Efficiency Tip #6 – Ctrl-Enter

I seem to remember a time when typing the main domain name would take you to the site. I could type “google” and hit enter. Magic happened and all the pieces of the URL appeared. That doesn’t seem to work any more, but there is a way to reduce all that typing. This tip that will save fifteen key strokes every time you must manually type a URL into your browser. Instead of typing

http://www.google.com [Enter]

type

google [Ctrl-Enter]

Both Internet Explorer and Firefox will automatically type the “http://www.” and “.com” for you when you use the Ctrl-Enter shortcut.

If you are going to a site that ends in “.net” use Shift-Enter. A “.org” address uses the Shift-Ctrl-Enter shortcut.

Quick Reference:

google [Ctrl-Enter] —> http://www.google.com
google [Shift-Enter] —> http://www.google.net
google [Shift-Ctrl-Enter] —> http://www.google.org

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