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 Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:41 pm Post subject: Favourite/Most Used/Useful Shortcuts/Workarounds/Application |
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I vaguely remember a thread kinda like this (or maybe I'm just delusional) but post your favourite shortcuts/hints/applications here and other general hints and tips relating to computing and technology.
Here's some of my favourite shortcuts.
Firefox (Some are Firefox specific and some are compatble with other browsers too)
Ctrl + Tab to switch to the next tab
Ctrl + Tab + Shift to swith to the previous tab
Mouse wheel click links to open in new tab
Mouse wheel click tabs to close them
Ctrl + K to go to search bar
Ctrl + L to go to URL bar
Word
Ctrl + Shift + N to remove all formatting
Shift + F3 to change selected text to caps
Ctrl + [ to decrease font size
Ctrl + ] to increase font size
Excel/Most Office Products
Alt + F11 to switch to Visual Basic code underlay
Windows
Windows Button + F to bring up search window
Windows Button + E to bring up 'My Computer'
Windows Button + U to bring up utilities
Windows Button + D to minimise all windows
Application wise I tend to like the following
F.lux
You peeps introduced it to me but for those who don't know about it; awesome nifty little app that tones down the 'blue' temperature of your computer screen at night which causes quite a bit less strain on your eyes. I noticed a marked difference in my sleep comfort when I began using this.
Update Notifier/Device Doctor
Separate apps but they do similar things. Search for any updates and patches that your software/drivers may need and lists them for you with download links.
SpaceSniffer
Not the most practical or useful app but I find it to be quite cool. Gives a visual representation of all the files and folders on a particular storage device. Novelty factor = lots. Practicality = Not as high (I haven't really found a use for it beside it looking awesome)
That's all I can think of at the moment. Over to you.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:07 am Post subject: |
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For Firefox I find Alt+D better for the URL bar than Ctrl+L, since my left hand never leaves the keyboard. Also the address bar is really good for searching, swapping tabs and loading up your bookmarks just by typing in keywords.
gvim - worlds greatest text editor
i - enter insert/edit mode
n<command> - repeat the command n times
nyy - copy the next n lines to a buffer
pp - paste the buffer after current line
ndd - delete the next n lines
x - delete current character
%s/something/other thing/g - search replace 'something' for 'other thing'
Ctrl+q (or Ctrl+v in UNIX mode) - box select using hjkl
. - repeat the last edit made
q<letter>, do stuff, q - record a macro that can be repeated easily using @<letter>
Google Mail/Calendar/Reader and probably other apps
? bring up the keyboard shortcut help!
j/k move to the next/previous item
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:31 am Post subject: |
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i throught notepadplus was the best text editor ?
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If anyone has an ipod/iphone/ipad, android or windows 7 device, this app PC Monitor, http://mobilepcmonitor.com/, lets you basically look at every detail of your comp from your device (right down to your folders and drives), but most usefully lets you remotely shut down, sleep or wake your comp from anywhere.
I use it if I have to leave the computer on to render when I leave somewhere. I just check the CPU usage, and if its not at 100% I know the render is done, and I can shut it down.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:24 am Post subject: |
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Wow I didn't know about any of those Firefox shortcuts. Thanks Spacecow, very handy!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:00 am Post subject: |
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Ah, shortcuts/hints/making life . Here are mine... (I feel bad as it does appear I use a lot to try and make my life easier at work)
Firefox
Shortcuts
Ctrl+F5 (special page refresh, web development, I need this when I made changes to the site but a normal refresh didn’t update to reflex the change in code)
Ctrl++ or Ctrl+scrollwheel up (zoom in, web development)
Ctrl+- or Ctrl+scrollwheel down (zoom out, web development)
Ctrl+0 (normal size - 100% zoom, web development)
Ctrl+Tab (change tab)
Ctrl+click on hyperlink (open link in new tab)
Add-ons
Firebug (web development tool I cannot live without, much better than IE's Web Developer tool)
Notepad++
It doesn't really matter which text editor to use for me but I have just used this for a many years and stuck with it. My preference of text editor is not too much buttons (if its like Visual Studio then nope!) and support many programming languages and is better than Notepad.
Shortcuts
Ctrl+D (copy the current line in the new created line below)
NetBeans
For NetBeans vs Eclipse people, I use Eclipse at home, NetBeans is just so everyone is using the same IDE. I don't really care which one anyway since in the end of the day, they are a Java IDE
Shortcuts
Ctrl+Shift+arrow down (copy the current line in the new created line below)
Windows
Alt+Space+N (minimise current app)
Windows 7
Win+Tab (Aero-themed Alt+Tab)
Win+arrow left (current windows gets moved to take up half the monitor in the left)
Win+arrow down (minimise current app)
Win+arrow right (take up half the monitor to the right)
Win+number (open a taskbar app, number depends on the position, or maximum/minimise it)
Win+T (highlight taskbar apps, ENTER to open)
SpaceSniffer
| Spacecow wrote: | | Not the most practical or useful app but I find it to be quite cool. |
 !. Good that you know this. I love it because it doesn't require installation and I plant it in a server that is shared across multiple people when the storage was nearly full to see who was the culprit.
Process Explorer (SysInternals, Microsoft)
You know you are a computer geek if you know sysinternals (bonus points for Powertoy knowledge). During my investigation and what was hogging up a lot of space in the Windows Server. I found a weird file I could not delete. Task manager didn't tell me which application took up this file, I search the file name in this application and it told me which process is "using the file". I kill the process and managed to delete the file, 5gb recovered! (my colleague's zipping file crashed and it was just left hanging there holding up space)
Synctoy (PowerToy, Microsoft)
I use this at home to help sync my backup of my PC to an external backup drive. I only wish to backup "My Pictures", "My Music", "My Files" and "My Code". I can choose to back up one of the backup profile or all. They even have a preview.
Dropbox
I use this to sync my personal folder from work pc (like pay receipts and performance review stuff) with my home pc since I got Windows 7 Home Premium which prevent me from accessing the intranet sites at home. I also use my phone to access my payslip. I tried others but reckon Dropbox is the most simple. If you know someone that uses it, maybe tell them to send you an invite so they can have extra free storage?
Google Docs/Mail/Calendar Etc
Google Mail has my contacts that I synced to my phone. The other day I changed mobile provider and guess what, I didn't have to worry about backing up contacts anymore! (SIM has no contacts), sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. I also have a centralised calendar so I can check up on my phone/computer etc.
Command Line - Starting directory
I do a lot of command line compiling of my code or website development and this became essential to cut down searching for the directory. Make a shortcut to cmd.exe and then right-click the shortcut>Properties and then set the "Start in:" to whatever directory you want. This is useful as then I will run my "make" and "run" files
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Ordering Folders/Files
For things like payslip, I want the file to be ordered in a folder. I adopted the yyyymmdd <filename> system so that it can be sorted by year first, then month then day. I do this for folders that is a collection of photos.
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| mikezilla2 wrote: | | i throught notepadplus was the best text editor ? |
Oh great, text editor holy wars...
(Also, Kate/BBEdit for lyfe, yo.)
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:41 am Post subject: |
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photoshop
alt + backspace = Fill
ctrl + D = Deselect your current selection.
[ = smaller pen size
] = bigger pen size
I know I use more but I can't think of any.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:11 am Post subject: |
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In MS Word Shift + F7 will open the thesaurus on whatever word the curser is currently on. Very handy for anyone who works with the damn thing lots.
Also CTRL+K will insert a hyperlink on the currently selected area in MS products.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:18 am Post subject: |
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↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
good to see it still works on this site...although not as well as it once did
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:19 am Post subject: |
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What the... what did I just do? Who's kitten is that?
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:21 am Post subject: |
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it used to keep throwing random pictures from the site up, seems to only throw up one picture for me now though
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Make your Windows computer run faster
ALT+F4
Make your Mac run faster
Apple+Q
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| GooberMan wrote: | | Command+Q |
Fixed.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, for some reason they changed the button from Apple to Command.
Fuck Command, Apple is where it's at.
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enough puns for one day, post removed.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Favourite/Most Used/Useful Shortcuts/Workarounds/Applica |
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| Spacecow wrote: |
Firefox
Ctrl + K to go to search bar
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Just to add, while the cursor is at the search bar, press Ctrl + Up/Down to toggle between search engines, super useful to go from Google to Wikipedia search and vice versa.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Here's another couple
Most Browsers
Ctrl + Enter in URL to enter 'www.' and '.com' around whatever is currently in the URL bar
DeskPins
Allows you to pin windows so that they appear over other ones you have open. Excellent for notepad apps.
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| Appel wrote: | | Yeah, for some reason they changed the button from Apple to Command. |
It was always command on the Mac. They put the Apple symbol on the key because you could interchange some Mac keyboards with the Apple IIgs. These days the key is usually labelled with the ⌘ symbol and the word "command".
Interestingly, the Unicode name for ⌘ is "PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN", which is what the symbol is used for in Scandinavia.
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| Fetidchimp wrote: | | it used to keep throwing random pictures from the site up, seems to only throw up one picture for me now though |
It still throws up multiple pictures, try giving someone a plus and you'll get a new one.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:29 am Post subject: |
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iPod/iPad/iPhone ... To create a snapshot of whatever is on your screen .. Press home and power button at same time . Then view picture in photo app.
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| Fetidchimp wrote: | ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
good to see it still works on this site...although not as well as it once did |
Oh wow, that is pure awesome. Can't believe I haven't tried that before.
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Mouse without Borders, an incredibly useful tool if you've got multiple Windows machines, allows you to control up to four machines using a single keyboard and mouse without having to use a KVM switch.
Edit: It also shares clipboards between machines, allows for drag and drop file transfer and simultaneous keyboard control.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Or, even more useful, Synergy for multi-platform control and clipboard sharing. Did I mention how gorram useful clipboard sharing is?
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