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ALT + D puts focus on the address bar in pretty much all applications. It's especially handy in windows explorer because I use the keyboard when navigating folders almost exclusively.
 
Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
I noticed someone posted about double clicking the top right of a window to close it. I frequently use Alt Space X to maximize a window, Win+M to minimize all, and Alt F4 to close a window.

I frequently use Shift Delete to bypass the Recycle Bin when deleting files. Does anyone else have any quirky shortcut habits?
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it's top left corner to close it (double click it)
 
One thing I discovered is that you can hold down shift and then flick the mouse wheel to fly back through your browsing history.

I haven't used it much frankly, its a bit imprecise.
 
I use shift delete all the time.

If i type the url wrong, I quickly hit esc so that the page doesnt load.

When I hibernate my laptop, i quickly hit the windows key, u, h.
 
Some were mentioned before, but in FF use Ctrl-W to close tab, Ctrl-Pg Up & Pg Down to switch between tabs, or Ctrl-1-9 for that particular tab. Ctrl-L to highlight the address bar, and Ctrl-K for the google address bar.
 
Originally posted by: VTHodge
Originally posted by: Mo0o
I use Win+L all the time. I no longer use Win+D since that fvcks up the widgets as well.

For those using Opera, search shortcuts are the greatest thing since slice bread. I have "g" assigned to google, "t" to torrent spy, "r" to rottentomatoes, "w" to wikipedia, "d" to dictionary. Basically, you can just go to the address bar and put in "g apples" and it'll search for apples in google or if you put in "w apples" it'll search for apples in wikipedia. Sooooo convenient
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That's hot. One of the main reasons I used A9 for a while is that I could type in "a9.com/apples" for a quick search. Of coure, I would rather just install a toolbar on this POS laptop, but I have no admin priv.
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That can be easily remedied.
 
Originally posted by: VTHodge
Originally posted by: markgm
Shift-delete is probably the most frequently used.
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I use shift-delete sometimes.

I have a lot of custom shortcuts set up in MS Word.

Ctrl+D = Degree symbol
Ctrl+P = Plus/Minus
Ctrl+M = Greek Letter Mu
Ctrl+< = Less than or equal to
Ctrl+> = Greater than or equal to

Probably others. I know where they are when I need them.
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It would be cool if someone had an add-on for Word that typed Greek letters after hitting Ctrl-G just like in Mathcad.
 
Originally posted by: jemcam
Window button+L to lock my computer instead of cntrl+alt+delete and then enter.
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On XP home with fast user switching enabled, this shortcut switches you out of the current user's account while leaving everything open.
 
Originally posted by: VTHodge
Originally posted by: Mo0o
I use Win+L all the time. I no longer use Win+D since that fvcks up the widgets as well.

For those using Opera, search shortcuts are the greatest thing since slice bread. I have "g" assigned to google, "t" to torrent spy, "r" to rottentomatoes, "w" to wikipedia, "d" to dictionary. Basically, you can just go to the address bar and put in "g apples" and it'll search for apples in google or if you put in "w apples" it'll search for apples in wikipedia. Sooooo convenient
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That's hot. One of the main reasons I used A9 for a while is that I could type in "a9.com/apples" for a quick search. Of coure, I would rather just install a toolbar on this POS laptop, but I have no admin priv.
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Firefox does searches like that. Type "wp apple" as an example to take you automatically to a Wikipedia page. "dict apple" will take you to a dictionary page. "imdb Grease" will take you to an IMDB page. There are a lot of search engines that work like that, and you can even get more.
 
Originally posted by: Hyperlite
Originally posted by: JRock
Originally posted by: jemcam
Window button+L to lock my computer instead of cntrl+alt+delete and then enter.
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:thumbsup:
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yep i use that alot, and i always use win+e as well. didn't know about win+m and win+d, thanks!

is there a hotkey to minimize the current window?
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Yes. Press alt, space, N. For Firefox, you have to press alt then space relatively quickly.
 
Another one that I use a lot in word is:

Alt+Shift+- for a non-breaking hyphen (good for negative signs and things like part numbers)
Alt+Shift+[space] for a non-breaking space (good for if two words look odd when they are apart, like St. Louis)
 
Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Originally posted by: VTHodge
Originally posted by: Mo0o
I use Win+L all the time. I no longer use Win+D since that fvcks up the widgets as well.

For those using Opera, search shortcuts are the greatest thing since slice bread. I have "g" assigned to google, "t" to torrent spy, "r" to rottentomatoes, "w" to wikipedia, "d" to dictionary. Basically, you can just go to the address bar and put in "g apples" and it'll search for apples in google or if you put in "w apples" it'll search for apples in wikipedia. Sooooo convenient
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That's hot. One of the main reasons I used A9 for a while is that I could type in "a9.com/apples" for a quick search. Of coure, I would rather just install a toolbar on this POS laptop, but I have no admin priv.
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Firefox does searches like that. Type "wp apple" as an example to take you automatically to a Wikipedia page. "dict apple" will take you to a dictionary page. "imdb Grease" will take you to an IMDB page. There are a lot of search engines that work like that, and you can even get more.
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Yeah, I'd like Firefox also. And Flash while we are at it. 🙂 I'll just send a message to IT saying that my 'net time is being hindered by my limited install ability. I'm a contractor and am lucky to have web access at all.
 
Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Originally posted by: 5to1baby1in5
Window + Pause/Break for system properties (and the Hardware Device Manager).
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Wow, a new one on me.
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That and Ctrl+Shift+Escape (opens task manager) are shortcuts that I'm constantly using.
 
Originally posted by: ColdFusion718
Originally posted by: Hyperlite
Originally posted by: JRock
Originally posted by: jemcam
Window button+L to lock my computer instead of cntrl+alt+delete and then enter.
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:thumbsup:
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yep i use that alot, and i always use win+e as well. didn't know about win+m and win+d, thanks!

is there a hotkey to minimize the current window?
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Yes. Press alt, space, N. For Firefox, you have to press alt then space relatively quickly.
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easiest way is to just hold down alt
 
Originally posted by: Tremulant
Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Originally posted by: 5to1baby1in5
Window + Pause/Break for system properties (and the Hardware Device Manager).
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Wow, a new one on me.
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That and Ctrl+Shift+Escape (opens task manager) are shortcuts that I'm constantly using.
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That's a bit awkward with my left hand.

Edit: Shift with my right hand makes that a lot more natural since I always hit Ctrl Esc for the start menu anyway. I hit Ctrl-Esc with my left hand as my right hand moves from the keyboard to the mouse in one natural motion. I haven't actually clicked on the start button in years. I just tried it now and it feels weird.
 
Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Originally posted by: VTHodge
Originally posted by: Mo0o
I use Win+L all the time. I no longer use Win+D since that fvcks up the widgets as well.

For those using Opera, search shortcuts are the greatest thing since slice bread. I have "g" assigned to google, "t" to torrent spy, "r" to rottentomatoes, "w" to wikipedia, "d" to dictionary. Basically, you can just go to the address bar and put in "g apples" and it'll search for apples in google or if you put in "w apples" it'll search for apples in wikipedia. Sooooo convenient
Click to expand...

That's hot. One of the main reasons I used A9 for a while is that I could type in "a9.com/apples" for a quick search. Of coure, I would rather just install a toolbar on this POS laptop, but I have no admin priv.
Click to expand...

Firefox does searches like that. Type "wp apple" as an example to take you automatically to a Wikipedia page. "dict apple" will take you to a dictionary page. "imdb Grease" will take you to an IMDB page. There are a lot of search engines that work like that, and you can even get more.
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You can right-click any text box in Firefox and do "Add a Keyword for this search..." It pops up a Bookmark thing, and whatever you put in the Keyword field you can use for this (e.g. if you went to rottentomatoes, did that, and put "rt" as the keyword, you could go to the address bar and do "rt moviename").
 
ctrl-c and ctrl-v FTW! Alt-F4 is another good one. I also use ctrl-shift-esc to get to the task manager and ctrl-esc for the start menu. Oh yeah and alt-tab to switch windows.

One more. Opera has this cool thing I found the other day. You can hold the right click button and use the scroll wheel to select which tab you want.
 
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