COMPUTER SHORTCUTS

Some COMPUTER shorcuts for you
for the ease of use.

Hold the windows key and
press M

This will minimise all windows in
one key press! This is the same
as pressing the 'Show Desktop'
icon but without having to click
on it. It should be noted that
Windows key + D also works for this!

Hold the windows key and
press L

This will lock your workstation
instantly. This means that if you
are in a public place or a shared
machine and go for a toilet
break but do not wish for
anyone to sneak a peak at what you are doing, or at worst steal
your files, then this will take you
back to the login screen
instantly. Very handy indeed!

Hold alt then press F4

This is quite a common one but
should be mentioned here
anyway. This key press will close
your current window. If your
screen is getting cluttered you
can go on a 'close rampage' by holding down the F4 key as well!
Good times!

Hold ctrl then press F4

The junior brother of alt F4.
Instead of closing the whole
window this will close internal
windows within the current
program. For example if you
have multiple windows open in one instance of Microsoft Word
this will close them one at a time.
The best part is this works for
the tab browsing that has come
in to play in recent browsers.
The key press closes the active tab you are viewing! This is one
of the best computer tricks I
find when browsing as it is really
effective for FIREFOX for closing
tabs.

Hold alt and press tab

This will cycle between programs
on your computer. This feature
isn't that useful until you install
this nice little Microsoft tool
which will show a thumbnail of
the program your about the switch to. If you don't wish to
activate the selected program
keep holding down alt and press
tab again to cycle to the next
one!

Holding the windows key and
pressing break
is one of the
lesser known but more useful
keypresses!
You can set up custom shortcut
keys via this field in the properties of any shortcut!

Hold the windows key and
press break

A lesser known shortcut but still
useful! This one will open the
System Properties dialog window
which displays your RAM etc. Hold the windows key and
press E This will open 'My Computer' in
explorer style mode. This is very
handy if you want to access
your files and disk drives from
anywhere without having to find
the icon on the desktop or start menu. Custom Shortcut Keys! Another lesser known trick is
setting up your own custom key
presses. This works for a per-
program basis. To setup a
shortcut key to your favorite
program first you need to right click on the shortcut icon you
commonly use and then press on
properties. Click on the Shortcut'
tab and there will be a text field
called 'Shortcut key'. Simply click
in that and enter the key press you wish to use. Press OK and
that key press is permanently
associated with that program.
This is very handy for many
things such as opening word or
opening your favorite game!

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