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In reply to the discussion: Only one in 10 know what Ctrl-F does [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)72. I can't tell you if it's control or alt f because its second nature.
Just like a select row is a pinky to the right and a space bar. Lol.
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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