Website HowToGeek.com are good fans of the ole’ keyboard shortcut. If you don’t need to use the mouse, why would you? Kindly, they’ve put together a list of their favorite keyboard shortcut articles from their own site. Look out for some Vista, Linux and web based additions. Keyboard Ninja: 21 Keyboard Shortcut Articles – [HowToGeek]…
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The Speedwords Shorthand System
Years ago, Reginald J. G. Dutton created a shorthand writing system that shortened common words, and called them Speedwords. With this, maybe overly confusing, system, words like but, you and because become b, v and zi, respectively. If you’re interested in implementing such a system in your shorthand lexicon, check out Jonathan Aquino’s Cheatsheet for
Uses For The Windows Key
Not immediately the most useful key on any Windows keyboard, the Windows Key generally creates more annoyance than good. But it is there, and can be useful. Although, barely. W = Windows Key W: Opens Start Menu W+ E: Opens up Windows Explorer W+ R: Opens the Run command. W+ U: Opens Utility Manager W+ L: Log Off W+…
Outlook quick tip: Send email without using the mouse
Ditching the mouse can greatly enhance your productivity — especially when it comes to managing your email in Microsoft Outlook. The Cranking Widgets Blog wrote a short post that walks you through sending email in Outlook without using the mouse. Give this a try and see your productivity grow. I use this…
Launchy: Keystroke Launcher for Windows
A productivity goodie (and it is an open source application) for Windows user – enter Launchy. It is an utility that obsoletes your start menu – because it can index any programs, documents, or folders with keystrokes. How many keystroke it involves to launch Firefox? Press Alt-Space to activate Launchy panel, type ‘fir’ and it should choose Firefox…
Greatest Tools #2: Victorious Vise-Grip
Up in the Sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s that champion of champions Super Vise-Grip. Actually it’s my vise-grip on a piece of kite string held aloft by my head shaking wife, while I lay on my back in the drive to photograph it against the sky (why don’t wives get the humor…
Windows keyboard shortcuts you never knew existed
Well, maybe not. I knew most of the shortcuts from the article that I am introducing here. But it is good to refresh your memory, or learn some more if you haven’t come across them yet. I am a big fan of keyboard shortcuts – it increases your speed on using your software because the…
