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February 3, 2009 4:14 PM PST
The Real Deal 147: Shortcuts
Tom and Rafe discuss some of their favorite software and keyboard shortcuts and share some from the listeners, as well.
Rafe says, "Speed, speed, speed. Lower RSI. Muscle memory."
Downside: Hard to move to new OS or keyboard.
Trackpad on most laptops
1. configure to tap on the pad, avoid the buttons
2. use the right-hand border to scroll
(need to configure these in settings) Triple-click to select line or paragraph The presenter's shortcut: F5 in Powerpoint (rafe) **Firefox** Space: for pagedown (b-mon) Shift-Space (Page up) Open folder in tabs: store favorite bookmarks in folder (Taher) F6:Jump to address bar (b-mon) F5: Reload page Ctrl F5: Reload a web page without using cache CtrlCmd+F: Find F3 or CtrlCmd+G: Find Again (after using Ctrl+F for Find) (Chad) CtrlCmd+K: Web Search (Chad +1) CtrlCmd+Enter: Complete .com Address (Chad) CtrlCmd+L: Select Location Bar (Chad + 1) CtrlCmd+T: Open new tab (HammerAuer? =1) CtrlCmd+W: Close Tab (Chad+1) Ctrl + Pageup/down [Cmd+Opt+Left/right arrow] - Move left/right in tabs (Datheron) CtrlCmdAltOpt+(1 to 8): Select Tab (1 to 8) (Chad) Ctrl+Tab: Select next tab (HamerAuer) SHIFT+(control+tab) [SHIFT+Ctrl+tab] - Go to a previous tab in Firefox (Datheron) SHIFT+(Ctrl+T) [SHIFT + Cmd+tab] - Undo close tab (Datheron) http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts (Chad) Alt-arrows: forward and back (rafe) **OS X Shortcuts** Command-Esc: Call up front row (fabiofiss) Command-N: New window (fabiofiss) Command-Q: Quit the active program Command-W: close window, great in browser (Rafe) Command-K: Google bar in Firefox Command-L: URL bar in Firefox Command-Space: Spotlight search Command-F5: Turn voiceover on Command-Shift-3: Screen shot (Sheala + 1) (Rafe recommend Skitch instead) Command-Shift-4: Cursor to clip screen. Hold down option/shift or space to reposition (Sheala + 2) Command-Tab: Like alt-tab in Windows, switches through programs (AmandaFrench) Command-Arrows: Again like CTRL arrow in Windows (AmandaFrench) Fn-backspace: delete instead of backspace (fabiofiss) Ctrl-Arrows: move between spaces (fabiofiss) Ctrl+A/E: Move to the beginning/end of line, when Cmd + Arrow keys are overridden by something else (e.g., Firefox uses Cmd+arrows to go back/forward a webpage)(Datheron) SHIFT+(alt+tab) [SHIFT+Cmd+tab]: Go back an app (Datheron) All of them: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 (rafe) Mouse corners for Expose, Spaces, etc. **Linux** xkill - You'll get the instruction to position the cursor over the window you want closed, and click any button. The running application is instantly “killed.” Why is this my favorite? Because if you're running KDE, your cursor becomes a miniature Skull-and-Crossbones! (jim) Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will terminate the X server (Jack) Ctrl-D: Sends EOF, very useful for exiting programs and shells (aveekbh) Ctrl-L: Clears the shell. (Incidentally, these should work in a Mac as well.) (aveekbh) **Macros** No time! But look for Amanda French's excellent macro tricks on the comments at Real Deal blog! COMMENT ON MEDIA MANAGEMENT A comment on Media Management: I'm surprised you didn't mention Dropbox <http://getdropbox.com> last week. Merlin Mann calls Dropbox <http://vimeo.com/2831715?pg=embed&sec=2831715&hd=1> "MobileMe that works." Thanks, Andrew COMMENT ON SHOW Hey Tom and Rafe, I wanted to alert the Real Deal community that the real deal wiki is back and newly improved. It was created earlier last year but there it never took off. I have been working on it to make it more appealing to the Real Deal Community. If you are familiar with the Buzz Town Wiki, using the real deal wiki will be just the same. If any body has any questions or has an idea about how to make the wiki more user friendly, please contact me through my gmail account <http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/105208589668632272539/contactme?continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fs2%2Fprofiles%2F105208589668632272539> http://realdeal.wikia.com> lightningboy7 Next Episode: Was going to be Self-publishing, but our guest, CNET's David Carnoy is unavailable. New topic coming soon. Self-publishing will now be on Tuesday 2/17. realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com 877-600-CNET
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Why shortcuts?
Rafe says, "Speed, speed, speed. Lower RSI. Muscle memory."
Downside: Hard to move to new OS or keyboard.
Keyboard of choice: full-size desktop keyboard. I use the arrows and keys on the number pad. Have gotten used to Thinkpad keyboard. Hate the Mac laptop keyboard--not enough keys.
Of course, you can learn anything. But unlearning, she is tricky.
**Windows shortcuts** Classics: Home, End, PageUp, PageDown (CooperWBC) Classics: Ctrl-Z, Ctrl Y, Ctrl-C, Ctrl V Ctrl X, Ctrl A CTRL-H: Find and replace tool (ANkh) CTRL-P: Print (ANkh) CTRL-S: Save (ANkh) CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Open Task Manager (Chad + 6) CTRL-Arrow: Moving to a certain word (ebrayton) CTRL-Shift-Arrow: Select words (ebrayton) CTRL-scroll wheel: Zoom in and out (ebrayton) F2: Rename object/file/folder (Chad +1) Windows+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop (Chad + 1) Windows+L: Locks the workstation (Tyler+2) Windows+M: Minimizes all windows (Tyler + 1) Windows+R: Pulls up Run command box (Josh M + 2) Win+(num. 1-5): Opens up the app. In that position in your Quick Launch bar in Vista and Windows 7 (Datheron) Win+pause/break: Shows the system information. (Tyler+1) Windows+Tab - Switch between taskbar buttons (CooperWBC) Win, U, U: Shut down a Windows XP system (Datheron) ALT+F2: Open context menu (right-click menu) (Datheron) ALT+F4: Quit program (Chad+1) ALT+D: Select Address Bar (Chad) ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu. (From the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)(Chad) ALT-PrtScrn: Screen shot of active window (Jack) ALT-Tab: Change through open Windows (ebrayton) SHIFT- ight click: Traditional options in Vista like Copy as Path, Open as Read Only, Add to Quick Launch and Pin to Start Menu. (CooperWBC) SHIFT while pressing no in dialog box changes to 'no to all' ALT-esc: switches windows - http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/key/ (Josh M) -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449 (Chad)Side mouse buttons - back, switch apps, whatever.
Trackpad on most laptops
1. configure to tap on the pad, avoid the buttons
2. use the right-hand border to scroll
(need to configure these in settings) Triple-click to select line or paragraph The presenter's shortcut: F5 in Powerpoint (rafe) **Firefox** Space: for pagedown (b-mon) Shift-Space (Page up) Open folder in tabs: store favorite bookmarks in folder (Taher) F6:Jump to address bar (b-mon) F5: Reload page Ctrl F5: Reload a web page without using cache CtrlCmd+F: Find F3 or CtrlCmd+G: Find Again (after using Ctrl+F for Find) (Chad) CtrlCmd+K: Web Search (Chad +1) CtrlCmd+Enter: Complete .com Address (Chad) CtrlCmd+L: Select Location Bar (Chad + 1) CtrlCmd+T: Open new tab (HammerAuer? =1) CtrlCmd+W: Close Tab (Chad+1) Ctrl + Pageup/down [Cmd+Opt+Left/right arrow] - Move left/right in tabs (Datheron) CtrlCmdAltOpt+(1 to 8): Select Tab (1 to 8) (Chad) Ctrl+Tab: Select next tab (HamerAuer) SHIFT+(control+tab) [SHIFT+Ctrl+tab] - Go to a previous tab in Firefox (Datheron) SHIFT+(Ctrl+T) [SHIFT + Cmd+tab] - Undo close tab (Datheron) http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts (Chad) Alt-arrows: forward and back (rafe) **OS X Shortcuts** Command-Esc: Call up front row (fabiofiss) Command-N: New window (fabiofiss) Command-Q: Quit the active program Command-W: close window, great in browser (Rafe) Command-K: Google bar in Firefox Command-L: URL bar in Firefox Command-Space: Spotlight search Command-F5: Turn voiceover on Command-Shift-3: Screen shot (Sheala + 1) (Rafe recommend Skitch instead) Command-Shift-4: Cursor to clip screen. Hold down option/shift or space to reposition (Sheala + 2) Command-Tab: Like alt-tab in Windows, switches through programs (AmandaFrench) Command-Arrows: Again like CTRL arrow in Windows (AmandaFrench) Fn-backspace: delete instead of backspace (fabiofiss) Ctrl-Arrows: move between spaces (fabiofiss) Ctrl+A/E: Move to the beginning/end of line, when Cmd + Arrow keys are overridden by something else (e.g., Firefox uses Cmd+arrows to go back/forward a webpage)(Datheron) SHIFT+(alt+tab) [SHIFT+Cmd+tab]: Go back an app (Datheron) All of them: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 (rafe) Mouse corners for Expose, Spaces, etc. **Linux** xkill - You'll get the instruction to position the cursor over the window you want closed, and click any button. The running application is instantly “killed.” Why is this my favorite? Because if you're running KDE, your cursor becomes a miniature Skull-and-Crossbones! (jim) Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will terminate the X server (Jack) Ctrl-D: Sends EOF, very useful for exiting programs and shells (aveekbh) Ctrl-L: Clears the shell. (Incidentally, these should work in a Mac as well.) (aveekbh) **Macros** No time! But look for Amanda French's excellent macro tricks on the comments at Real Deal blog! COMMENT ON MEDIA MANAGEMENT A comment on Media Management: I'm surprised you didn't mention Dropbox <http://getdropbox.com> last week. Merlin Mann calls Dropbox <http://vimeo.com/2831715?pg=embed&sec=2831715&hd=1> "MobileMe that works." Thanks, Andrew COMMENT ON SHOW Hey Tom and Rafe, I wanted to alert the Real Deal community that the real deal wiki is back and newly improved. It was created earlier last year but there it never took off. I have been working on it to make it more appealing to the Real Deal Community. If you are familiar with the Buzz Town Wiki, using the real deal wiki will be just the same. If any body has any questions or has an idea about how to make the wiki more user friendly, please contact me through my gmail account <http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/105208589668632272539/contactme?continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fs2%2Fprofiles%2F105208589668632272539> http://realdeal.wikia.com> lightningboy7 Next Episode: Was going to be Self-publishing, but our guest, CNET's David Carnoy is unavailable. New topic coming soon. Self-publishing will now be on Tuesday 2/17. realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com 877-600-CNET
Tom Merritt appears on CNET TV and loves to dive into technology and help consumers fight fear, uncertainty, and doubt with technology.
Rafe Needleman is editor of Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications. He lives to discover great new online apps – and to rip apart bad ones.
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Implementing these (and other self-assigned keyboard shortcuts) is important for me to put into my workflow, so every week I'll post-it a few I don't know on the bottom of my monitor and I'll force myself to use them and commit them to muscle memory over a week or so. Once I don't look at them I get new shortcuts up on the post-its, and generally the shortcuts won't live there longer than a week.
Works a charm for me, the trick is exporting your shortcuts on a file/printout for other systems' setup so you don't have to re-learn anything, especially if you're a power user like I am and you depend on customizing shortcuts. For other users the post-its definitely help with Word, Firefox etc and once you conquer the main shortcuts you need, customizing is a clear next step.
I've done this for 4-5 years, and I'm constantly told I'm very fast at my job as well.
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/06/functionflip-reclaims-your-function-keys/
Take a look at
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http://www.adrive.com/plans
Then scroll down the list to learn some others or change them too, and at the bottom, you can define your own for menu items that don't have one!
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by u2mr2os2
February 22, 2009 10:22 AM PST
- I'm going to guess Rafe likes to rail on the Mac's Fn+delete key combo because he got used to using the "delete" key on a PC and is only using a Mac laptop keyboard, which does not have the dedicated "forward delete" key equivalent that the full Mac keyboard does have, in the same place. As a result, the Mac laptop keyboard substitutes Fn+delete for forward delete. Although the "delete" key on the Mac performs the same function as "backspace" on a PC, "backspace" really used to be just that: move back one space and don't delete anything.
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(11 Comments)One of the things I like about the Mac laptop keyboards is that, for the most part, they do not move keys around, but rather leave keys off. On a typical PC laptop, they try to keep all the keys by randomly sprinkling them around the edge of the main keys, so I frustratingly hit the "home" key or something that sends my cursor who-knows-where when I just wanted to press the "backspace" key that's normally at the edge of the keyboard.