Hmm, shortcut, might not be a good thing

[Culture]

Being a programmer we are always finding out about keyboard shortcuts so we dont have to waste time with the mouse.

Anyway, a long time ago i found out that Alt+S in outlook sends the mail, and is a quick way to do a reply,
Ctrl+R to reply and then Alt+S to send.

Just typing a reply in another forum and i did the Alt+S outlook type reply thing, and it worked on the forums!

So now you know, instead of using the mouse to submit you can do Alt+S.

Hum.

[Asterix]

omg i wish u had found that....... 8)

[Mingtea]

yes i noticed that because i use the same key in ICQ

[Jez_Gafys]

In outlook ive always used CTRL+ENTER to send the mail.


Also for those that dont know you can use the windows key and many others to perform many tasks such as WINKEY+R to load Run or WINKEY+F to open find, plus man y many more.

[Jez_Gafys]

A couple more that many ppl dont seem to know;

IN WinNT/2k if you press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC it brings up the Task Manager so saves you pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL then clicking task man.

Also in Win95 on the sign on screen you can press the windows key to bring up the program TASKS where u can do some stuff which one of them I found allows u to bypass domain logons, but im not going to give that away.

[TelexStar]

keyboard shortcuts are the best in the world.

When i was doing a lot of VBA (yes yes girlie i know) keyboard shortcuts saved me a load of time

[Triprotic-Acid]

a couple of the best shortcuts (imo):

winkey + m
minimize everything, so u can get to the desktop nice and easy :)


winkey + pause/break
System properties


winkey + e
explorer



all great when you're juggling programs, and checking system hardware

[Jimi]

Also by hitting CTRL ALT DEL twice you can quickly restart your computer. ;)

God bless the old three fingered salute


One other that I use quite alot is WINKEY BREAK, this brings up sytem properties

[Jarmin]

i found CTRL + S ages ago.

Jimi asked me what it was once and so i told him

That was a brife history of the andventures of Jimi and Jarmin! Tune in next time to see if Jarmin can eat all 200 of them!

[TelexStar]

F5 = refresh usefull if ur in ie or windoze explorer :)

[Jarmin]

what if you busy with your left hand?

[Jimi]

Isn't it ALT S Jarmin, CTRL S is like the universall save command isn't it?

But you are right once again as I just tryed it with this post.

Aha, CTRL S did popup a save box! What is it?

Oh I bet it's because I use opera or something, I'll try it in IE whenever I fancy the internet slow.

[Jarmin]

your right. i said the wrong key

[Jimi]

You suck man.

Another useful one if you are having one of those days where a friend has stolen your cordless mouse and you can't find it... JARMIN

CTRL TAB will cycle through tabs in them little funky things, like display properties and sytem properties and the like.

[Jez_Gafys]

I use WINKEY+D to show my desktop its like clicking the icon in the explorer bar bit to show desktop.

Another useful one is ALT+TAB and then press tab whilst holding down ALT to cycle through all open programs to bring them to focus.

Another useful one that many don't know in WinXP Pro (dont think it works in Home Ed, and not sure if it works in Win2K?) if you press WINKEY+L this will lock your workstation.

[TelexStar]

shift + end/home

moves curser and highlights all info - usefull if your all thumbs and can't get that ****ing mouse to highlight the part you want!!

[Jez_Gafys]

Tele that also works in Excel is you want to highlight all cells that contain data not every single cell in the column.

[TelexStar]

yup, i know :D

i do everything in excel by shortcuts,

data sort
cell highlighting
cell naming
macro assigning
etc

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Culture
Being a programmer we are always finding out about keyboard shortcuts so we dont have to waste time with the mouse.

Anyway, a long time ago i found out that Alt+S in outlook sends the mail, and is a quick way to do a reply,
Ctrl+R to reply and then Alt+S to send.

Just typing a reply in another forum and i did the Alt+S outlook type reply thing, and it worked on the forums!

So now you know, instead of using the mouse to submit you can do Alt+S.

Hum.

Yep or what you do is nose over someones computer when they see forwarded crap, use the reply to all then type I am gay and press alt+s quickly. Then sit back and laugh!

[TelexStar]

not funny! someones done that to me :mad:

[Zenith]

I do a lot of shortcuts as well.
Personal favourites?

CTRL+A = Select all items
CTRL+C = Copy item
CTRL+X = Cut item
CTRL+V = Paste item.

ALT+153=?
ALT+0169=©
ALT+0174=®

CTRL+ALT+4 = ?

And never EVER forget CTRL+Z. Undo last action.... sometimes it can save you from a LOT of trouble.

[Triprotic-Acid]

ALT + 0222 = Þ

great for when you want to out do some1 in IRC witha more fancy face ;)

[madi]

seeing if you are right

[Cheez]

my common keyboard shortcuts

ctrl + break - programmers (and mirc scripters) lifeline
ctrl + z - v.usefull also :)
backspace - in ie. does the same as the back button
ctrl + n - in ie. new window

shift + del - cut
shift + insert - paste
ctrl + insert - copy

those are the old dos copy/cut/paste commands that i still use :)

winkey + m - minimise all
ctrl + alt + del - another common one :)
alt + tab - move between apps
ctrl + tab - move between channels in mirc

i have the logitech internet navigator keyboard so i have shortcut keys to things like these forums and my web based email account as well.

oh and it has playback and volume controls for winamp too :)

[Jez_Gafys]

weird I just found one didnt know whilst reading this forum. If you press TAB it takes you back to the top of the page, or to the last post.

[Triprotic-Acid]

on the subjet of tab....

you know you can press tab to go through all options/tickboxes/links etc.......
if you go to far, u can hold shift then press tab to go back one!

its so useful when you havent plugged up a mouse to the PC :D

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Cheez

shift + del - cut
shift + insert - paste
ctrl + insert - copy


You may find it easier to use Ctrl X,C,V

[krypt0n]

But Ctrl X,C,V don't always work, espcially in command line, or in telnet/SSH sessions.

Though TBTH I have not used the Shift Ins combos before.

K.