Preserved Topic: Make my life easier

I.E. Make me lazier!

Just curious about any shortcuts you guys know that simplify every day tasks. Could be Photoshop but mostly I'm curious about IE tricks or basic Windows tricks.

I also think this would be a good one for the FAQ.

1. CTRL + F5 = Hard refresh. It forces the browser to pull everything up brand new. Great for making sure you have the most current friends posts. (Use F5 for a basic refresh.)

2. CTRL + F4 = Opens the history list in the Address bar.

3. Shift + Click = When you hold down shift and click on a link it opens that link in a new browser window.

4. F11 = Opens IE to full screen mode with no taskbars. (Hit it again to toggle back.)

5. WINDOWS + D = Minimizes all windows on the screen to the taskbar. Hit it again to bring them back up.

6. WINDOWS + M = Same thing only no toggle ability.

7. ALT + Left arrow key = Same as back button

8. ALT + Right key = Same as forward button

Backspace -> same as back button (occasionally thinks you're doing a keyboard shortcut when you're typing in a textbox though...)

Home, Shift+End -> select current line

I could not live without Ctrl+O in IE, opens the uh open box where you can type in URL's or browse for files. Works well with fullscreen IE

windows+E : Opens up Windows Explorer (can't live without this)
alt-tab : switches between open programs (very useful)
printscreen/alt+printscreen : captures screenshot of entire screen and active application respectively
alt+F4 : close current application, shutdown if no applications open
ctrl+P : print
ctrl+v : paste
ctrl+c : copy
ctrl+x : cut
ctrl+esc : open start menu
ctrl+esc,s,c : open control panel (usually)
ctrl+n : new file (depending on application)
ctrl+shift+s : save as (photoshop only)

and the mother of all shortcuts
ctrl+alt+del : do I even have to explain this? hehe

Oh, ctrl+n in Internet Explorer, very helpful.

I personally like the wheelmouse shortcuts...

Shift + back/forward on the wheel: cycles backward/forward through the history in IE
Ctrl + back/forward on the wheel: cycles through the font sizes (back=larger, forward=smaller; kind of seems counter-intuitive to me, but oh well)

I use the first one far more often than the second, but the second one does come in handy on occasion.




Cell 270

I don't use IE more than I have to, so don't have anything to add to that list. But together with everything else mentioned I like these shortcuts:

WINDOWS key - opens start menu (same as Silence's CTRL+ESC, but faster )
WINDOWS key + R - opens the run dialog



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Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
- copied from the wall of cell 408 -

CTRL+A = marks all

-THE SPACE-

You mean these things are supposed to have keyboards ?

I use WINDOWS + Pause all the time. It opens up your System Properties panel.

Command + for increasing text size and
Command - for decreasing
Lifesavers on the web

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC brings up Task Manager in Win2k/sp

^^ Command? What's this command crap??! ;D

CTRL/ESC/U/ENTER

executes which ever shutdown command you have selected... 'Restart/Shutdown/standby.'

I use it all the time for soft reboots... amazing how fast you can get.

command-w

The only 'command' key I've seen is on those blasted Solaris systems at school...


And I started a file a long time ago with all these shortcuts for other people who use this computer to reference but I can't seem to find it... If I do, I'll add my couple that haven't been posted already...

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-- Jack of all trades, master of that which has my attention at
the moment.

Unoriginal Cell 693

ctrl+m doesn't miniimize Outlook reminders, ctrl+d does

ctrl+z undo
ctrl+x cut
ctrl+c copy
ctrl+v paste
ctrl+a select all
ctrl+click for adding and subtracting from selection(s)
ctrl+shift+click selects all files between click point and prev click point

Jason

The command key is the Mac equivelint of an "Alt" key.

Alt+Tab - Much faster than clicking on the taks bar.
Alt+F4 - Everyone know this one right?
WinKey+F - Find stuffs
WinKey+E - Explorer
WinKey+R - Run
WinKey+L - Instant switch to Win XP login screen