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Perform Any Windows Task With One Keystroke

1:45PM February 10, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

There are a lot of ways to create shortcuts for system tasks in Windows, but what could be faster than doing it with the hotkey of your choice? Here’s how two tools can put nearly any system task at your fingertips. More »


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Google Docs Adds Handy Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

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8:45AM February 10, 2012 | Angus Kidman

Google Docs emulates traditional application menus, but unlike desktops apps, in the past it hasn’t supported common shortcuts such as Alt-F for the File menu. However, that option now works — but only for Chrome users. More »


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Add Hyperlinks In Gmail With A Keyboard Shortcut

1:30AM February 2, 2012 | Thorin Klosowski

Most word processors use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K (or Cmd+K on Mac) to insert a hyperlink into a text, but even though the shortcut exists in Google Docs, it never worked in Gmail. Now it does. More »


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Quickly Copy A URL Into An Email On Mac

4:30AM January 31, 2012 | Melanie Pinola

Mac: Here’s a great way to quickly forward a link to a web page you’re reading: hit Command, Shift and “i” and an email message will automatically open with the page title in the subject and the link in the body. More »


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SlashSearch Adds Forward Slash Search To Every Site

2:00AM January 26, 2012 | Thorin Klosowski

Chrome: If you’re used to being able to hit the forward slash key to access the search box in Google webapps, then you might be annoyed when it doesn’t work elsewhere. SlashSearch is an extension that adds the keyboard shortcut to any site and if there is no search box it makes one. More »


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UndoClose Reopens Accidentally Closed Windows

11:00AM January 25, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Windows: Sometimes we get a little trigger happy with our window-closing mouse clicks. UndoClose keeps track of the windows you close and lets you reopen them with a keyboard shortcut. More »


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Bring Back ‘Save As’ In Mac OS X Lion (Sort Of)

2:30AM January 20, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

One of my biggest gripes with OS 10.7 is that nearly every app has ditched “Save As” in favour of the much dumber and more confusing “Export”. While you can’t bring back “Save As” completely, you can bring back its keyboard shortcut. Here’s how. More »


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Close Chrome’s Download Strip With A Keyboard Shortcut

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2:30PM December 29, 2011 | Angus Kidman

One thing I really missed when I shifted from Firefox to Chrome was a keyboard-friendly download manager. You can get rid of Firefox’s download window simply by hitting the Esc key, but Chrome wastes vertical space by putting file downloads under the main window in a strip you can only close by clicking the close box with your mouse. Fortunately, there is a workaround. More »


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Hit Escape For Spelling Suggestions On Your Mac

7:30AM December 29, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac: When you’re typing a word you don’t know or remember how to spell, you can quickly get a list of suggestions by pressing the escape key in most OS X text editors. Just type as much of the word as you know, press escape, and OS X will offer up as many possibilities as it knows. More »


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Use The Option Key To Toggle Scrolling

10:30AM December 13, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac: When you click in the well of a scrollbar in Mac OS X, one of two things occurs, depending on your preference: you either jump to the location you clicked or you scroll up or down an entire page length. In general you’ll choose the scrolling option you prefer, but sometimes you’ll want to switch things up. Fortunately, all you have to do to reverse your scrolling preference temporarily is hold down the option key. More »