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This article lists keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Windows. Windows system key combinations F1: Help CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs ALT+F4: Quit program SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
Using Fields in Microsoft Word
One of the most irritating things about Windows is the context menu clutter that you have to deal with once you install a bunch of applications. It seems like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, and it’s not like you even use half of them. Today we’ll explain where these menu items are hiding in your registry, how to disable them the geeky way, and an easier cleanup method for non-geeks as well. Either way, your context menu won’t look like this one anymore…
How to Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context Menu
Word macro to randomize a list
My Cursor Sticks on a Cell While Scrolling (in MS Excel)
Google’s Android project , an open platform for mobile devices, has been hitting the news a lot in the last couple of days with it’s open APIs, Java-based development platform and optimized virtual machine which includes the lovely set of typefaces from Ascender Fonts known as the Droid family . Check out previous coverage of the well-known and lesser-known coding fonts . There are a number of Droid fonts including Droid Sans and Droid Serif but of particular interest for developers is the Droid Sans Mono font that looks great in Visual Studio not only at my favourite 10 point… but from 7 point upwards with either ClearType or standard font smoothing although some might find the fact it smooths at all sizes a little soft (or Mac-like). Here it is at 9 point with Rob Conery’s Vibrant Ink 2 theme : Here it is at 11 point with my Humane theme :
Droid Sans Mono
Many of us writerly types spend a lot of time in Microsoft Word, and I even know a few Web designers who like to use it and Microsoft Excel for doing simple site prototyping work. Whether you’re sentenced to use Word all day by a dictatorial IT department, or it’s simply your word processor of choice, you can save time and have more options by mastering a few easy shortcuts. The seven tips I’ll list here are very easy to learn. They work in most versions of Word, and under Windows or on a Mac: Where Was I? I get up and walk around frequently when I’m writing—gets the blood flowing.

