YouthPastor2000

Ok, ok, so I'm not really revealing anything that's really considered a secret. My life won't be in any danger after I've disclosed this great time-saving information... but, if it's not a secret, how come I'm always being asked "Hey! How did you do that!"?

Shortcuts:

• save me time and have made me a more efficient user,
• don't take long to learn,
• often cross-over and work in other applications,
• are better than aimlessly shuffling through the menu items,
• Don't require hand-eye coordination (unless you look at the keyboard when you type),
• decrease my "mouse miles", and
• make me appear to others as if I know what I'm doing. (Oops, gave my secret away.)

How to Identify a Shortcut
If it saves you time, it's a shortcut.

Shortcuts usually begin with either the CONTROL or ALT keys and may sometimes include the SHIFT key. Usually CONTROL shortcuts are single commands while ALT shortcuts are a chain of menu options.

You can find most Shortcuts listed in the application's menu bar. Just look for "CTRL+" OR any letter in the menu bar that is underlined.

The underlined letters work in conjunction with the ALT key. In order to open the File Menubar, just press ALT-F. Then you can either press the letter of another underlined letter or use the arrow keys to go down.

Here are some examples:

PRINT: CTRL-P or ALT-F,P

Use this command right now to Print this article.

SAVE: CTRL-S or ALT-F,S

Use this command right now to Save this article to your Hard Drive.

FIND: CTRL-F or ALT-E,F

Use this command right now to Find certain text in this article.

James became a short-cut sensei durting the Dos days of WordPerfect when you had to type CTRL+K,D,B to bolden text.

• Windows™ Script v2.0 FREE!
• PolterGeist: A System Tray Scheduler FREE!
• WinFile.Com 95/98 List of Automation Utilities
• RipBar Classic 7 & Pro 2.0 - I use this program to contain my shortcuts rather than the desktop. It frees up resources and my computer actually runs faster without the desktop clutter. RipBAR is an application toolbar for Windows, Windows 95 & Windows NT. It is designed to enhance or replace Program Manager (or Explorer). You can keep both applications & documents on the bar as well as custom RipBAR tools like time & date display, resource gauges, memory gauges, CPU usage meter, Post-It style Notes and more! Arrange items in groups via our unique group tabs interface.

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