My Useful Web

With the coming of the mouse, the keyboard has lost its other uses aside from typing and entering data. But did you know that before the mouse came to exist all commands are done using the keyboard?

Similarly, I have noticed that many people use the backspace, space bar, and the arrows all the time.

Here are some techniques simple techniques I want to share with you today.

If a word is highlighted you can overtype it.  You don’t need to press delete or backspace to clear it. Just type the word you want to replace it.

  The Insert Key

If you press this key you can type over a word or a character without deleting it. Or if you type are typing in the middle of a sentence and it is replacing the characters that you have already type it’s because this key is on. Make sure this is off if you don’t want to use it.

The Home and  End Keys

PressHome and your cursur will go to the beginning of a line on the left. Press End and your cursor will go to the end of the line on the right.

The arrow keys

Press Ctrl and the right arrow and your cursor will skip from one word to the next on the right. Similarly, if you press Ctrl and left arrow your cursor will jump from one word to the next going to the left.

Ctrl and up arrow your cursor will go up one line. Press Ctrl and down arrow your cursor will go down one line.

If you press your cursor will go to the top of the document. If you are in a website it will take you to the home page.

If you press your cursor will go the end of a document.

If you press you will delete the one word to the right.

If you press it will delete a word to the left.

 Instead of scrolling the bar up and down use these key combinations

It will take you one page up.

It will take you one page down.

Don’t you get annoyed sometimes to type www dot blahblahblah dot com? I have a recent discovery that I want to share with you. I’m sure computer and internet savants are already familiar with this thing but I also know that a lot of people out there don’t know it yet and it will benefit a lot of us.

I’m going to tell you about Ctrl + Enter and Shift + Enter keys and how they can be of help to us.

The Ctrl + Enter 

Normally, when people type a web address they have to start with www. and the rest of it.  But did you know you can just type the main website name and press Ctrl and Enter keys to go to the domain you want to visit?

Example, when I login to may gmail account I just type gmail on the address bar and press Ctrl and Enter keys and it will automatically go to www.gmail.com. I use less effort and it saves me time. This will be a big help especially for people who type slow and have to look at the keyboard and the screen to check if they are typing the right thing.

Please take note that  Ctrl/Enter is only for .com domains. Since most websites have got this domain this tip is going to be very useful.

The Shift + Enter

These two keys are for the .net domains. Well, not very many domains end with it but still we could use it.

My next favorite site to visit is www.inquirer.net and so I find this shortcut key useful.

I do hope you find this information useful as I do.