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Shortcut Secrets
By James C. Moberg

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.

Popular Shortcuts
Here are some essential shortcuts that you can always use to save time.

Close application	ALT-F4
Close document/file	CTRL-F4
Next application	ALT-TAB
Next document/file	CTRL-TAB
Previous document/file	CTRL-SHIFT-TAB
Print	CTRL-P
Save file	CTRL-S
Open file	CTRL-O
New file/Browser window	CTRL-N
Select All	CTRL-A
Copy	CTRL-C
Paste	CTRL-V
Undo	CTRL-Z
Bold	CTRL-B
Italicize	CTRL-I
Underline	CTRL-U
Back (browser)	ALT-Left Arrow
Forward (browser)	ALT-Right Arrow
Help	F1
View Properties of selected item	ALT-ENTER
Access 'Start Menu'	CTRL-ESC
Beginning of document	CTRL-HOME
End of document	CTRL-END
Toggle maximize/normal window size	Double-click empty space on menubar

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

Other useful Shortcut/macro links:

• 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.

Please notify me of any broken links and I'll immediately and gladly correct them. Email your questions, ideas, review requests and comments to .

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