when I change fonts, when I save, when I open a file, and at random. They are like herpes for Microsoft Windows. I seriously am considering changing to Ubuntu to end all this absolutely needless clicking and typing. I hate wasting time and I hate having to repeat myself.. this of course is both.

Comment on Ctrl+W: Close Window by Dan

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:02:01 +0000

Actually, ctrl-w will not close the window of an email you are reading in outlook. It’s terribly annoying. You have to hit Alt-F4 (how very easy to type … not) and be careful because if you hit it when the desktop is active, it’ll ask if you want to shut down the computer

Comment on Alt+Enter: Save link (Firefox) by John

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:36:31 +0000

Thanks!

Comment on Ctrl+Click: Open link in new tab (Firefox, Chrome, IE) by Ravinder

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:06:03 +0000

Is it possible to remove Ctrl+Click option to open new window in IE. There are certain online forms where you have to select mutiple option with the use of ctrl + click in order to make the selection. I am unable to do so from my laptop in IE 7.

I will appreciate any help to get around this shortcut.

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+B: Organize Bookmarks with Firefox 3 by Lilith

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:38:40 +0000

You can organize your bookmarks with Advanced URL Catalog a bookmark manager compatible with Firefox.

Comment on F2: Edit a cell in Excel by njl

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:40:02 +0000

Thank you so much i have been looking for this hotkey for ages.

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Kelly

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:06:09 +0000

Anyone know what the shortcut would be on a Mac running Leopard and I guess Word 2008? I used to be a PC user and love this shortcut but cannot find the toggle case for Word on this new computer. HELP!?!?

Comment on Alt+Shift+F10: Open “Smart Tag” menu in Word, Excel & PowerPoint by Paul B.

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:29:11 +0000

estephen - thanks for the explanation. Much clearer than MS’s, which erroneously states that the smart tagged word need only be “visible”. (I’m in Word ‘03). The alt-shift-f10 is a bit ungainly, but it makes sense as an alternate of shift-f10. I wish it were mappable (shift-rightWin would be golden),

Comment on Ctrl+L: Left justify, Ctrl+R: Right justify, Ctrl+E: Center, Ctrl+J: Justify by Celine

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:09:52 +0000

Short cut for copy: Ctrl+C
Short cut to paste: Ctrl+V

Task Manager is accessed via Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then clicking on task manager tab.

NB: + denotes pressing the buttons in combination at the same time, not the symbol ‘+’

Comment on Ctrl+`: Display formulas in Excel by Mr. Streamline

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:49:04 +0000

I love this website! This is a great application of what I call information efficiency management. I hope you are able to pick up regular updates in 2009! Happy New Year!

Comment on Ctrl+L: Left justify, Ctrl+R: Right justify, Ctrl+E: Center, Ctrl+J: Justify by James

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:21:41 +0000

Does anyone know the shortcut for copy and paste and also the shortcut for activating the task manager on a laptop.

Comment on Fn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Increase/Decrease Screen brightness by pete

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:22:56 +0000

thanks!! i’ve been searching for keyboard shortcuts and could not find it in my worthless laptop owners manual!

Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by JUNE REYNOLDS

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:56:33 +0000

I don’t want google chrome rather I want —-google internet with internet explorer back as previously permently www.,google com home page

Comment on Ctrl+Click: Open link in new tab (Firefox, Chrome, IE) by JUNE REYNOLDS

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:58:58 +0000

cnange or cancel chrome and put back to internetexplorer I had on december 11 2008

Comment on F5: In Notepad, enter a Timestamp by jverzino

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:21:49 +0000

You can reprogram the function keys. Iuse a program called “swiftkeyboard” Here is what I get when I press F5, Joseph Verzino.

Comment on Ctrl+L: Left justify, Ctrl+R: Right justify, Ctrl+E: Center, Ctrl+J: Justify by J

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:40:29 +0000

Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut for center justify in Microsoft Excel 2003? CTL+R does not seem to work.

Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by name

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:51:07 +0000

best freeware fot this is HOTKEYZ

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by YASEN

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:51:11 +0000

any comments guys?

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by YASEN

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:01:05 +0000

I have disabled the dialog box which use to alret me when ever I clicked CTRL+ENTER for sending.
I NEED THAT WARNING/DIALOG BOX TO BE ENABLED AGAIN….

what to do ?????????

Comment on Windows key+Break: Show System Properties by Aka

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:26:35 +0000

I fixed my sticking keys with Trevor’s method, above and it took care of the problem.

Thanks

Comment on Ctrl+*: Select the current data block in Excel by estephen

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:15:19 +0000

Just press an arrow key to move to a different cell and the block becomes deselected.

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by estephen

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:13:45 +0000

“Idiotic” and “moron” are not words I want used in the comments on this blog — it’s a technical/help blog, and we can keep a civil tone here. Otherwise I’ll moderate away. Since this blog is my world, I can create whatever shelters I like.

I hate clicking. I love Ctrl+Enter. In ten years of using that shortcut, I think I’ve sent an e-mail early maybe twice. On the other hand, I’ve saved tens of thousands of mouse clicks. Worth it, in my opinion.

Your mileage may vary; I agree there should be a way to disable it. There is in Thunderbird, but I can’t find a way to disable it in Outlook.

Comment on Ctrl+*: Select the current data block in Excel by stefani

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:49:22 +0000

Help me please. I want to quit from this command (Ctrl+*). what do I have to do now? Sorry for my bad technological knowledge. thank U!

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Is there a way to change cApITaLIzATiON automatically so I dont have to go back and retype in Word? | Unit1

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:02:25 +0000

[…] each time you press Shift+F3 you’ll see it switch between “I LOVES ME SOME ASKTHEADMIN” and “i loves me some asktheadmin” and “I loves me some asktheadmin”. However! If you add some punctuation (like a period) at the end of what’s selected, instead of using Initial Letter Case, it’ll only capitalize the first letter of the sentence. So “I wiN!” will toggle between “I WIN!” and “i win!” and “I win!” (and not ever show “I Win!”). [Via Zeigen] _TheHatesCapsAdmiN_ Related Posts […]

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by Alan

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:38:16 +0000

I like your office raises)

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by Capitalizing in Office 2007 | The Pepi Blush Blog

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:58:57 +0000

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Comment on Shift+End, Backspace: Delete the rest of the line by Glo

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:21:10 +0000

MY FN KEY IS STUCK..I CANNOT USE FEGULAR KEYS WITHOUT HOLDING DOWN FN KEY

Comment on Shift+F3: Change Case in Word and PowerPoint by dws

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:48:52 +0000

this feature used to work great and I loved it - BUT with my new macbook - F3 makes all open applications visible and no longer works in MS word… lame!

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Someone else, also with brain

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:12:27 +0000

LOL, I have to ask… what language?! Is it because he used the word idiotic or the word moron?!? What kind of sheltered little world do YOU live in?!

Anyways, back to the topic, ctrl+enter is one of the dumbest shortcuts EVER! If you happen to be pressing ctrl (as in, if you’re about to copy, cut or paste some text) and then you hit enter for a carriage return, BOOM the emai is gone. Not very convenient now is it?!

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by GhostlandFan

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:15:10 +0000

i agree, it’s very irritating to have to open chrome first then click to change to incognito mode

Comment on Shift+F10 or Menu Key: Opens Shortcut Menu (same as right-clicking) by estephen

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:31:24 +0000

divajinx, that’s tricky — what program? Usually degaussing a monitor means pressing a physical button on the monitor itself.

Comment on About this blog by ELiusive

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:43:48 +0000

Just wanted to say, as a fellow keyboard junkie, this is great stuff. Learned a thing or two today.

Comment on Shift+F10 or Menu Key: Opens Shortcut Menu (same as right-clicking) by divajinx

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:11:28 +0000

I was told to use the “menu key” to find my degauss function. It isn’t there (anymore) and I really need to degauss this thing! I used it once but it has since vanished. I don’t know how else to find it so maybe I can make a shortcut for it. Any suggestions?

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by Sam

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:40:05 +0000

Hi, i have a laptop with win xp sp2… my win+L key responds slowly… means when i press this keys the screen which shows “your computer is in use and has been locked” comes after some times till that time nothing appears.. can u help me with this???

Comment on Fn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Increase/Decrease Screen brightness by Becky Daily

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:56:14 +0000

Thanks! Just what I was looking for. It was simple and to the point. Thanks again!

Comment on F5: In Notepad, enter a Timestamp by estephen

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:42:22 +0000

Not that I’m aware, sorry! But I don’t know OS X at all.

I use this one daily personally; it’s one of my favorites.

Comment on F5: In Notepad, enter a Timestamp by cardo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:39:27 +0000

Thanks, for the tip. I always forget this shortcut.
Is there a similar shortcut for the OS X?

Comment on Alt+4, Alt+5, Alt+6, Alt+7: Other buttons in the file dialog box by estephen

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:38:45 +0000

I am still using Word 2003 on XP — it’s possibly just a version difference, although it’s strange that MS would break compatibility.

Comment on Alt+4, Alt+5, Alt+6, Alt+7: Other buttons in the file dialog box by Bob

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:20:16 +0000

These shortcuts above, the “Alt + (Number)” ones for MSWord 2007 don’t work for me! Is it because I am using Vista? I tried using each one on the “Save As” dialog box which pops up when I hit F12. Nothing. Please help?

Comment on Using the keyboard with Google Chrome by estephen

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:33:50 +0000

To do “find next” just press Ctrl+G or F3. To find previous, Ctrl+Shift+G, or Shift+F3.

Actually, just Ctrl+F, search text, Enter and keep hitting Enter works too.

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by estephen

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:32:24 +0000

Agreed — unfortunately, this looks like the complete list of command line options (http://www.ericdlarson.com/misc/chrome_command_line_flags.html) and there’s nothing to start it in incognito mode. Hopefully next build!

Comment on Ctrl+Shift+N: Start incognito session in a new window in Google Chrome by Koset Surakomol

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:58:26 +0000

Q: It would be great to have a way to start chrome in incognito mode, perhaps with a desktop icon. Anyone know of a way? Perhaps there’s a command line flag?

Comment on Using the keyboard with Google Chrome by Erik

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:27 +0000

I noticed a minor typo - the hard refresh shortcuts are written right now as ctrl+r or ctrl+f5, when in reality it should read ctrl+shift+r or ctrl+f5.

Also, I’m curious if anyone knows how to do “next” from the keyboard after doing ctrl+f. I’ve been searching everywhere, tried every ctrl/alt+key combo I could think of… nothing

Comment on Using the keyboard with Google Chrome by Hasrh S

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:11:53 +0000

There was a snag while accessing music online on www.esnips.com
None of the files played. I wonder if this categorizes as a bug. But yeah did report the problem to the techie guys using bug reporter thing.

Comment on Using the keyboard with Google Chrome by estephen

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:48:35 +0000

Interesting. I’m not a big user of slash myself (even though I understand why Unix users have it more ingrained due to the prominence of slash search with more and most editors). But I can definitely relate to where you’re coming from.

With Chrome, your closest workaround is to type Ctrl+F, type the text, then click the link. That is a pain.

I’ve submitted this page as a “bug” to the Chrome team, so hopefully they’ll check it out and add support before release.

Comment on Using the keyboard with Google Chrome by slacy

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:27:18 +0000

There are still a few “killer features” that firefox has above Chrome, and “find as you type” or “press / to find” is absolutely in that list for me.

I routinely navigate websites in Firefox by typing the text of the link, and then pressing enter to visit that link. Not being able to do this means having to mouse down to the link and click. Its a *huge* difference.

Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by estephen

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:16:40 +0000

Reboot doesn’t fix it? Your Fn key is probably stuck down. Try hitting it a few times. Also try switching off Num Lk and Scroll Lk.

Comment on The Windows key by estephen

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:15:39 +0000

Vista or XP? Assuming XP, for big icons on the Start menu, try Ctrl+Esc -> Settings -> Taskbar and Start Menu -> Start Menu -> Customize -> Large Icons (or for Classic, deselect Show Small Icons) For your e-mail, try Ctrl+Plus a couple of times, or change the settings in Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display -> Appearance and then choose a larger theme.

Comment on The Windows key by Cathy

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:01:48 +0000

My current went off today and when I turned on my comp I only got very small icons. also, my email was in v ery small print. How do I change it to be readable ?

Cathy

Comment on Application Shortcut Keys by cindyinNH

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:59:31 +0000

i have almost the same problem as cporche only thing is that if i hit one of the letters with a # next to it doent type and the letter only types when i am holding the fn button down how an i fix this?

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by estephen

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:12:32 +0000

Let’s watch the language please.

Personally I use Thunderbird more than Outlook. In Thunderbird, you can disable this easily: Tools | Options | General | select “Confirm when using keyboard shortcut to send message.”

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by estephen

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:03:11 +0000

Does anything happen when you hit Windows Key + L? Do you have multiple users switched on?

Comment on Alt+2: Go up one Folder when in file dialog box (Office) by estephen

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:02:32 +0000

Hmm. I’m still on Office 2003, so haven’t had a chance to verify these in Office 2007. But a directory list is a directory list, so Backspace should be universal.

You’re right about the focus mattering — hit Shift+Tab to get into the file list pane and then try Backspace. Let me know if that works, and I’ll clarify the original article.

Comment on Alt+2: Go up one Folder when in file dialog box (Office) by charlie arehart

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:01:04 +0000

I’ll throw out that the Alt+2 doesn’t work in Vista/Office 2007,but alt-up arrow does.

Note as well that for some keyboard shotcuts (though not alt-up arrow), it matters whether you’re in the field where you type a file name, or you’re in the directory/folder list, when you use such commands. I’d suspect the backspace especially would be such a case, where in the backspace would do what it normally does, removing previous characters in a file name, but when on the folder list it may act as above (but again, not on my Vista/Office 2007 setup).

Hope that’s helpful to readers. Thanks as always for the keyboard shortcuts. Am a huge fan (of them and your site)..

Comment on Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier) by Web Developer Blog - Downloadtube.com » Blog Archive » Trick your friends into shutting down their Windows

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:01:45 +0000

[…] You may read more about the ways to shut down Windows XP, as well as about other interesting Windows keyboard shortcuts, on the Zeigen’s “shortcuts” blog. Share and Enjoy: […]

Comment on Alt+1: Go back a Folder when in file dialog box (Office) by Learn Windows

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:22:41 +0000

This simple tip on how to go back a folder while in Office has helped me out a lot.

Thanks.

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by Rostgrm

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:07:00 +0000

Hi guys,
My dear computer doesn’t want to lock itself on Win+L. The registry key doesn’t help. WinXP Professional 2nd SP. It also was with my Home Edition. Help pls.

Comment on Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail by Someone with BRAINS

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:05:29 +0000

Cntl-enter is an IDIOTIC shortcut and the above poster is a MORON. Just wait until you send a vital email by accident before it was ready and you’ll see how ‘wonderful’ this stupid shortcut from Microsoft really is.

For those of us with working brains here is the way to disable this lousy thing.

http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1pt1v0Q4vD8jSvNS4lqdAuug!303.entry

Comment on F2: Rename File by vince

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:35:42 +0000

this actually works in a variety of applications. i use it all the time when renaming files and folders in windows explorer, but i also use it to rename songs in itunes all the time as well as cell-editing in excel and google spreadsheets. i use it wherever i think it might work, and chances are, it does.

Comment on Create your own custom shortcut for any application on your Start menu by Ben Dovah

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:58:54 +0000

I was able to get it to work for one of my Outlook shortcuts but it doesn’t seem to work for a PuTTY shortcut I want to map.

Comment on Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc.: Switch tabs in Firefox — Ctrl+9 for last tab by charlie arehart

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:28:12 +0000

Useful. Thanks. On the subject of switching among tabs by keyboard, does anyone know one to go back to the last viewed tab? I don’t mean ctrl-tab and ctrl-shift-tab, ,which goes to and from tabs next to each other.

I mean, if you click or use a shortcut to jump to a tab several tabs away, how can you get back to that original tab when you want to return?

Yes, one could use one of the the shortcuts above, but you’d need to know where the original tab is in the order of all tabs. I just wonder if we should have to know that. I just want to go back to whatever tab I came from.

Comment on Windows key+Break: Show System Properties by Trev

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:31:38 +0000

hp laptop keyboards’ ctrl, alt, and shift keys have a tendency to get invisibly “stuck”. the physical key is not stuck, so you can’t directly see or feel the problem.
this can be very confusing, since it will cause certain keystrokes or mouseclicks to either not work at all or to do something different. but if you know to expect it, the fix is easy.
just tap all the ctrl, alt, and shift keys to get the offending key “unstuck”.
i have an hp dv8000, and a couple times i couldn’t even log into windows because a shift key was stuck.
by the way, system properties shortcut is winkey+(fn)+pgup(pause) for me. (pause is fn+pgup on my laptop)

Comment on F5: In Notepad, enter a Timestamp by estephen

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:59:10 +0000

To each their own, I guess! Personally I use this dozens of times a week.

Comment on Ctrl+Z: Undo by estephen

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:58:45 +0000

This is an excellent point!

Comment on Ctrl+W: Close Window by estephen

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:58:21 +0000

Good point, Mako. A program usually has to have the ability to use more than one window for Ctrl+W to be honored.

Comment on Semi-colons and passwords go together like red beans and rice by estephen

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:53:25 +0000

Heh. I had no idea. I love soy sauce on rice, it’s delicious. I guess I’ll have to not do that next time in Japan. Thanks for letting me know! I’ve changed the title. Red beans and rice is a delicacy in New Orleans, and I hope there are no cultures that find it disturbing to mix them.

Comment on Semi-colons and passwords go together like red beans and rice by piyo

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:27:48 +0000

I totally agree with this sentiment. Semi-colon should be used more often. Like in smileys.

However the title of the post is unfortunate. In particular, mixing soy sauce with rice is a cultural faux-pas in certain cultures, such as Japanese. I did a double-take, is this person recommending or condemning semi-colons in passwords? I understand though, a Japanese-studying friend of mine did this for years until corrected by her first Japanese host family. :-/

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by estephen

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:47:10 +0000

Sorry George — never heard of Glovia, but apparently it uses non-standard keys. Contact the folks who make Glovia and tell them to get with the program!

Comment on Ctrl+L: Open Location Bar/URL bar in Internet Explorer and Firefox by estephen

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:35:49 +0000

What browser do you use? If you have Firefox 3, and bookmark your site, you can just enter the main part of the site name and it’ll automatically figure out the bookmark you’re referring to.

Otherwise, for non-bookmarked sites, I bet there is a way to change Firefox’s behavior for Ctrl+Enter and make it use .co.za instead of .com

Comment on Ctrl+L: Open Location Bar/URL bar in Internet Explorer and Firefox by dingo

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:09:13 +0000

Does anyone know how to create a customized shortcut for the address bar like the Ctrl + Enter one which adds the www and .com? e.g I want to create one which adds the www & .co.za at the end. Would save me lots of time. Thanks

Comment on Alt+Spacebar, N: Minimize an application by George

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:19:51 +0000

I tried with an appl. calls Glovia and did not work.
Pressing Atl+Space Bar shows an small screen. Then holding still Alt+Space bar I pressed N. Nothing happen. If I do the same in Firefox it works. Thnks

Comment on Windows key+L: Lock desktop by Mako

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:20 +0000

I think Windows+L is a wonderfully useful keyboard shortcut. (Clearly, I lock my workstation often.)

This shortcut is new in Windows XP; it wasn’t available on Windows 2000. So back on 2000, one annoying alternative for Windows+L would be to press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then press Enter (because Lock is usually the default button selected) or K (the mnemonic).

Comment on Ctrl+N: New Document by Mako

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:12:29 +0000

In Firefox and Internet Explorer, Ctrl+N opens a new (blank) browser window.

Comment on F5: In Notepad, enter a Timestamp by Mako

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:09:01 +0000

I think this keyboard shortcut is really terrible. The date format is not customizable, so it becomes a nuisance every time I accidentally hit this key.