Did you know that you can customize some of your keyboard settings?
In Windows XP, go to Start>Control Panel> Printers and Other Hardware, then Keyboard.
If you’re using Vista, go to Start, Control Panel and look for the Keyboard icon and double-click it.
This will put you in the Keyboard Properties screen. Under the Character Repeat section, you can choose how… Continue reading
Firefox Wheel Tricks
If you use Firefox and you have a scroll wheel mouse, you can do some pretty neat things in your Web browser. If you have used Firefox for awhile, you probably know that you can use tabbed browsing, which means you can create a new tab and then have several Web sites open and ready to view without having so many open links filling up the bottom… Continue reading
Have you ever wanted to highlight a complete document or page all at once instead of dragging your mouse all the way from the bottom to the top of the page just so you can copy and paste it somewhere else? If it is two pages or more, it can get redundant to use your mouse for all of the text. Even then, sometimes your finger slips off the mouse… Continue reading
Toggle What?
Do you toggle? I mean, do you use togglekeys? Are you not sure what that means or what those are? Well, togglekeys are any keys on your keyboard that has one or more function.
Some examples are the Caps Lock key, the Num Lock key and the Scroll Lock key. The Caps Lock key is a togglekey, because you can either enable it or disable it, depending on… Continue reading
I’m not sure how many of you would like to use this, but I thought it would be a neat little idea to share with you all. Did you know that you can put a keyboard on your computer screen and actually type with it?
If that sounds interesting to you, then follow these directions. Go to Start, Run and type in “osk” (without the quotes). Click OK
Using F4
There are multiple uses for the F4 function located on the top row of your keyboard. First of all, you can use it to close any open applications. Just make sure the program you want to close is selected, press Alt+F4 and that window will automatically close. Now, if you’re using one single application that has many different documents within it, press Ctrl+F4 and just that one window… Continue reading
Jump To It!
Picture this: you’re working on a big document and you’re making some adjustments just on page 17, but you forgot something you needed on page one. So, what do you do? You end up scrolling all the way back up to the first page. Once you find what you needed, you have to go all the way back down to page 17. Aye, make it stop!
Here’s… Continue reading
Want to minimize all your windows in a hurry? Win + M will do the trick!
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Not sure what you threw away? Right-click the Recycle bin icon and choose Open to see the contents before you really delete it all!
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Need to find a phrase on a website, in a document, or even in a file name on your PC? Ctrl + F will bring up a Find window in Windows XP and most programs.
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Need to undo a wrongly typed keystroke? Drag-and-Dropped a program to the wrong place? In most programs, Control + Z is the Undo command.
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Alt + Enter 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.
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Don’t remember where you’ve saved a folder, document, or picture file? XP users can go to the Start menu and choose the Search function. You can look for the document by name, file type, or the date the file was last modified.
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Troubleshooting Technical Difficulties
It seems like the majority of technical difficulties occur after business hours or on weekends. Sometimes you’ll be lucky, and we’ll have a tip in our searchable tip archive that already addresses your problem. If we don’t, here is another route to solving email problems. Most Microsoft programs have a similar help file under F1 that may link to the official MS help pages online. Just… Continue reading
Yet another, faster way to Copy / Paste items around your computer! (Am I the only one who seems to be doing this constantly?) Hold down the control key while you drag that icon using the mouse. You’ll move a copy to the new location rather than the original. Grab! Dump! Done!
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Learn the absolute quickest way to access your Windows Task Manager with this helpful tip! Continue reading
Want to rename an item on your desktop? Highlight it and tap F2. The text box will then allow you to change the name. Function keys not working? Here‘s a fix.
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Q:
Whenever I put a CD into my computer it automatically opens Windows Media Player, iTunes, etc. and starts playing. How do I stop this from happening!?
A:
So you want to start the music on your terms, eh? Well, that’s easy enough. Just hold down the Shift key when you insert a CD and you’ll bypass Autorun, allowing you to manually choose when your… Continue reading
This is fun. We tell you to copy and paste things in many of our tips. Sure, you could use CTRL + C to copy it and CTRL + V to paste it in the new location. You can also just hold the CTRL key and click-drag the item to copy it to a new location. Pretty sweet, huh?
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Sick of the two-step process of deleting objects and then having to empty the Recycling bin? Highlight the item you want to get rid of and Shift + Delete. One step! Just be careful, because it’s really gone!
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A lot of the time here at Worldstart our tips send you directly to the Start Menu, right? (i.e – Start>Control Panel, etc.)
Well, if you want a quick keystroke to make the Start menu open try Ctrl+Esc next time. This will pop open the menu and you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to selects the program and hit Enter to launch!… Continue reading
Hold down Win (the key with the windows logo on it) and tap E to reach the My Documents window directly from the desktop.… Continue reading
Q:
I use Windows Explorer many times every day. It is very annoying that it always opens in My Docs, which I never use. Is there any way to force it to open in My Computer?
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Windows Explorer, also known as the My Documents window, is pretty handy. No wonder you want to make it more accessible. You can go one better than the My Computer window… Continue reading
In most Microsoft programs, double-clicking on the Title Bar (the one with the name of the program in it) will cause the window to go between taking up the full screen and part of the screen.… Continue reading
Want to keep one webpage open and go to a bookmarked/ favorite page at the same time? In Internet Explorer, hold down Control and tap N. A new web browsing window will open. You can refer to the current website in one window and proceed to your bookmarked or favorite page in the other one.
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In just about every program you use, you may have noticed that the toolbar at the top (the one with File, Edit, View, etc.) has underlined letters. The “F” in File has a little underline the “V” in View and so on…
Like this:
Well, if you press your Alt key and a corresponding letter…… Continue reading
Finished writing a word document? Hit F7 to spell check before saving it! It works in composing email in Outlook Express, too. It’s fast, it’s simple, and it can make your communications look more professional.
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