WINDOWS TRICKS & SHORTCUTS

November 1st, 2003, 10:43 pm

I wasn't sure about other ones, thats why i only said ie.. Thank you Unflux.

[UNFLUX]

November 1st, 2003, 10:47 pm

np

[ATNO/TW]

November 6th, 2003, 8:39 pm

Here's one I discovered today by accident. Ever go to a page and the text is a little small and hard to read? If you have a scroll mouse, hold down control while scrolling. This will zoom in and out on the screen. Should work in all Windows versions from at least 98 up. I tested it today on 98, Win2K and XP. There do seem to be some websites like this one, for example, that it doesn't work on, but others OK. Works very well in text editors, though.

Another I remembered and didn't see listed yet is that when filling out a form on a webpage pressing the space bar will add checkmarks to check boxes and will enable radio buttons.

November 13th, 2003, 10:15 am

Oh, I got one. It seems to work on my machine, Windows 2K. If you hold the Shift key while scroll your mouse wheel in IE, this should take you to previous page or forward page depending on your scroll.

ljCharlie

[ATNO/TW]

November 13th, 2003, 12:02 pm

Nice one lj -- works for me on Win98 too.

November 13th, 2003, 7:22 pm

ljCharlie wrote:

Oh, I got one. It seems to work on my machine, Windows 2K. If you hold the Shift key while scroll your mouse wheel in IE, this should take you to previous page or forward page depending on your scroll.

ljCharlie

LOVING IT!

November 23rd, 2003, 5:06 pm

Just stumbled across this while using IE

If you hold Ctrl + Left Click a new window appears that shows the first page that was displayed by the browser window you're in.

I never knew that till 2 minutes ago.

[ATNO/TW]

November 23rd, 2003, 6:18 pm

I'm not getting it. Left click what?

November 23rd, 2003, 7:11 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

I'm not getting it. Left click what?

Anywhere in your browser window, it should open up a new window.

November 23rd, 2003, 8:04 pm

It's not working for me?

November 23rd, 2003, 8:40 pm

me either!

November 24th, 2003, 4:55 am

I have no idea why this is happening.......hmmmmmmmm

November 30th, 2003, 6:36 pm

If you have 2 or more items open. *windows* press and hold alt + tab, it'll bring up whatever you have.. To switch press tab, make sure your still holding alt during this time though.


It works on 98 as well as XP, I'm not sure if it works any lower.

December 1st, 2003, 4:51 pm

If you right click and drag files/folders etc, a sub menu pops up with "Copy here, Move here, Create Shotrcut here" and other options appear at other times as well.

This negates the use of left click and dragging whilst pressing whichever damn buttons move/copy etc. and makes it really easy for computer newbies to remember. This becomes even more useful if you set the My Computer default from "open" to "explorer" (or use WIN+E)

The ONLY time I ever left click and drag now is when I'm moving icons from one desktop to another (Dual Monitors)

[UNFLUX]

December 1st, 2003, 4:53 pm

good one blacksmith, thx