Here’s a quick and easy tip for Windows Vista and 7 users who want to get to their TEMP directory to do a little manual cleaning.
Press Start, and in the Search Box type %temp%.
Now hit Enter.
Poof! There’s your TEMP directory! Now just highlight and delete as needed!
~Andrew… Continue reading
If you want to open a second instance of a program in Windows 7, but you don’t want to go through the hassle of the Start menu, simply hold the Shift key and click on the program’s icon in the task bar.
Depending on the program, a second instance should open up!
~Andrew… Continue reading
Navigating an Already Selected Range
Have a large range selected in MS Excel?
Need to move the selected cell, within the highlight, to another location to check data or functions?
I know you’re not considering the idea of simply clicking somewhere else, taking a look at your data and then reselecting the range all over again, are you?
Let’s hope there’s a better way!
Here’s a list
Moving Backwards
Ever find yourself about to hit the Enter key in MS Excel and realize you need to move up a cell to fix something?
What did you do?
Most people go ahead and use the Enter key and then use the arrow keys (or mouse) to move back to the cell above.
This works, but doesn’t it seem like there should be a more efficient
More Or Less
Find yourself either inserting or deleting a lot of rows and/or columns in MS Excel?
Tired of looking for the correct button on the Ribbon or command from the Insert menu?
Yeah, me too.
So here’s an alternative that you just might find as helpful as I do.
To begin, highlight the number of rows or columns you are looking to insert. (Be sure to highlight the… Continue reading
I love hotkeys! In fact, I’m pretty sure that If I could assign one for every Windows 7 action, I definitely would! With that said, here are some quick hotkey combinations I stumbled across for the Windows 7 Taskbar.
Ctrl + Click on a grouped taskbar item
Cycles through the various windows of the group.
Ctrl + Shift Click on a
Here at Worldstart we love to tell you about keyboard shortcuts, but today we’re going to switch it up and just tell you how create your own key combinations to open programs. Sounds cool, no?
So do this:
Right-Click on a program that you want to create a shortcut key combination for and select “Properties”.
Make sure you’re under… Continue reading
If you’re the kind of super-organized Windows 7 user that creates a lot of new folders, then today’s tip is specifically for you! Sure, you can just right-click and select “New Folder” to get the job done, but shortcuts combinations are always quicker! Besides, you’ll look cool doing it, too!
Check this out!
Simply go to the location… Continue reading
I’ve seen all sorts of little tips and tricks on how to get your show desktop icon back in Windows 7, but the truth is that most of them are too complicated to explain here.
And honestly, why do we need a show desktop icon proper when there’s already one in the lower right-hand corner of your screen?
See it?… Continue reading
Here I am with more wonderful Windows 7 win key shortcuts! If you missed the first part, click here and check ‘em out. If you’re just hungry for more, then here they are!
Win + Pause – Displays the System Control Panel applet.
Win + E – Opens Windows Explorer with Computer selected.… Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I love having two monitors! Windows 7 comes with some neat accommodations for double-screened users, too! The next time you’re looking to move a window from one monitor to the next consider this handy keyboard shortcut!
Just hold Shift and the Windows Key and press the left or right arrow keys! That will zap the active window from one screen to… Continue reading
No matter which version of Windows you have, it always seems we become victims of “desktop clutter” as one point or another. Well, Windows 7 has a fun and useful trick you can pull next time you want to focus on just one window. You have to shake it!
Yes, just grab the top of a window with your cursor and shake rapidly… Continue reading
Just getting started with Windows 7? Well, here are 11 Windows key (pictured below) shortcuts that will start you off on the right foot with Microsoft’s latest operating system.
Let’s take a look!
Win + Up Arrow – Maximize
Win +
Are you having trouble when you try to highlight text? You know, when you put your cursor at the point where you want to start highlighting (selecting) the text and drag it across?
Try this, then: put your cursor where you want to start selecting, hold down your SHIFT key and use your up / down arrow keys on your keyboard. You’ll find when you hold down… Continue reading
Instead of right-clicking and going to “properties” to get the skinny on a file or folder, try this:
Hit Alt + Enter on a highlighted object to see its Properties, like file size, date created or last modified, and what program is associated with the file. You can also just hold the Alt key down and double-click the item.
Just… Continue reading
If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel on it, here’s a cool trick. Try Holding the Shift Key on your keyboard and then spin the mouse wheel. In both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox you’ll go forward or back a page depending on which way you spun the wheel! How cool is that?
Give it a try. Open up… Continue reading
It’s another one of those tips that I’m surprised I didn’t know about! I love these!
Have you
Just drop it over for an instant location! Cool!
~Andrew… Continue reading
Do you ever find yourself scrolling through a huge folder? You, know…one that looks like…
THIS!?
Your scroll-wheel finger must be screaming in pain!
Well, if you need to get to the beginning or the end quickly, just press Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End. That will jump you back and forth between the first and last file in the folder.… Continue reading
Need to shut down two or three open programs quickly, but leave the rest running? Hold down the CTRL key as you click their buttons on the taskbar. Then, right-click (still holding down the CTRL key) one of those depressed buttons and select “Close” from the resulting menu. Poof! They’re all gone!
Note: There are other functions you can do, too! You can… Continue reading
Need to see the specifics about a file on your computer? Want to know the size, date created or what program the file is associated with? We all know that right-clicking and selecting “Properties” is the usual method, but did you know there were alternatives, too?
Kim from OH asks:
I was typing along in MS Word and all of a sudden I’m typing over stuff. What gives?
A:
Have you ever gone back to change a thing or two while typing and instead of moving the text to the right to accommodate the space, the text was overwritten? You probably ended up having to re-type an entire paragraph because of it.… Continue reading
It appears as though a healthy portion of Worldstart readers out there are using Windows Mail as their primary E-mail client. This is great, but I realized that I haven’t offered up a single tip on WM since I’ve been writing here!
Please accept my most sincere apologies in the form of some helpful keyboard shortcuts! 
Main window
CTRL+O
Here’s a scenario. You’re studiously working on your laptop or desktop, when all of a sudden your screen goes blank. You can swear that the computer is still on, though! What do you do?
It might be a serious video error, or perhaps your display driver decided to go on a coffee break for a bit, but no matter what you
Now, I can’t believe that out of the thousands of computer tips Worldstart has in their database, that this one has been overlooked for so long! Say you’re tooling along, writing, doing graphics or whatever and you make a mistake. What do you do? That’s right, hit Ctrl-Z! That’s the “undo” command; the (almost) universal solution for mess-ups and mistakes!
So, what about when you… Continue reading
Some websites are cavernous trenches that seem to scroll on for miles. If you’ve ever been party to a site like this, do you find it a royal pain in the you-know-what scrolling all the way back up to the top again? Your mouse wheel can only take so much punishment! So, instead of wasting your time digging yourself out of a site, why not just use a quick… Continue reading
Often times I find myself with more than my fair share of windows minimized in my taskbar. Sure, it’s disorganized, but it becomes even more frustrating when I need to look at two of them at once! Minimize, maximize, adjust the size, etc!
It gets really repetitive!
Some people have two monitors for this, streamlining the process
Every once in awhile I come across a tip that turns out to be far cooler than I thought it was going to be. Today’s tip is a great example of that. If your eyesight isn’t quite what it used to be, then here’s a trick I’d like you to try. It’s called “High Contrast” mode.
How do we do this, then?
Press: Left Shift+Left Alt+Print Screen
