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In reply to the discussion: Only one in 10 know what Ctrl-F does [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)115. When you're in some program or mode in Mac OS,
for example, Finder, you can click the items in the menu at the top of the screen, and the shortcut (if there is one) will be shown to the right of the command name. For example, if you click "File" in the menu, you will see that Command + N means "open new Finder window", Command + O means "open file" (whatever you have highlighted at the time), Command + W means "close window", and so on.
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I rig my Linux box to do an equivalent to OSX's Expose when I throw the mouse to the corner. n/t
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#99
Command G will take you to the next instance. Much faster than clicking on 'Next'. ...nt
TeeYiYi
Dec 2012
#71
I don't see it. When I click on the Mozilla Firefox icon on my desk top it opens to
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#68
I'm kind of stunned by the number of people who are ignorant of basic keyboard shortcuts
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#6
I have been using computers for 15 years and did not understand the 1st para in the OP
DollarBillHines
Dec 2012
#21
I told a woman in Italy to "run" a program. She moved it. I tried telling her to "execute" it.
ieoeja
Dec 2012
#74
That takes semantic links, but when pages have them (few do) it's control + right arrow (nt)
Recursion
Dec 2012
#90
Apparently so. I've used Windows7 Enterprise ed. and it barely works with 1.5 GB.
eppur_se_muova
Dec 2012
#117
Fucking anti-elitists. If EVERYONE knew these, they wouldn't be "shortcuts"; they'd be techniques.
Bucky
Dec 2012
#25
What's this "Shift+Cntl+Z" crap? In my day we used "Cntl+Y" to redo... and we liked it that way!
Bucky
Dec 2012
#29
These are the people who refused to learn computer in the 1980's and 1990's and then.....
slampoet
Dec 2012
#33
The wonderful world of Windoz has a large number of shortcut key combinations.....
wandy
Dec 2012
#53
You'd be shocked at the number of COMPUTER SCIENCE students I used to see who didn't
Xithras
Dec 2012
#80
The slash key works on Firefox, too. If you remember why, you're a geezer like me... (nt)
Recursion
Dec 2012
#89
There are dozens of tools in Windows that most users have no clue about
liberal N proud
Dec 2012
#102
The reason for this is historical and goes back to the pre-GUI days of computer usage.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#104