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Efficiency Tip #20 – Paste Special
This one is my wife’s favorite. When you copy text, you also copy all the formatting and even HTML if the original is on a web page. Pasting into Word (or any other word processor) can create a mess that … Continue reading
Efficiency Tip #19 – Tab
During the average day, how many times do you use a web based form? If you login to anything on the web, you see a dialog box like the one at the right. After typing in your username, do you … Continue reading
Efficiency Tip #18 – Ctrl-N
Many times I am at a point in my browser where I need a new page, but I can’t leave the current page. It happened just now. I was using a web-based email program and I needed to go to … Continue reading
Efficiency Tip #17 – Alt-Arrow
Another quick way to move back and forth in your browser is to use the Alt-Arrow keys. Alt-Left-Arrow will take your browser back to the previous page while Alt-Right-Arrow will move to the next page in your browser’s history. Our … Continue reading
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Efficiency Tip #16 – Refresh – F5
The next time you need to refresh (IE) or reload (Firefox) the content of your browser, try pressing F5. The alternative is to use the mouse to click the little refresh (reload) button. There are times that the data on … Continue reading
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