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Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD build a how to wiki, show them as a slide show. and not quite make the Coicey 43 Poet’ Poy Pees Problem Step Reporter Is another one (go to windows start and type psr and enter). Does screen caps when you click on things. Once done, it packages it up into a nice zip that you can send to someone and they can view step by step. 1” Boe Pee ean eC nea ea ce) 7 1G vcosans ESE on en On EOC a Leen aa ECE keke Cae? 58 Poe Pn Pats Ido a bunch of presentations where I have to shift between my organization's program that. works on a web browser and the powerpoint. Pe eee ete ae Lec cer wv rods comf/AskRedlcommentsimutuyBtuhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD When making a login at work that failed to compute, my co worker suggested that I use to mouse to switch fields instead of "using that weird keyboard shortcut which may be fucking rat ey Co BLO nC Rune Siren Cr Ey Yes. Tab is an 0G keyboard key as I recall. 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CSM ny scraccs ) Oe Mes ae ere ace cu 1, Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and CEM DEEN RR oe ceca ns Se Oa ier Tuan Sees Uae ee Ce aa Pr eC 2a Brecon tcyy But things like CTRL+F and touch typing aren't going anywhere. Everyone should know these things. Fixing a PC should probably be up there on the list, And also that (I hope) you put in there is kind of a good indicator of the problem. Thry should be actively teach this stuff to kids so that we don't just have to hope that they somehow pick up Aree ee ear ays Et Coens ney Pee Co Perce neng Nee ea een eee eer ee Ly onscreen Ere] rt ie e comet @ omen eee enn wv reds comf/AskRedelvcommentsimutuy8tuhat_are_som:Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD Cs Eero Cer Reece a cera coe eee td key and it would rotate the screen. 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I learned a bunch, and even when it was super laggy I knew that I could just enter a bunch of shortcuts and it'll get on with doing everything I've pressed. Reece ce nie ge a Cena ccnrea Coeur eae Per] Poe Derksen) Fry ed Oe eee Meee UE Me Me eo? EA ee et Rene Unt enec Mean REL Basically, keyboard shortcuts are essential to being really quick and efficient. 7 Ctri+F4 also closes the tab, much like Alt+F4 closes the whole program. eo Bo Control-click does it too. co Se wv reddit comf/AskRedelcommentsimutuyStuhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? GO + Gm) E> @ cvssivedae © Poet Pee Same to open another copy of an app if supported, e.g another file manager Eta Poe ee Middle mouse click a tab to close it aan 38 Poe ee use this constantly, so much faster and makes me look like a teccy man 36 Cin ed F11 button in web browser usually makes my colleagues melt down with anxiety. cd emery What does it do again? 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I was screaming Race ecssctis Des eenyg cy Or middle-high school...I don’t know why my kids can't grasp keyboard strokes. Their friends too. Idk, Maybe we're just in a dumb area. Lol! rr They're prpbably used to touchscreens or controllers. 35 Cava wv reds com/AskRedlcommentsimutuy8tuhat_are_som:Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD a eos Pong Poe @ xsplizzle Pee EE Ete Poon a Tdon’t know about impressing someone, but learning about opening task manager by pressing cre eeu gc! edit: should probably clarify that this doesn't really work when your computer is being super EU een eee oe Right click on the taskbar and choosing it from there works too. Err ee ata MCU cues oT Pry ‘Lmore reply Pe eee Ctrltshift+delete takes you right the clear cache/history page in chrome. 48 eee Pec eaUC Ret ae) wv rods com/AskRedlcommentsimutuy8twhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? 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Most IM clients will let you paste the screen directly into a chat, or you can paste it into a new paint document. err} Alt-prtscr will take a screenshot of the window you're currently in, and if you have Dropbox it automatically saves it without you having to paste into paint Fer) eo Win+PrtScr will screenshot the entire desktop and save it to the Pictures directory. Win+Del will screenshot the entire desktop and save it to the clipboard 3 coy Poy Pe but I got the snipping tool in my task bar because its better then snip and sketch 7 rene UCC men Ey coed Pee PIs wv rods com/AskRedlvcommentsimutuy8twhat_are_som:a " erernacy SMe rr F shop avatars ) PS ise eee CR CEE RU aoe mel eee eee eee ee acy Fad Nenu eC eMC On Na a ae al I've only recently learned this one, and I wish I knew it sooner. I often have my second monitor off, and it's a hassle to turn it on just to see whatever window is over there. 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You'll be a fucking magician to your Cems Et Still is around, I use it to run a simple macro that somehow doesn't work in cmd prompt even Pat Rca) yi oom ae ee Tease Ta MeL OTE Re eee etd a ee cn ee aan Na eed ay fine but God help you if your screen resolution is a bit different or anything changes. Even accidentally touching the mouse would send it off into errors. 20 POR nntnn ed RI etc ese ce eR A aera an Bee ea en eae Ree Cun Cee ae oe CT Cee Re Tana OMCs a Set etc aU er es Erg RO Mae aa Rh gees rie 46 Poe od Cs eee ETC en eae wiv rods com/AskRedelcommentsimutuyBtuhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD Bod Oeste aC Eee een ae eu el Ferd eee Ctrl + arrow to move the cursor one word at a time either direction Shift + arrow to highlight one character at a time either direction Ctrl + shift + arrow to highlight one word at a time Crm ata D Png Bond (os Remeron Py as} Deke ae ee an eee De ee et Scene ea a ee Alt+ tab to change Windows. Holding alt and pressing tab multiple times cycles through applications. Shift reverses cycle direction. Applications are shown in most recently touched order. UEC a ee AUC SNM eee oa a eens Windows + Left/Right fits an application into the left/right half of your screen. It can also move Ce ena nen acc aR ett Windows + Up fullscreens the application Windows + Down minimizes the application CE Ree ieee Re eS ie eum a De ee aee Me esa) PSR etn Skea ee SE eee ca ae Ree Ne ea a ena Ee ee EE Holding shift and clicking two items will select everything between and including those items. wv rods comf/AskRedlcommentsimutuyBtuhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? CSM ny scraccs ) eR Loe CRs haus een Ro ec When interacting with text, holding control and: -left/right: jump over the word in either direction BT OL ae ea Sra eaC Re tc Dee eed Sac DRT) -del: deletes word in front of your cursor Ctrl + shift + esc brings up the task manager Der ere AN ere ea Te Ree ee aE ac Dee acekeeRAe ae y Une ce foc aat ferent cura ocd Ua Tn eC Ctrl+Z undo cua ACL) ours a oun Une SMe cry ee enn eae Cee ee UC Ee} RRM ere cas Ctrl + shift + left/right triangular bracket: increase/decrease font size in word Ctrl + shift + =: superscript in word Ctrl + =: subscript in word wv rods comf/AskRedelcommentsimutuy8tuhat_are_som:CSM ny scraccs ) Pere en ne eo RR essa cee ee mene In your browser, tab brings your selection to the next interactable thing. Useful for saving clicks when you're filling out a page with a ton of fields, like shipping information. Holding shift and then hitting tab reverses the direction of traversal Windows + tab initially brings up a variant of alt tab that gives you the option to create a virtual Coes ease uC eRe En nie LNA delete, switch between, etc). However, I prefer ctrl + Windows + left/right PRR es aaa ea ee en sa oR ees nS starts with that letter. In some cases (e.g. dropdowns in htm)), typing a second letter tries to then match a second letter in the menu items. So to find Canada as a country, I type C, which would bring me to Cameroon, and then a (nothing changes), and then n, which would then bring me to Canada. In other cases like the file format selection in a save as menu, typing a second letter just tries, searching the first item that starts with that letter. In those cases, typing the first letter AGAIN will increment to the next item. For example, there are 4 CSV options when saving as in excel. 1 can get the 3rd CSV option by activating the menu (through clicking or tabbing onto it) and hitting ¢3 times. ean eee se cent anTy correct letters are highlighted, so this one is easy to learn. E.g. alt > o> f changes format in De eee ane eS este Re tae sen AN Re Ss a ec EOC Run is ede ee eee eral Ctrl + +/-/mousewheel zoom in/out Read ee CRs ec Oe Sea on ee Ce eee Ds ia mute c: captions Left/right: forward/back 5 seconds j/|: forward/back 10 seconds : speeds up/stows down video /: search Numbers 1-9: jump to x tenths of the video. E.g. pressing 5 brings you to halfway through the video. That's all I can think of for now. I have some more useful application specific ones especially for weird Excel addicts like me that I can follow up with if requested Edit: deleted incorrect shortcuts brought to light by u/EchoAWooo ere Nena Edit 3: more useful shortcuts thanks to u/indeterming wiv ced. com/AskRedaltlcommentimuTuyBlwhal_are_somware that can totally impress someone? ey on) PRES Ca ee eese ee aR CRO eet RUE a ccd CRS eae cad RM ae ORO ent Ror See ES ag Ere ntiey PT Py fee ea etary Ptr Beer eM inte cn ane ekl ee Er) Poy coy Sa meee use inspect element to make sure you're typing your passwords correctly right-click a password textbox and click on ‘inspect’ and then see where it says ‘input, type=password’, change ‘password’ to ‘txt’ and the password will be visible in plaintext also useful for finding out what your passwords are if they're memorized by teh computer Er) Bo Ce eC Scum ec eae ed doing and after you change the input type you say "Alright I've hacked into the mainframe SUM eRe ae 6 wv rods com/AskRedlvcommentsimutuy8twhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD Inspect element is also handy for deleting annoying overlays asking you to sign-in or disable NE tema CC ery Bod Or don't fill it at all, It wil be a standard textbox. ry Cond Dem Oe Rca ee ee} oy Thad a girl who worked for me have her PC go tits up. Some kind of boot failure. She asked me for help saving her important files so I pulled out her HD, plugged it into my PC, got access to her files with some user permission BS I have long forgotten and transferred See RR aC Se Ea eMC N arc} I then went in to her files to check everything was in order and was greeted with several folders of pics of her boyfriend's extremely hairy dick ploughing her in various permutations. Thanks for that, Katie. 167 Qe: At least she didn’t lose her important photos. Ere pares pics of her boyfriend's extremely hairy dick ploughing her in various permutations hey, in today's world you'd have to pay monthly for that :P wiv reds comf/AskRedlcommentsimutuy8tuhat_are_som:ny a) 2more replies Ponte Poe DB onnas Write a small script and save it in a file to open all the programs you use everyday. I just double click this script file everyday after starting my work laptop and 6 applications open PIS Ages Ete} Cait eos eut etna ee acu Pav Nah. VPNs, telnet, terminal logins, that sort of thing dont always fire up from startup. We had around 16 different terminal/web tools/apps that needed to be started up pre- shift, Start scripts and aggregate tools were king. et) ccd can you not put the start scripts as an executeable in the startup folder? ro POO Pog Py Johnwiekwascoo! Se Re aga occ Me reek gc 27 ad wv rods com/AskRedlvcommentsimutuy8tuhat_are_som:Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD eM eerie Et) TSM- has given a good explanation in another comment. I will just paste a part of the exact script I use for Windows 10: Write your script in notepad, save it as abc.bat and double click the file every time you SUC er CU aaa Cee erent s CR ay Peete Raat ease a Seeger CMa energie aol hele aot start" “C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/root/Office16/ONENOTE. EXE” See ae CT Re Lee Seem ae CMa eee Lene ew eee Fry ere Wea tee D Be If you want to do it on startup, on windows you can go to file explorer and type "startup" in the location bar. Any shortcuts or files placed there are opened whenever you start Seca Launching a bunch of apps with a script can be done the same way. Put a bunch of shortcuts in a folder and name the shortcuts stuff like "photoshop". Then make a text file (rename it so it is .bat and not .txt file extension), and write start eae ea Rnd eres centr) ese T) ence) Sie a ie ana cee aC De cerca Camco eka eke CRE Uc wv rods comf/AskRedlvcommentsimutuy8tuhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? 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That was the most mind blowing thing as a kid Co Ce Com NaeCH 16 Poe Cots Stay cssock eRe Ce une Cue ecg ro cy ctrl + L for url bar ro I knew Ctrl¥€ to get to the search bar for chrome (has a weird search prefix, I know they are CRC eo Ear? Et) Pn ots See cman eH aetetceey eae ee ce eee LC to do is press random buttons on your keyboard. wiv rods com/AskRedlcommentsimutuy8twhat_are_som:ware that can totally impress someone? Omani ©) SF A + (adeno) STD More keyboard shortcuts: When editing text anywhere, you can hold control to move by entire words with the text cursor while pressing the left/right arrow keys instead of just one character. You can also hold shift to select entire words ata time ede ee oe eee Cea eee eee eer kab) F2 to edit a cell in a spreadsheet to do all of the above in Excel/OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Google Sheets has a few limitations though. 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