Control-C, Control-V. Copy/Paste – Unsung hero. The ability to move information around, agnostic of the programs themselves is an extraordinary power that we take for granted.
When apps (on phones) or programs (on computers) do NOT enable this feature, it’s frustrating as hell.
I’ve got many others, but that is an all-time favorite.
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On Windows, the Window-R run ENTER is an all-time favorite as well. There are times when Explorer (and substitutes) are great but I’m a command-line guy whenever I can be. I like automation for simple things, so if I have something I want to accomplish in a particular way, I’ll often do something like:
find “udut” *.txt > zz.txt
Then I’ll edit out the bits I don’ need. Great for finding text among multiple documents. Sometimes I use Notepad++ for that too – all depends what i need.
or type filename.txt | more to get a page-by-page reading of a file. There’s something nice about a non-distracting page-at-a-time view of a text file.
But you asked for key combinations
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Or Control-alt-delete Click “Task Manager”, down arrow, down down down down, Alt-E Enter.
Don’t do it randomly though but it’s useful when your computer’s stuck and you need to end an offensive program quickly.
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It’s weird – I NEVER use that key combo and I don’t know why. I mean I’ve tried it in the past, but I also revert to control-alt-delete, click task manager. I think it’s ’cause when I use it, I usually am running low on memory and need to remind the computer to start garbage collection, which control-alt-delete does well.
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Oh shift-enter is my baby too. They barely document it anywhere but I love watching the magical look in ppls eye when I show it to them. (’cause web forms suck even here on FB with the Javascript wrapping around them)
“woah, how’d you get BLANK lines in there?” It’s only happened a few times, but very satisfying.
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Control-Enter (sometimes alt-enter) is a funny one: Doesn’t work everywhere for everything. But it’s a lifesaver when it does.
When it works, it ‘clicks’ on the default button, which is usually “ok” or “Post” or whatever. It’s great for misbehaving programs and misbehaving web forms that don’t let me find the freakin’ button to click.
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