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 NEWS: The 10 Most Useful Word Shortcuts
When
you go looking for a shortcut — one you can’t quite remember or one you
know must surely be out there somewhere — you’ve got plenty of
resources: Help files, Google hits, and even comprehensive lists like
those you’ll find on internet libraries. Comprehensive is great, but
sometimes selective is more practical.
If you were stuck on a deserted island, which 10 Word shortcuts would you like to have with you?
| Keystroke | Function | Notes | | Shift + F3 | Toggles through capitalization options. | A big
timesaver. | | Ctrl + Shift + N | Applies the Normal style | It’s handy to turn text
into Normal paragraphs on the fly. | | Ctrl + Shift + C | Copies the formatting of selected text. | Similar to Format Painter but FP forgets the formatting as soon as you’re
finished with it. This shortcut remembers what you copied until you
close out of Word. | | Alt + F9 | Toggles the display of field codes on and off. | Easily tell what’s literal text and
what’s being generated by an underlying field code. | | F4 | Repeats your most recent action. | This shortcut will
repeat nearly all the actions you take on document text. | | Ctrl + H | Opens the Find And Replace dialog box with the Replace tab selected. | Ctrl + F opens to the Find tab but this shortcut also opens the Replace Function. | | Ctrl + drag text or an object | Creates a copy of the text or object. | This useful trick does require
mouse action. It’s handy when you need to copy an object and control
where that copy ends up. This
shortcut lets you drag an object exactly where you want it.
| | Ctrl + Q | Removes paragraph formatting that isn’t part of the style assigned to a selected paragraph. | When you want to strip out manually applied formats and return to only
those characteristics defined by a paragraph style, this is the
quickest way to get there. Ctrl + Spacebar works the same way for
character formatting. | | Ctrl + 0 (zero) | Applies or removes 12 points of space above the current paragraph. | This sounds a little lame, but you can improve readability of selected
text in about two seconds using this trick. For instance, table text is
often jammed up against top borders. Select the table and hit Ctrl + 0
and you’ll get an instant improvement.
| | Alt + drag the mouse vertically | Make a vertical text selection | Another keyboard/mouse hybrid, this one is obscure but useful. Some
users have trouble making it work, but the problem is usually sequence.
Just make sure you press Alt before you press the mouse button and
drag. Then, release Alt before you release the mouse button. |
excerpt from TechRepublic
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In This Issue:
NEWS: The 10 Most Useful Word Shortcuts
TIPS: 10 Shortcuts for Formatting Word Text
REMINDERS: The Best Way to Avoid Infection
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REMINDERS:
The Best Way to Avoid Infection
It seems like only yesterday when viruses and spyware were at the top
of the list of PC annoyances. Today, the evolution takes us to its next
kin...Malware. With malware, all you need to do is make one wrong click
and *BAM*, you're infected and there is little left to do with your PC
other than call your computer tech and wait until it's remedied. There
are no tools available right now that can proactively protect you from
certain infections because they are "click induced". This means that
the spreading of infection requires that you CLICK on something to
trigger the install of this malicious software. You may remember when
"Yes", "No", and the red "X" actually meant something. Today, all of
them equal a single keystroke..."Yes".
There
is, however, a very effective way of avoiding this headache. With these
simple steps, you may be able to walk away from that infected website
unscathed.
At
the first sign of infection, it is very important to close out of the
window BEFORE it has the chance to spread to your machine. The way to
do this is by closing the window WITHOUT actually clicking in the
pop-up window. The time it takes to do this is not important because
(again) the malware is waiting for your click to advance.
To
exit a window before infection, press Ctrl+Alt+Del before clicking
anywhere else. Once you do this, a list of actions will come up. Click
on the Task Manager. Once the Task Manager appears, click on the tab
that is labeled "Processes". Under the category "Image Name", you'll
notice a long list of running applications. Processes you need to look
for are:
iexplore.exe - Internet Explorerfirefox.exe - Mozilla Firefox chrome.exe - Google Chrome Click
on the process once and then click the "End Process" button. Make sure
you get them all, as there are normally more than one instance. If you
manage to do this without first clicking in the annoying pop-up threat,
you may have just saved yourself a meeting with your tech.
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