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2:29 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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I know there are a gazillion keyboard shortcuts for many tasks but I have never bothered to learn them.
Many of us know common things like using Crtl C to copy and Ctrl V to paste.
Here are two that I use all the time:
Enlarging and reducing the font size
Many sites delight in using the smallest size of typeface possible, or so it seems.
Ctrl + enlarges the typeface and Ctrl – reduces it
(that means hold down the CTRL key and then click the + key)
Navigating to a .com web site
In your browsers navigation bar, where you type in the URL (web site name), instead of typing in, for example, http://www.xyz.com you can just type in xyz and then press Ctrl Enter
That automatically adds the prefix of http://www and the suffix of .com
Anybody else got simple tips like these that they use all the time?
Never knowingly underfed
3:34 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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I thought the Ctrl + and - was only in Firefox, does it work in other things as well? Also, Firefox has the 'awsome' bar which shows several options if you just type in one letter. I've never taken any time to actually learn anything that my computer can do - apart from the basic basics.
I'll try that again!
7:47 pm
Supreme Being
Mon 21-Sep-09
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I use Ctrl + and Ctrl - in Safari too and Ctrl 0 returns it back to normal. Have to be careful with keyboard shortcuts as I have a Mac and they differ but for me the following proves useful Ctrl Z deletes the last entered typing, Ctrl X deletes what you highlight but also copies it so you can post it somewhere else. Ctrl B makes it bold, Ctrl I changes it to italics, Ctrl U changes it to underline, 
9:30 pm
Supreme Being
Thu 24-Sep-09
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Oh good another mac user. I just love my MacBook
Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
9:33 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Same here, Joanna - Ctrl X deletes highlighted text, and Ctrl C will copy text, and both of those can be pasted by using Ctrl V.
Ctrl O is open; Ctrl S is save; Ctrl P is print
These are the ones I use!
9:45 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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OMG, first we had an invasion of Devon people, then the Welsh took over and now we have a proliferation of Mac users. 
Where are all the NORMAL people? 
Never knowingly underfed
11:31 am
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Danny said:
Where are all the NORMAL people?
On this forum??
I'll try that again!
10:57 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask a question, but, I have noticed that sometimes when I post a reply, there appears a yellow box saying
New Post Saved (or something like that ...)
Other times, the same box will say
New Post Saved - Notified subscribers
What does this mean, exactly?
11:59 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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No worries, sparky. This thread is fine to ask questions in.
"Notified subscribers" means - anybody can subscribe to a thread and receive all new posts in that thread by email without having to come back to the forum to read them. So you simply added a post to a thread that has email subscribers.
That's all.
Never knowingly underfed
5:45 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Danny said:
No worries, sparky.
Where's the magic piano??
I'll try that again!
6:01 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Oh TA, in his dream of course !!!!!!!!
6:23 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Good one BS. Oh dear, I seem to have taken this thread off topic, now where were we?
I'll try that again!
10:20 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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ZAP!
I had to laugh last night when I wrote that response to BS because Fiona walked in at that point, read my screen over my shoulder and remarked: "Oh! It's sparky now, is it?" In a laughing mode.
I shall revert to formal address henceforth, and refer to the said sparky as BS 
Never knowingly underfed
4:47 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Hello Danny - sparky here - notice something?
Yes, it's me, logged in and on-line! 
What happened with your maintenance outage last night - my Explorer access and login is restored! Thankyou, one most high! 
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I thought I'd said goodbye - for good. 
But no, malheureusement, you have me back again, and still causing trouble! 
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