Do you use Home and End keys on your keyboard?

[E equals MC2]

I use them all the time at my job and my job isn't even all that data-entry intensive.

Home key places the cursor at the beginning of any given field/sentence. End key brings the cursor to the end. Works for almost everything - browser, Windows GUI, Office, etc...

Edit: It also works for browsing web & PDFs- instantly brings you to the first or the last page of the document/scroll.

Mighty helpful instead of taking your hand off the KB to use the mouse to do it.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I use them all the time.

 

[Aikouka]

Yes, I tend to use it if I'm at a point in my sentence and I want to delete from the beginning. I hold shift, hit Home/End depending on which direction I want to go and hit delete. A bit different from CTRL+A to select everything.

 

[AmpedSilence]

yes, they are useful. I like them; it's better than holding the arrow keys down.

 

[meltdown75]

holy sh*t i thought i was a computer n00b

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
holy sh*t i thought i was a computer n00b

hahahaha...

yeah, i've used home/end for quite a long time...

 

[Modeps]

y tank u 4 ur hlp!

 

[ahurtt]

Wow. . .you think those keys are useful as they are? Try using them while holding Shift or Ctrl! It'll blow your mind! And for the coup-de-grace that will knock you right off your feet. . .try using them while holding Shift+Ctrl at the same time!

 

[effowe]

I've gotten into the habit of using "Apple + Arrow Key" to replace Home and End on the Mac I'm using at work. Now when I go home to use my PC I find myself doing the same thing and having to revert to home / end. Damn tiny OS differences.

 

[nakedfrog]

Indubitably.

 

[HN]

CTRL + Insert = copy
Shift + Insert = paste

 

[natto fire]

and don't even get me started on Scroll Lock!

 

[Drako]

Most certainly, and use Page Up/Page Down a lot as well. Also use the function keys and keyboard shortcuts for a lot of the apps I use at work.