Archive for the 'Keystrokes' Category

Microsoft Word’s Bulleted Lists

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Here’s a tip for Microsoft Word. It’s a quick way of putting bullet points in your document.

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Maximising a Window Without Using the Mouse

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

One of the questions that people often ask me is about the keyboard equivalent of clicking on the buttons in the top right hand corner of a Window to minimise or maximise it. Well…

Default Buttons in Dialog Boxc

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

In the vast majority of dialog boxes there is a button that looks slightly different to any other buttons, maybe with more of a 3D look or maybe a slightly different colour.
This is what can be described as the default button. This means that this is the button that gets pressed when you press [...]

Quickly change Fonts

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Microsoft Word. Did you know that CTRL+D opens the font dialog? It’s an awful lot quicker than finding the mouse, moving it to the "format" menu, clicking on it, and clicking on "font".
Astute readers will notice that this is the same as a recent keystroke, but for a different application. How green can you get [...]

Add a Favorite

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

To quickly add a web page to you favourites list, press CTRL+D.

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Windows Without a Mouse

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Hi and welcome to the Windows Without a Mouse Weblog.
This is the first of my posts to this blog with some thoughts which you might find useful if you would like to find out more about using your Microsoft Windows computer without using the mouse.
Why would your want to? Well that might be for several [...]