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Apple Macintosh shortcut keys

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 

Note that not all of the below shortcut keys will work in all versions of Mac OS.

Open Apple + Down Opens the selected icon.
Shift + ClickSelect the icon and add it to the set of those selected.
TabHighlight the next icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.
Shift + TabHighlight the previous icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.
Left arrowUsed when viewing by icon to select the icon to the left of the one highlighted.
Right arrowUsed when viewing by icon to select icon to the right of...

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Unix / Linux shortcut keys

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 
    Introduction

Shortcuts are designed to help shorten the time required to perform frequently used commands or actions. In the below sections we have listed keyboard shortcut keys that can be performed by pressing two or more keys at once. In addition to keyboard shortcut keys, we have also listed command line shortcut keys that can be typed in at the shell.

Tip Not all of the below shortcut keys and command line shortcuts will not work on all variants of Unix and Linux.

Keyboard shortcut keys

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Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 
Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, reduce repetitive strain, and help keep you focused. For example, highlighting text with the keyboard and pressing Ctrl + C is much faster than taking your hand from the keyboard, highlighting the text using the mouse, clicking copy from the file menu, and then putting your hand back in place on the keyboard. Below are our top 10 keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize and use.

Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert

Copy the highligh...


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Shortcut keys ABCs

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 
    Shortcut keys ABCs

Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using computer software programs. Shortcut keys are commonly accessed by using the Alt (on IBM compatible computers), command key (on Apple computers), Ctrl, or Shift in conjunction with a single letter. The de facto standard for listing a shortcut is listing the modifier key, a plus symbol, and the single character. Or in other words, "ALT+S" is telling you to press the Alt key and while c...


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Create a presentation slide show online

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 
Using online tools such as 280 Slides to make your own presentation slide show, without having to install any programs or buy expensive solutions like Microsoft Power Point. Visit the 280 Slides web page to begin creating your own slide show online. Below is a picture of a basic overview of what this program looks like.




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Compress and uncompress files online

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 

Compress and uncompress computer files easily through your Internet browser using services such as WobZIP and ezyZip.

WobZIP is a great free online tool that allows you to upload a compressed file such as a .ZIP, .RAR, .CAB, .ISO, and many more file types to a server and then download the contents of those files to your computer. Or take the contents of another compressed file and compress them into a .ZIP file, which can be opened with almost every computer. Visit the WobZIP page to start un...


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Quickly find all your missing MP3 album covers

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Sunday, July 31, 2011 In : Software Tips 
As you move your MP3 files around you may encounter lost or deleted album art covers. Thankfully there is a fantastic free utility to quickly find and download album art for pretty much every CD ever created. The program works by looking at millions of album art covers from dozens of different locations and gives you the option to choose what album cover works best for you and save it to your computer. To use this program follow the below steps.

  1. Download Album Art Downloader.
  2. Once downloaded an...

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Hacking MSN

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Friday, July 29, 2011 In : Software Tips 

Hacking MSN is actually VERY simple. Men is designed to route the connection through a microsoft server while you are chatting. However, when a file is sent, a DCC (direct connection) is created. This was purposely done because otherwise microsoft would waste a lot of bandwidth so a direct connection is made. This is your chance. Make a file transfer occur between u and a victim (tr...


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Speed up Windows Flip 3D

Posted by Minhazur Rahaman on Friday, July 29, 2011 In : Software Tips 

Windows Flip 3D, which gives you a pop-up preview of all your open windows, is one of Windows Vista's coolest new features -- but if your hardware isn't up to snuff, its operation can be jagged and sluggish.

With a Registry tweak, you can speed it up and smooth its animations by limiting the number of windows it will display.

>> Launch the Registry Editor by typing regedit at the Start Search box or a command prompt.

>> Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

>> Create ...


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