Keyboard shortcut to close a window
Lets say you are in the final stages of working on a document and you have made the final edits. You want to save the document and close the window. …
How long does Outlook wait before marking an email as read?
With large monitors increasingly common in offices, many Outlook users use the Reading Pane to read messages and they seldom double-click on a message to open it. Some people …
Excel keyboard shortcut to insert the date in a cell
Working in Excel and looking for a quick way to insert the current date in a cell? Use a keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+; Want to insert the current time? Then the keyboard …
Easily select entire words when dragging
When you are selecting text in MS Word you will likely have discovered that you can start dragging anywhere in the first word you want to select and as you …
Use the mouse to quickly go to the top or bottom of a document
You are likely familiar with the Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End keyboard shortcuts that you can use to quickly go to the beginning or end of a document. Have you discovered there …
Windows 7 Show Desktop
Subscriber Des M. recently discovered the Show Desktop button in Windows 7. You may have found it yourself but in case you haven’t, it is at the bottom right corner …
How to access Paste Options using the keyboard
Subscriber Dinar S. asks: When you copy/paste in Word, is there a way to match the format that is currently being used without using the mouse? In all the Office …
A quick way to close all open windows in Outlook
Every message, contact, meeting and appointment you open in Outlook has its own window. As you work away in Outlook during the day you might find your Taskbar cluttered with …
An alternative way to add comments to a cell
You have likely discovered Comments in Excel which are useful if you want to capture some thought about the value in a cell. (Right-click on the cell, Insert Comment) As …
Keyboard shortcut to run a presentation in PowerPoint
Let’s say you are developing a presentation in PowerPoint and you want to see what the slides will actually look like when you run the presentation. No need to use …