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ieoeja

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74. I told a woman in Italy to "run" a program. She moved it. I tried telling her to "execute" it.

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 01:30 PM

Dec 2012

Guess what she did.

And I can really only blame myself. She did exactly what I told her. It just wasn't what I meant.

That was in '91 and one of my earliest experiences working with someone overseas. I started being really careful with my speech after that.

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Only one in 10 know what Ctrl-F does [View all] ErikJ Dec 2012 OP

FIND!!! panAmerican Dec 2012 #1

I use control F probably 20x a day. Love it. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #112

control WHAT? ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #2

command-f on macs cbayer Dec 2012 #3

My son sent me a Mac a long time go truedelphi Dec 2012 #7

Google is your friend... Science Geek Dec 2012 #11

You may want to ramble around your keyboard preferences. cbayer Dec 2012 #12

When you're in some program or mode in Mac OS, Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #115

Thank you Art_from_Ark, except that much I knew truedelphi Dec 2012 #118

The "flowery X" (with the Apple symbol) is the Command key Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #121

Thanks. One other DU'er sent me same info truedelphi Dec 2012 #122

My Mac has no command key lunatica Dec 2012 #18

What browser are you using? cbayer Dec 2012 #31

Thank you! I use Firefox and there it is in the bottom left corner! lunatica Dec 2012 #39

So you can just click "next" once you have entered the term and see each cbayer Dec 2012 #43

I love using F9 and F11 lunatica Dec 2012 #45

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

click on apple and the F key at the same time (if you have a Mac) lunatica Dec 2012 #73

I don't have a Mac. I have Windows Vista. What should I look for? CTyankee Dec 2012 #111

Mostly I just use Spotlight. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #34

It searches the page you are currently on. cbayer Dec 2012 #42

otherwise known as 'open-apple F' Phillip McCleod Dec 2012 #38

Really? Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #4

Yep! StatGirl Dec 2012 #51

I'll bite laundry_queen Dec 2012 #56

CTRL-End StatGirl Dec 2012 #100

Applys to more than XL and word hootinholler Dec 2012 #105

Don't forget Ctrl-Z dragonlady Dec 2012 #69

I was hitting Ctrl-Z all through the Bush years Yavin4 Dec 2012 #70

Unless you're on a unix box... hootinholler Dec 2012 #106

don't forget Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-Y Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #119

Add Ctrl-X and Ctrl-Home to your list. n/t unhappycamper Dec 2012 #120

What does Ctrl+F do? Search me. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #5

Yes, and Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #35

are you dancing with Secretariat? SoCalDem Dec 2012 #48

I'm kind of stunned by the number of people who are ignorant of basic keyboard shortcuts Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #6

Hey, we live inside a society where truedelphi Dec 2012 #9

4 out of three people don't understand ratios. progressoid Dec 2012 #50

Google used to highlight the word you were searching for under "cache" but they ErikJ Dec 2012 #14

I miss that too :-( . . nt Care Acutely Dec 2012 #96

I have been using computers for 15 years and did not understand the 1st para in the OP DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #21

A LOT of us oldtimers have "taught" ourselves SoCalDem Dec 2012 #49

A dead mouse will invoke a curiosity about keyboard shortcuts quickly. L0oniX Dec 2012 #76

My wife can't figure out how to use a plunger Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #79

Reminds me of this (video) sakabatou Dec 2012 #8

I had to make programmers change a message for the offshore folk Skittles Dec 2012 #15

I told a woman in Italy to "run" a program. She moved it. I tried telling her to "execute" it. ieoeja Dec 2012 #74

doesn't matter how well you train them Skittles Dec 2012 #81

We are not an American institute. ieoeja Dec 2012 #95

Back in the day the standard reply to which is the any key was hootinholler Dec 2012 #26

LOL RKP5637 Dec 2012 #32

I still cant find shortcut for "go to next page" ErikJ Dec 2012 #10

There isn't one... Science Geek Dec 2012 #16

Actually, there is. jeff47 Dec 2012 #20

That's "Forward"... Science Geek Dec 2012 #22

Ahh-yes. That works. Thanks. ErikJ Dec 2012 #36

That takes semantic links, but when pages have them (few do) it's control + right arrow (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #90

I do CTL-F dozens of times a night at work Skittles Dec 2012 #13

Click on "Edit" then click on "Find" Yes INDEEDY!! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #58

in the 50+ screens I monitor Skittles Dec 2012 #64

Just now... sofa king Dec 2012 #88

And not just browser windows. Control-Z Dec 2012 #17

Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are two I used a lot Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #27

Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are supplied by the operating system, unlike Ctrl-F Recursion Dec 2012 #91

It's not user education. jeff47 Dec 2012 #19

Bingo Science Geek Dec 2012 #28

Windows 7 is bad for that. RC Dec 2012 #54

One more reason to be grateful to Microsoft. eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #63

Did Microsoft peak at XP? Cresent City Kid Dec 2012 #66

Yes. Science Geek Dec 2012 #84

Apparently so. I've used Windows7 Enterprise ed. and it barely works with 1.5 GB. eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #117

A lack of RTFM hootinholler Dec 2012 #23

Friendly? Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #40

Yeah, that's the management version hootinholler Dec 2012 #60

The problem is now a days, the manual is a little too friendly. RC Dec 2012 #55

You don't even get a "fine" manual anymore csziggy Dec 2012 #103

You can use F3 in Firefox or Thunderbird. -..__... Dec 2012 #24

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

Ctrl+Shift+T is my favorite obscure browser shortcut pokerfan Dec 2012 #61

THANK YOU! JackRiddler Dec 2012 #62

it works in Google too! renate Dec 2012 #83

all my tabby shortcuts pokerfan Dec 2012 #97

Hmmm Raidel Dec 2012 #30

These are the people who refused to learn computer in the 1980's and 1990's and then..... slampoet Dec 2012 #33

Think of him as keeping you employed. lunatica Dec 2012 #44

I'm a care giver. I don't get paid. slampoet Dec 2012 #59

I use that shortcut constantly. It saves tons of time, MineralMan Dec 2012 #37

in vim it's 'page down' n/t ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #41

or forward slash, in control mode (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #92

I wish I had know this earlier. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #46

Me too! ErikJ Dec 2012 #47

Google cache still exists StatGirl Dec 2012 #101

It doesnt work! ErikJ Dec 2012 #108

That's odd . . . StatGirl Dec 2012 #110

To elaborate... sendero Dec 2012 #52

The wonderful world of Windoz has a large number of shortcut key combinations..... wandy Dec 2012 #53

If only someone would make a SONG to a familiar tune. . . . . annabanana Dec 2012 #57

I can believe that only 1 in 10 people know that. Incitatus Dec 2012 #65

Nice Mr Dixon Dec 2012 #67

I can't tell you if it's control or alt f because its second nature. dkf Dec 2012 #72

Hell ...lots of people don't know about Ctrl-V either. DUH! L0oniX Dec 2012 #75

That's entirely software dependent jberryhill Dec 2012 #77

That's cool. I need that function. Thanks. nt ladjf Dec 2012 #78

You'd be shocked at the number of COMPUTER SCIENCE students I used to see who didn't Xithras Dec 2012 #80

At one time they called those "power user" tricks. davsand Dec 2012 #82

At one time, there were called "coke bottle" sequences gkhouston Dec 2012 #86

Not surprising: Few know what GD SoP is good for, either. Sniff. n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #85

As a graduate of the Hard Knocks Institute of Technology... lastlib Dec 2012 #87

The slash key works on Firefox, too. If you remember why, you're a geezer like me... (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #89

People have become too dependent on the mouse sdfernando Dec 2012 #93

Most people think that the keyboard SheilaT Dec 2012 #94

Learn your hotkeys - speeds things up a lot! backscatter712 Dec 2012 #98

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

Buncha WIMPs hootinholler Dec 2012 #107

LOL ... I totally forgot the WIMP acronym!!!! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #109

Son of a Gun! Hatchling Dec 2012 #113

Search normally. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #114

Fascinating Post with lots of Info from Tech People helpful to all of Us...who use KoKo Dec 2012 #116