keyboard
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How To Type Common Symbols With Keyboard Shortcuts
3Have you ever gone to type the degree symbol (i.e. – °) only to realise it’s not actually on your keyboard? How about the up arrow, division sign or British pound? It turns out all of these symbols are just a quick keyboard shortcut away. Here are 23 to commit to memory – plus letters…
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The Shift Key Kicks Your Keyboard Shortcuts Into Reverse
This simple thing never clicked for me before I saw it on Reddit: In many keyboard shortcuts on Windows and MacOS, adding the shift key makes the shortcut do the opposite of what it normally does.
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Conserve Your Mac’s Battery Power With This Keyboard Setting
Whenever I fly, I always end up dialling the brightness down on my laptop to its lowest possible setting. In some cases, I’m straining my eyes to be able to see what’s on the screen, but it’s worth it for the precious few extra minutes of battery life I might get while I’m in the…
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Find Emoji Faster With Emojicopy
Windows/Mac: I casually mentioned the existence of Emojicopy the other day in one of our secret Lifehacker chat rooms, and I was surprised to find that nobody else had ever heard of this site. Which then got me thinking: How do most people hunt down emoji to drop into messages, blog posts and other important…