Monday 22 August 2016

Computer Tips

  • Here are three ways to deal with zooming in your web browser:

"Control" (or "Command" on Mac) plus "0" resets it to default"Control" (or "Command" on Mac) plus "+" zooms in"Control" (or "Command" on Mac) plus "-" zooms out


  • If you want to bring up a basic text editor you can type in, just paste this into the address bar in your browser:

data:text/html, Text Editor

  • Quickly clear your cache by pressing "Control," plus "Shift," plus "R." This will also refresh your page.


  • If you click the "Windows" key, plus one of the arrows (right, left, up, down), your current window will move to that side of the screen.

Similarly, "Windows," plus "Shift," plus one of the arrows will move your window into whatever monitor is that way (right, for example).

  • Most people know you can hit the space bar to pause a YouTube video, but sometimes this causes it to scroll down the page if you haven't already clicked on the video. If you press "K," this will play (or pause) the video every time.

Hitting the "J" key will cause you to go backward 10 seconds, while hitting the "L" key will make you go forward 10 seconds.

  • In Google Chrome, if you press "S" while you right click on an image it will do a reverse Google search. That means you'll be able to see where that photo is and where it potentially originated.


  • If you click the "middle" button on your mouse, you will open the link in a new browser tab. And if you middle-click an open tab, it will close it.


  • If you press the F4 button in Excel, it repeats the last command.

  "If you select a cell and highlight it yellow, you can then highlight any other selected cell(s) yellow     by pressing F4."
  • If you want to get back a tab you closed, just press "Control" (or "Command" on Mac), plus "Shift," plus "T," and it will magically reappear.

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