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]… » Continue
June 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: keyboard, shortcut, shortcuts | no comments»
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 Speedwords shorthand system.
For a brief history, list of words and pronunciation, check this Overview
June 8 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: notetaking, shortcut, writer, writing | 1 comment»
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+ F: Search files on your computer
W+ D: Show Desktop [will switch back and forth… » Continue
May 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: keyboard, shortcut, windows | 21 comments»
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 keystroke method everyday.
February 1 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: email, keystrokes, outlook, shortcut, windows | 8 comments»
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 for you. If it is not? Hit Down-arrow and run it by Enter key. As… » Continue
November 14 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: shortcut, software, windows | 13 comments»
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 in these things?).
But, it really is a super hero of tools. Here are a… » Continue
August 21 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: shortcut, tips, work | 4 comments»
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 mouse movement is always slower than keystrokes. Here are couple of universial shortcuts:
CTRL and A… » Continue
April 24 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: shortcut, software | 2 comments»
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