Tech+Tips

= That's a great idea! = = Tricks, Tips and Shortcuts To Make Your Tech Life Wonderfully Easy and Simple =


 * ~  ||~ Tech Tip ||~ What It Does ||
 * || **SHORTCUT KEYS** ||  ||
 * ~  || Clicking CTRL & F4 Keys together || Shuts down the active item that is on the screen at the time ||
 * ~  || Clicking CTRL & F keys together || Opens the Find command so you can search for a word on a long page of text; works in most internet or windows sites ||
 * ~  || Clicking Prnt Scrn key || Copies whatever is on your desktop screen which can then be pasted onto a word processor or photo editor; great for making tutorials. On the laptop, you have to push the function key with it (FN). ||
 * ~  || CTRL/Shift/N || Makes a new folder in windows ||
 * ~  || CTRL and the + key (or - key) in Firefox || Zooms in or zooms out ||
 * ~  || **BROWSER TIPS** ||   ||
 * ~  || Click the Star symbol at the end of the URL in Firefox || quickly bookmarks the page for you ||
 * ~  || **SEARCHING TIPS** ||   ||
 * ~  || Type site:.domain such as site:.edu || will limit your search to only the type of site that you specify such as .edu sites in this example; can also type URL of whole website such as dress site:www.limited.com ||
 * ~  || " search term" || using quotation marks will limit your search to the exact items in the search ||
 * ~  || **PHONE IDEAS** ||   ||
 * ~  || Text to Google || You can search on Google without a smartphone data plan. Text to GOOGLE (that's the number). In the body of the text, type something like movies 15219 or directions 15317 to 34428. Look here: http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/search/ ||
 * ~  || **ODD STUFF** ||   ||
 * ~  || Save ink by switching to a san serif font || Articles have been written to indicate that you can save 31% on your ink by switching to Century Gothic font. ||
 * || Shut Down the Computer || Solves 75% of problems--really ||
 * || Tool List || http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Quiz+and+Poll+Tools ||
 * ~  || **PHONE IDEAS** ||   ||
 * ~  || Text to Google || You can search on Google without a smartphone data plan. Text to GOOGLE (that's the number). In the body of the text, type something like movies 15219 or directions 15317 to 34428. Look here: http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/search/ ||
 * ~  || **ODD STUFF** ||   ||
 * ~  || Save ink by switching to a san serif font || Articles have been written to indicate that you can save 31% on your ink by switching to Century Gothic font. ||
 * || Shut Down the Computer || Solves 75% of problems--really ||
 * || Tool List || http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Quiz+and+Poll+Tools ||
 * ~  || **ODD STUFF** ||   ||
 * ~  || Save ink by switching to a san serif font || Articles have been written to indicate that you can save 31% on your ink by switching to Century Gothic font. ||
 * || Shut Down the Computer || Solves 75% of problems--really ||
 * || Tool List || http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Quiz+and+Poll+Tools ||

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