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Free AdviceFast Internet address entry
When typing an Internet address such as http://www.something.com, you may use a great shortcut to save your fingers' some extra work. Just type in the something, then press the CTRL key and Enter Key at the same time. Voila’ it adds the http://www and the .com. This will save you approximately 1, 233,010 keystrokes per year ;-).
How to create special characters like •, ®, ™, ¼, ½, ¾, and ¢?
All you need is to use Character Map, which is a little-know program that is usually installed in Windows by default. You may find it at Programs, Accessories, System Tools, then Character Map. You may select the symbols from the Character Map or if you want a shortcut, you may simply type a series of keys such as ALT+0163 for ©. All you have to do is hold down the ALT key and press the corresponding numbers on your NUMBER Keypad on the right of the keyboard (you can’t use the numbers on the top line of your keyboard). Below is a quick list of the more popular ones.
Did you ever want to print out a dialog box for future use? Well, here’s how you do it.
When a dialog box is on your screen, press these two keys at the same time: ALT and Print Screen (usually in the upper right hand area of your keyboard). Voila’ nothing happened, right? Well, you just took a picture of your dialog box and copied it into your clipboard for pasting. Now all you have to do is open a program like Microsoft Word and Paste it in. Click the Edit menu, select Paste. TaDaa! And if you want your entire screen from corner to corner captured, just press the Print Screen button alone and it is captured into your Windows clipboard ready for pasting.
This can be a great help when you want to remember your exact settings, taking notes and for training others.