Quick Tips of the Week: This and That

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  • At just about any point in time, hitting the Explorer (Start) key + D will minimize all open windows on your screen and instantly take you to your desktop.
  • To increase your font size in Microsoft Vista, right-click your desktop, select Personalize, select Adjust font size (DPI) in the left pane, hit Continue when the warning pops up, choose “Larger scale (120 DPI)”. Then click OK.
  • Use your End key! See it, over there by the Home key, pretty close to the Delete key on your keyboard? In Microsoft Word, hitting this key will whisk your cursor to the end of the text row you’re editing. When browsing the web, hitting this key will shoot you right to the very bottom of the web page you’re viewing. (For all you smarty-pants out there, I’m guessing you’ve already figured out that the Home key does the exact opposite of the End key … am I right?)
  • In PowerPoint, hitting Alt + Shift + D inserts the current date into your slideshow (D for Date …). Hitting Alt + Shift + T inserts the current time into your slideshow (T for time …).
  • In Word, Ctrl + M indents your cursor by a half inch. Alternatively, Ctrl + Shift + M removes a half inch of indent.
  • While reading an email, if you decide you’d like to print it, hit Ctrl + P. Easy.