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Short cuts....

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:03 am
by Taka
Ok, laugh. But I'm rather compuer stupid. I want to know all the computer key board short cuts. Like the control+alt+delete stuff. I don't know how to navagate on just keyboard and would liek to knwo this stuff. lol. any helps? :hits_self

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:07 am
by chibiphonebooth
yus! cntl + I is italics, um, alt 1,6,7 is the degree symbol.. uh... i believe cntl+ b is bold, but im not sure.

if i thnk of more, ill say it. XD

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:15 am
by Tringard
assuming you're in Windows and have a keyboard with a "windows" key (which I'm going to represent as 'WK' below), the ones I use most frequently:

Alt + TAB = switch windows
Alt + F4 = close current window
WK + E = open Windows Explorer
WK + R = open "Run" dialog
WK + M = minimize all windows
Ctrl + S = usually saves whatever you're working on
Ctrl + N = usually does a "New" option (for instance in IE/firefox opens a new window)
Ctrl + TAB = cycle tabs in firefox (or most other applications with tabs)

There are probably others I know of, but those are the ones I use on an almost daily basis. I've also excluded the ones specific to the applications I use at work.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:18 am
by Tringard
chibiphonebooth wrote:yus! cntl + I is italics, um, alt 1,6,7 is the degree symbol.. uh... i believe cntl+ b is bold, but im not sure.

if i thnk of more, ill say it. XD

ahh yes, in text editing environments (even works in gmail :))
Ctrl + I = toggle italics
Ctrl + B = toggle bold
Ctrl + U = toggle underline

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:18 am
by Taka
Yea, windows as of right now... I want an ibook, but we shall see about that.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:21 am
by TurkishMonky
ctrl-x (cut)
ctrl-c (copy)
ctrl-v (paste)
ctrl-z (undo)
ctrl-a (select all)

alt-s (post in caa)
alt-x (go advanced in caa)


EDIT: ahh, you beat me to some of them...

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:44 am
by Tringard
TurkishMonky wrote:ctrl-x (cut)
ctrl-z (undo)

ctrl-y (redo)

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:08 pm
by chibiphonebooth
TurkishMonky wrote:ctrl-x (cut)
ctrl-c (copy)
ctrl-v (paste)
ctrl-z (undo)
ctrl-a (select all)

alt-s (post in caa)
alt-x (go advanced in caa)


EDIT: ahh, you beat me to some of them...


I KNEW I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING!! o.o

i use those ALL the time. i cant believe i didnt remember. DERRR.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:36 pm
by Taka
haha, did the alt s and it posted a blank post

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:51 pm
by Slater
just for the sake of repetition...

ctrl + z = undo
ctrl + x = cut
ctrl + c = copy
ctrl + v = paste
ctrl + b = bold (in word processors)
ctrl + n = new file
ctrl + m = Outlook Express
ctrl + a = Select all
ctrl + s = save
ctrl + d = dunno
ctrl + f = find
ctrl + g = find
ctrl + h = History (browser)
ctrl + j, k, l = dunno
ctrl + q = Quit (Prince of Persia)
ctrl + w - p = dunno
crtl + u = underline (word processor)
ctrl + i = emphasis (word processor)

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:14 pm
by Tringard
Slater wrote:just for the sake of repetition...

ctrl + d = dunno
...
ctrl + q = Quit (Prince of Persia)


ctrl + d is bookmark page in most browsers

ctrl + q is sort of a hold over from earlier times, if you ever find yourself running an older program and can't figure out how to get out of it, can try this or alt + x

PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:23 am
by hawaiishirtguy
If you are using MS Word as your word processor

F7 = spellcheck
Shift+F7 = thesaurus