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Keyboard Shortcuts
Using keyboard shortcuts can dramatically increase your work efficiency,
especially for repetitive tasks, so try to get into the habit of using
your keyboard instead of your mouse:
WINDOWS LOGO (between CTRL and ALT keys) -- Hit this key and your
Start menu appears; is that not faster than going over with your mouse and
clicking?
WINDOWS LOGO + F: Find files or folders. This saves you from opening the
Windows Explorer and selecting find from the menu. Now you have a
one-click computer search!
F1 -- In Windows applications, and in the OS, F1 is a universal call to
the app's help system.
F2 -- In Windows Explorer, use F2 to rename files or folders. This is
faster than right-clicking and easier that clicking inside the file or
folder name and waiting for the input field to become available.
SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the
Recycle Bin. Works in most Explorer sub-systems or program navigations.
F5 -- This is a universal "Refresh" command, which works in many
Windows applications. Use it to refresh your Explorer file system, browser
and html editors.
CTRL + Z: Undo your last action. This works in both Windows and Mac
machines and, like CTRL + C for copy and CTRL + V for paste, is a
universal keyboard command. Undo is handy for quickly erasing your last
action in just about any program.
CTRL + A: Select all the items in the current window. This is a great
shortcut, which in combination with Copy and Paste, will have you flying
around your screen!
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Coffee Spills
If you dump a cup of coffee on your keyboard and it looks like it is
finished, you could try a last ditch effort to try and revive it. Go down
to your local drug store and get a bottle of 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. Unplug
your keyboard from the computer and take it outside. Dump the whole bottle
of alcohol over the keys and swish it around. Then dump it out and shake
the keyboard until most of the liquid is gone. Let the keyboard dry over
night before you plug it in to see if it works. The alcohol evaporates and
doesn’t leave any thing behind and so it shouldn’t hurt any of the
components and it should clean out any coffee left in the keyboard.
REMEMBER this is a only after you have decided to replace the keyboard
anyway.
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