Tuesday, September 30, 2014

TecTip#143: Custom Keyboard Shortcuts


Right-click the program's launch icon and select Properties, open the Shortcut tab, then click in the "Shortcut key" field and press the key you want to use to launch the program. Windows will assign Ctrl + Alt + <key of your choice> as a keyboard shortcut to open the program. 
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Thursday, September 25, 2014

TecTip #142: Aero Snap Desktop Windowa


Click an open window and drag it to the left or right edge of the screen to automatically resize it to fill that half of the desktop. Commands Windows key + left arrow, Windows key + right arrow, and Windows key + up arrow snaps the selected window in the same manner. 

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

TecTip #141: Copy a File Path to the Clipboard

Hold down the Shift key, right-click the file or folder you want, then select the "Copy as Path" option. Now you can paste the info wherever you'd like, including the "File name" portion of Browse dialog boxes. 

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TecTip #140: Erase Mistakes with Ctrl + Z

If you accidentally send a file to the wrong, unknown folder or the file starts to copy itself repeatedly, you can use the Ctrl + Z command to undo your mistake!

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TecTip #139: Launch Taskbar with Keyboard

Every program to the right of the Start button is assigned its own numerical shortcut, with the first shortcut being "1," and so on. Pressing the Windows key, plus the number of the program you want to open, launches it. 

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