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One Weird Trick“Faster, Must Go Faster”
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What makes a computer FASTER?Partly the inside stuff…
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What we really want is to get work done in less time, with less effort
(This is known as the “IBM Pollyanna Principle”)
or just using the software to best advantage….
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A perfect example in OUTLOOK…Why type the same stuff over and over?Use “Quick Parts” to store chunks of text and drop them in wherever you want
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Find Quick Part on the ‘Insert’ ribbon tab when creating a new email
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The Quick Part menu item will be grayed out until you click somewhere in the message body
*Click*
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To create new ‘Quick Part’…Select some text, click on Insert, then Quick Parts, then “Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery”
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With Quick Parts you can turn 10 minutes of typing into 15 seconds of “OK IT’S DONE NOW”
*Click*
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More quick weird tricks…
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The Mouse Is Your Enemy
Clicking on icons, dropping down menus, and right-clicking, is just plain slow…
(Plus, wrist strain, shoulder pain, and more)
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The “Window Key” gives super-powers to other keys
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Window + E brings up file manager(Yes I know it’s called “Windows Explorer”)
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Window + D minimizes all open applications(Really handy for finding that hidden dialog box)
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Window + arrow keys will arrange your open programs on your screen(s)
(Seriously, try this! It saves a lot of mouse work…)
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Most actions on a computer go like this:
1. Select2. Act
This means you see something on-screen, select it, then do something to it.
For instance, maybe you see a menu, and click on it
You see some text, select it, and copy it
but there’s more than one way to copy it…
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The Control key has tricks up its sleeve
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Ctrl + Z undoes whatever you just did(Even if you don’t really know what you just did)
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Ctrl + X cuts text and puts it in the clipboard
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Ctrl + C copies text to the clipboard
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Ctrl + V pastes text from clipboard into selected location
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Ctrl + T opens a new tab in a web browser
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Ctrl + S… SAVES YOUR WORK(Hit this combination whenever you type something clever – as often as you like!)
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Ctrl+ and Ctrl- enlarge or reduce web browser text (Great for when some web designer has better eyesight than you do)
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Alt key does an awesome trick(Hold down Alt key, repeatedly tap Tab key)
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There’s many more
… But we’re out of time
Thanks!