Where was I in my documents?

Have you ever been working on a large document in MS Word? You know, one of those really long, several day projects that we all love?

The bad thing is when you open the document, your cursor sits at the very top. You end up scrolling all over the place just to figure out where you left off. Hmm, but do you have to?

Nope, just hit SHIFT - F5 and you'll be transported to the position your cursor was at when you saved the document (be it top, bottom, or middle).

Was it cool? Kindly comment if you like!

Sticky Keys

I love using keyboard shortcuts. However, I realize that many of you like to keep one hand on the mouse, so those three key combos are out. How about a way to type one key at a time rather than all at once? 

This feature is called "Sticky Keys" and gives you a delay between key strokes when doing a keyboard shortcut. Let's assume that you want to copy something-rather than hold down Ctrl + C you can type Ctrl then C. 

Ready to get sticky? Here's what to do... 

Head over to the Control Panel (Click Start / Settings / Control Panel ) and select "Accessibility Options". 

On the "Keyboard" Tab, place a check in the checkbox next to "Use Sticky Keys".




Now click OK to close the Accessibility Options window. 

Now you can do combos a key at a time. That’s it! Enjoy!

CTRL And Your Folders

Do you ever find yourself scrolling through a huge folder? If you need to get to the beginning or the end quickly, just press CTRL - HOME. If you want to get to the end, click CTRL - END.

Caps Lock Trick

Don't you hate it when you accidentally hit the Caps Lock key? Sometimes I have a whole sentence typed in before I realize my mistake! 

What if you could set your computer up so it alerts you when your pinky finger wanders off and taps the Caps Lock key? With this tip, I'll show you how to make your computer beep & flash the next time it happens.

The first thing you'll need to do is get the computer to beep when you hit the Caps Lock key. Here's how:

1. Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel (XP Users, hit the Start button, Control Panel). Open the Accessibility Options Icon.

2. On the Keyboard tab, click the "Use Toggle Keys" checkbox.

That's it for the beeping part. 

Next, we need to get your screen to flash you, err, flash at you. Here's how:

1. From the Accessibility Options screen, click the Sound tab and check the "Use SoundSentry" checkbox

2. Next click the Settings button and select "Flash active window" from the "Warning for windowed programs" drop down box.

That's it. Hit OK until you're clear of property and settings screens. Open your favorite word processor and hit your Caps Lock key. 

Cool huh?

P.S. If you don't have an Accessibility Options icon in your Control Panel, you may not have it installed.

To install, hit your Start button, Settings, Control Panel. Open the Add / Remove programs icon and click the Windows Setup tab. You'll be able to add components from there. Keep in mind you'll need your Windows CD!

Arrow Tricks

Here's a cool little arrow trick. 
Generally you're using your arrow keys to go from one area of a sentence to another (left and right arrows) one by one character. It will take too much time while you have to complete any work within a defined time period. To avoid time wasting just hold down your CTRL key. Instead of moving one space at a time, you'll go one word at a time. 

If you're using the up and down arrows to go from line to line, holding down the CTRL key will make your cursor jump from paragraph to paragraph.

One last thing, if you hold down the SHIFT key while you do this (i.e. hold down SHIFT + CTRL at the same time), you select text as you arrow along.

This has been tested in MS word as well as word pad. It will work with many word processing software!
I hope from now you will use this trick to select paragraph or while moving curser!
This trick is extremely useful if you are using laptop.
Enjoy.

Short cuts using windows key

Win key + R will open the Start menu's Run box 
Win key + F will open the Start menu's Find window 
Win key + E will quickly launch Explorer 
Win key + Pause/Break will open the System Properties window 
Win key + M will Minimize all windows 
Win key + Shift + M will undo Minimize all windows 
Win key + D will switch between minimizing all open programs and showing them all 
Win key + Tab will cycle through items on the taskbar 
Win key by itself will open the Start menu