pasty
A different kind of pasty
Running Windows7 at home, and accidentally just pressed windows key+tab instead of alt+tab. I'll never use alt+tab again.
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Techy type things you discover by accident
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DNB_Seagull
Dirty Northerner. For now
- Apr 27, 2014
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CTRL W opens a new tab on Chrome, IE and Firefox. 
thisistips
New member
Two spaces on your iPhone inserts a space and a full stop.
Paul Reids Sock
Well-known member
Windows key and L locks the computer. Good at work and much faster thank control alt delete, enter
Gullflyinghigh
Registered User
- Apr 23, 2012
- 4,279
I wonder if anyone ever falls for the 'alt + f5' bait nowadays...hope so.
It wasn't by accident but windows key + M, will minimise everything (on your screen, pointing the keyboard at your dog and pushing it will yield no results).
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
I've got some post-it notes on my screen. Will they minimise as well?
These aren't by accident, but are used in my day-to-day job.
- Windows + P changes your dual screen set-up
- Windows + R opens the Run Command Dialogue box
- Windows + E opens Windows Explorer
Those are the important ones I use (as well as Windows + L and Windows + Tab)
Buffalo Seagull
Active member
On the iPad keyboard if you hold down the , you get the option of a ' and if you hold down the . you get the option of a "
Saves you cycling from the letters screen to the symbol screen.
Saves you cycling from the letters screen to the symbol screen.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,302
Linux containers, virtual machines within a host without having to install an entire OS from scratch. marvellous for testing and tinkering in a contained environment.
....... but not in that order ....... ;-)
Best for me was double tap the shift key for caps lock.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,161
Turning a device off and on again resolves most techy issues.
dadams2k11
ID10T Error
I would like to add
Ctrl + shift + esc = task manager
windows + D = Show desktop
ctrl + tab = change tab in chrome, IE, Firefox
Willy Dangle
New member
- Aug 31, 2011
- 3,551
Is it dull Tuesday today?
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
- 12,310
I work in IT and I feel confident saying that 99% of first line support issues are resolved in this manner.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
- 12,310
On this note, if you add Shift into the equation you'll cycle back through the open Windows. That's for both the Windows key and Alt.
Norman Potting
Well-known member
In Excel "Ctrl, :" will populate a cell with current date, "Ctrl, shift, :" will populate it with the current time (both fixed not relative value).
In Word if you highlight some some text then "shift, F3" yoiu will toggle it between all lower case, all upper case, first letter of each word upper case. Bizzarely picked this one up from reading "Saga" magazine in a Dr's waiting room and use it with reasonable frequency.
In Word if you highlight some some text then "shift, F3" yoiu will toggle it between all lower case, all upper case, first letter of each word upper case. Bizzarely picked this one up from reading "Saga" magazine in a Dr's waiting room and use it with reasonable frequency.
Cheers didnt know this. Might make life easier for me.
I believe the other 1% is kicking it and cursing at it.
mattislost
Active member
- Dec 12, 2011
- 261
Ctrl, alt and down arrow turns the screen upside down. Will never get bored of doing that to people who don't lock their screen at work!
dingodan
New member
- Feb 16, 2011
- 10,080
Not so much an accident, but I was once needing to use a phonebox where the number "7" didn't work. I had a mobile phone but it had no signal. In a moment of desperation inspired genius I discovered that you can "play" the tone of a telephone number on your mobile keypad (for example the tone for "7"), direct the tone down the mouth piece of a telephone, and the telephone will dial that number!