I just learned something new and useful

@Canellita (12029)
United States
April 2, 2010 5:31am CST
I was starting a new crochet article and I decided to save the file before continuing to type. When the dialogue box appeared I typed in a W which brought up my writing folder (writing\) and then an A for the articles (articles\)folder. I thought I had hit the enter key like usual, but I had hit the end key instead. I saw that the file directory was being displayed (writing\articles\) so I hit the end key again and kept going with folder names until I got to where I wanted to be. This is a neat discovery as it saves a few steps up opening each folder to get to the one I want to save the file in. I love it when I come across these keyboard/computer shortcuts by accident. It is so much better than hitting a wrong key and having something bad happen to a file or directory! Just thought I would share :-)
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
2 Apr 10
Discoveries are good. I hate having my files deleted by accident when hitting the wrong key. There are so many things that have shortcuts, but when you don't know how to do the shortcut or you use the wrong one, everything bad happens.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Apr 10
Most of the keyboard shortcuts I know I learned via those happy little accidents (and some not so happy).
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
6 Apr 10
LOL. The not so happy ones are the ones that causes the problems. Some of the keyboard shortcuts I learned the same way. Some were other people's accidents. LOL Remember to share. HAHAHA
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
8 Apr 10
Sometimes I wonder what language you are speaking, er typing! Read that first sentence again, lol!
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• Boston, Massachusetts
2 Apr 10
Hi C, That's the price being being good yesterday--of forgeting to make a fool out of your brother for the april fools day. your kindness was rewarded. I am happy for you. it will surely make things easier for you this time.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Apr 10
Does this mean I must be good every day?
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
14 Apr 10
Some days it seems like being good just isn't good enough :-(
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• Boston, Massachusetts
8 Apr 10
hahahahaha! no doubt about it friend...you are a good person. no effort at all. i know and i can feel it.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
2 Apr 10
Congrats on the new discovery, it is always a lot of fun to find out new shortcuts. I remember a long time ago when i found out about the tab key, it's really helpful when searching a website like mylot, put it together with the CTRL F feature, and it works great!
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Apr 10
I can do ctrl f or ctrl tab but not all three. How does that work on your computer?
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@uniqueorn (1011)
• Philippines
2 Apr 10
I love using shortcuts or hotkeys. They make your time in using computer more efficient.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Apr 10
They do come in handy at times!
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