Hi everyone,
As promised (only slightly over a week ago *grin*), here is my new tip
of the week!
File Explorer, WordPad, and many other Microsoft programs such as
Office, use a "Ribbon" to access features and options. While some of
the most common options have keyboard shortcuts (for instance CONTROL+B
for Bold text in WordPad, F2 to rename a file in File Explorer etc), and
you can get to any of the options by pressing:
ALT then three or four letters, eg to get to Line Spacing in WordPad press:
ALT (for the Ribbon)
H (for Home)
PS (for Line Spacing)
If you use a feature very often, you might want a quicker way to access
it. The Quick Access Toolbar is at the left end of the title bar and by
default usually has a couple of icons to common features. You can get
to these by pressing ALT+number. By default in WordPad for instance,
there are "Save" (alt+1) and "Undo" (alt+2) and "Redo" (alt+3) so if you
add say "Line Spacing", it would become alt+4.
To add an item to the quick access toolbar:
1. Press alt,
2. Press h (or the letter for any of the other ribbons: F for File, or V
for View in both File Explorer or WordPad, or S for Share in File
Explorer only),
3. Navigate to the option you want (CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW three times to
move to the "Paragraph" section, then press TAB three time).
4. Press the context menu (also called applications key)
5. Choose "Add to quick access toolbar".
What items do you use most frequently and would benefit from adding to
the Quick Access Toolbar (or already have there)?
Regards
Quentin.
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