Did You Know December 2002

Did You Know

Did You Know . . .

.. . . that there are lots of things you can do with that funny Windows logo key on your keyboard? If you press the Windows key, it displays the Start menu. Windows+D minimizes or restores all Windows. Windows+E displays the Windows Explorer. Windows+Tab cycles through active applications on your taskbar. Windows+F displays the Find Function. Windows+F1 displays Help. Windows+R displays the Run command. Windows+Pause /Break displays System Properties dialog window.

. . . that if you have a wheel on your mouse you can work magic in Internet Explorer? Hold down the Ctrl key and move the wheel forward or backward to resize the font. Hold down the Shift key and the forward, backward movements takes you to other sites visited.

. . . that Netscape has great shortcuts? Ctrl+B opens bookmarks, Ctrl+F finds page contents, Ctrl+H opens history, Ctrl+M composes email. Ctrl+N opens a new window. Ctrl+O opens a file from your harddrive. Ctrl+P opens the Print dialog box, and Ctrl+R refreshes the page.

. . . that you can view Internet Explorer [a browser] full screen? Press F11. This is a toggle switch, which means to return to the normal view, press F11 a second time.

. . . that when in Windows Explorer you can go back one folder by pressing Alt+left arrow? Windows Explorer is not a browser.

. . . that Ctrl+Home will move you to the first cell of a worksheet in Excel?

. . . that you can copy multiple things to the clipboard in WordPerfect? Unlike Word which copies selections which must be pasted individually, WordPerfect can copy multiple selections; then paste as one item. How? Select the first text you want to copy, choose Edit, then Copy; select a second area of text, choose Edit, then click Append. Continue in this manner until you have all the desired text copied, then place cursor where you want the text to appear and either choose Edit|Paste or click Ctrl+V. That places all the selections into one area.

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