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Author:  kellan6 [ Tue May 10, 2005 10:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Handy on the Compy
What are some very useful or handy or cool things on your computer that most people can use on there computer.
Such as...

Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Closes a spacific program you want to close down.

Alt+F4: Closes program your on.

The Print Screen Button: Copys whatever you see on your computer screen when you click it so you can paste it.

Tab (on webpages and not typing): Highlights things you can click on. (Hold down during a Homestar toon to highlight every easteregg you can click on!)
Author:  ed 'lim' smilde [ Tue May 10, 2005 10:48 pm ]
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F1: help

F8: safe mode (on startup)

shift: stop cd autoplay (or I just disable it because I can't stand cd autoplays)
AND
hilighting stuff (along w/ control)

power: make the computer work
Author:  Mr. Sparkle [ Tue May 10, 2005 10:48 pm ]
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The following are for Mac :

Apple+Shift+3: Makes a PDF image of your current screen.

F9(or whatever): Expose
Author:  thefreakyblueman [ Tue May 10, 2005 11:16 pm ]
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F11 - Exposé to Desktop
Command + Space - Spotlight bar
F12 - Dashboard
Option + Command + Esc - Force Quit menu
Author:  Douglas [ Tue May 10, 2005 11:20 pm ]
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When yo're typing something on MS Works Word Processor...

Ctrl+B = make bold
Ctrl+I = make italics
Ctrl+U = make underlined

That way you don't have to move your mouse aaaaaallll the way up to those little buttons...
Author:  the_stolker [ Tue May 10, 2005 11:26 pm ]
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Alt+Tab= Switches Windows Without having to go to tool bar and it maximises minimized windows too.
Author:  Shishu Hiwatari [ Wed May 11, 2005 12:05 am ]
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My faovrite Word shortcut: F7; does the spell checka ^^
Author:  InterruptorJones [ Wed May 11, 2005 12:17 am ]
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Shishu Hiwatari wrote:
My faovrite Word shortcut: F7; does the spell checka ^^


My favorite Word-specific shortcut is Shift+F7: Thesaurus.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned what I believe are the two truly indispensible keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl+C (Copy), Ctrl+V (Paste), and their also important cousin Ctrl+X (Cut).

Ctrl+C (or sometimes Ctrl+X) also pulls double duty when running certain console-mode programs, when a process needs to be killed.

Ctrl+T (new Tab) is indespensible in Firefox. I also use Ctrl+L (highlights the Address bar) and Ctrl+R (Reload) quite frequently.

There's also Ctrl+S (Save -- use early and use often) and Ctrl+F (Find).

Ctrl+A (select All is very handy).

Hmm, can you tell that I don't use the mouse very much?
Author:  breadtangle o' pizza [ Wed May 11, 2005 3:09 am ]
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Start->Run->cmd is the best keyboard shortcut ever. You'd be surprised how much more quickly I can get things like copying files, sending files via ftp to my server, etc., can be done on the command line.
Author:  InterruptorJones [ Wed May 11, 2005 3:12 am ]
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breadtangle wrote:
Start->Run->cmd is the best keyboard shortcut ever.


Um. That's not a keyboard shortcut. The closest you could come to a shortcut for that (without some tweaking) would be Win+R (to open the Run box) and then typing in 'cmd' followed by Enter. Not very short at all.
Author:  breadtangle o' pizza [ Wed May 11, 2005 3:24 am ]
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But everything you can do with it is a nice keyboard shortcut to the GUI. ;)

Example: I occasionally hack away at the Quake 2 utilities to produce interesting map effects. Typing
Code:
copy qrad3.exe e:\quake2\testing\maps
is much faster than finding the file (e:\quake2\src\utils3\bsp\qrad3\release\qrad3.exe), ctrl-c, find the folder, ctrl-v.
Author:  Smorky [ Wed May 11, 2005 2:34 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote:
There's also Ctrl+S (Save -- use early and use often)


Yeah, I save like every five seconds
Author:  Dark Grapefruit [ Wed May 11, 2005 3:16 pm ]
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Middle click on links to open them in a new tab. This has become second nature to me, to the extent that I get really annoyed if I have to use a comp without a scroll wheel and/or Firefox. Like I am rightnow. grr...
Author:  Combat_Wombat [ Wed May 11, 2005 4:13 pm ]
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in windows: right clicking on a window in the taskbar and clicking close. or double right click it. better than restoring the whole window and dragging the mouse ALL the wasy up to the top of the screen, and clicking the X. Ugh. So annoying.
Author:  Shishu Hiwatari [ Wed May 11, 2005 8:13 pm ]
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Crtl + R?

I like just using F5 for refreshing :P
Author:  InterruptorJones [ Wed May 11, 2005 8:24 pm ]
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Shishu Hiwatari wrote:
Crtl + R?

I like just using F5 for refreshing :P


Ah, you see, that just reveals my (Internet) age. I started out with Netscape 1.1, long before IE and its F5 madness appeared. It's been Ctrl+R for me the whole time. Anyway, with Ctrl+R I don't have to take my fingers off the home row, which is vitally important. I almost got married in Reno once, but had to break it off because the lady wanted me to take my fingers off the home row.
Author:  AgentSeethroo [ Wed May 11, 2005 8:29 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote:
Shishu Hiwatari wrote:
Crtl + R?

I like just using F5 for refreshing :P


Ah, you see, that just reveals my (Internet) age. I started out with Netscape 1.1, long before IE and its F5 madness appeared. It's been Ctrl+R for me the whole time. Anyway, with Ctrl+R I don't have to take my fingers off the home row, which is vitally important. I almost got married in Reno once, but had to break it off because the lady wanted me to take my fingers off the home row.


Amen. Jones, you're like the brother I never had/wanted.
Author:  FireBird [ Wed May 11, 2005 11:34 pm ]
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MechaAgentSeethrooBot wrote:
Amen. Jones, you're like the brother I never had/wanted.

Wanted being the key word? :mrgreen:

I use Ctrl+F in Firefox alot. Very helpful.
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