Ctrl shortcuts
Jul 12, 2010 at 12:00 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 12

KingStyles

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I accidentally discovered today that by hitting Ctrl and the - or + key magnifies or reduces the size of the page. Could be useful to someone who thinks the print is too big or small. Since the change to the new format I have found lots of useful Ctrl shortcuts. Just wondering of anybody uses the Ctrl shortcuts on a regular basis.
 
Jul 12, 2010 at 12:37 AM Post #4 of 12
I'm surprised people are still uncovering these little tricks. You learn something new every day huh. 
 
The ones that gets the most use from me are Ctrl + Enter (adds the www. and .com to the URL) and Ctrl + T.
 
 
Jul 12, 2010 at 12:51 AM Post #5 of 12
[shift]+[delete]  permanently deletes the file, skipping over the recycle bin
[alt]+double-click  displays properties
 
My personal favorites are the Windows key shortcuts.
[windows]+[m]  minimizes all open windows
[shift]+[windows]+[m]  undo minize all
[windows]+[e]  opens windows explorer
[windows]+[r]  opens the run command
 
Jul 12, 2010 at 8:30 AM Post #7 of 12
Ctrl+F: search bar in the browser, use it often.
 
Ctrl+W: closes tab in browser, although I don't use it a lot since I found the add-on FireGestures (<- extremely useful tool).
Ctrl+T: new tab in browser, but same as above.
 
Windows+L: locks computer to login screen while keeping programs active (torrents etc.), handy if you're going away for a while but need to download or something.
 
Jul 12, 2010 at 11:38 AM Post #8 of 12
Cmd + a, c, v, x, +, -, ... works great as well.
I use it all the time!
 
Jul 12, 2010 at 5:52 PM Post #10 of 12
Head Injury beat you to that one.
 
Oh, and tabbed browsers killed it 
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Jul 13, 2010 at 11:51 PM Post #12 of 12
Heheheh, that is a very lopsided triforce (I think) when displayed on my phone. Probably on my deskop too, methinks you forgot to hit enter.
 
EDIT: Nope, it works on my computer. Darn.
 

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