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Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

Do you have Windows 7 yet? If you do here are some of the popular Keyboard shortcuts along with a video demonstrating their use.

Win+Home: Clear all but the active window.

How to Change Your Default Save Location for Word Documents

If you frequently save your Word 2007 documents to a different location, here is how you change where you want your Word documents saved by default.

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

I've talked before about Windows shortcuts so I thought it was time to write about Mac keyboard shortcuts to help you be more productive.

Here are some of the most common:

How to Bring Misplaced Off-Screen Windows Back to Your Desktop

Have ever hooked up your laptop to a secondary monitor and then disconnected without remembering to move the windows back to the primary desktop?

Tab Tearing in Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5 has a lot of new, interesting features. One of the new features in Firefox 3.5 is the ability to "tear" a browser tab off into a new window.

Replace a Word with its Synonym in Microsoft Word

Sometimes I stumble upon items that I was never aware of but what right in front of my face.

Keyboard shortcuts using the Windows Key

Not too many people utilize the windows key on their keyboard but it has many shortcuts that can be very effective. Some of the most common ones are below.

Win = Open Start Menu

Color Code Messages Sent Only to You in Outlook

Do you have a lot of emails in your inbox and want to help prioritize what may be important?

Disable Smart Quotes in Word 2007

Have you ever noticed that Microsoft Word converts apostrophes and quotes into curly characters? This can be annoying if you are trying to write technical documents that require the real quotes.

Add items to the 'Send To' right click option

Windows has a 'send to' option in the menu that appears when you right click an icon in explorer. By default this contains only a few options.

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