Here are my ten of my favorite shortcuts for using computer software:
1. Assign the Double-click function to the middle mouse button.
2. Double-click the title bar of an application to change the window between normal and maximized (and back again).
3. To quickly save and exit an application, click the X button at the right end of the title bar. This causes the app to (2) ask you if you want to save the file (Yes) and (2) then exit -- saving you the extra step of doing File | Save.
4. Instead of using the mouse to move the cursor to the File menu, clicking, moving the cursor down to Save, and clicking, just press Ctrl+S. Much faster.
5. Press Ctrl+W to close a window. (This is easier than remembering Ctrl+F4).
6. Press PrtScr to copy the screen to the Clipboard; in a paint program, press Ctrl+V to paste the image.
7. Use Alt+PrtScr to capture just the topmost window to the Clipboard.
8. Press Alt+Tab to quickly switch between applications. Pressing Alt+Tab a second time gets you back to the first app. Hold down Alt+Tab long enough, and Windows displays a dialog box listing the current apps running; select one to switch to it.
9. Press Ctrl+Tab to quickly switch between documents within an application.
10. To quickly check a date on a calendar, double-click the clock at the right end of the taskbar.
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