Shortcuts that can save the day!

Friday’s Tips and Tricks!
Shortcuts that can save the day!

August 7th, 2008

Welcome to Friday’s Tips and Tricks! Most Friday’s I will send out a short note, reviewing things that are important for you to know. Reminder…if you would like to unsubscribe, there is a link at the bottom to do that.

Today we will talk about some keyboard shortcuts to use in your everyday computing and some may save the day!

NOTE: Everyone uses their computer “their own way”. You may not use these tips and tricks and you may already use them, either way…good things to be aware of. Please send any other tricks to Lisa@callthatgirl.biz for future tips and tricks.

In this issue…
Where did my work go?
My computer froze
My emails won’t send!

Where did my work go?
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Admit it… You’re a multi-tasker and just work too darn hard, and sometimes have too many things going on. Help! I lost what I was working on!

Press on the “alt” key and the “tab” key at same time. You will notice little boxes pop up. That window shows you everything you currently have open on your computer. Continue to click the tab key and it will scroll from application to application. This is a good trick especially if your mouse is frozen and you need to save some work.

My computer froze!
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Sometimes an application can freeze and you can’t do anything…

Start with the “alt + tab” trick, find your work that needs to be saved, then hit “Ctrl + S”, it will bring up a “save as” box.

If this fails, I recommend just leaving your computer for a few minutes and let it settle down. Sometimes we work too hard and the computer/application can get “confused”. Letting it rest awhile, will give the application time to figure itself out. And clicking-clicking-clicking trying to get it to work, only confuses it more.
My emails won’t send!
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FOR OUTLOOK USERS
You accidently sent out a HUGE email. I’m not talking a 4mb size, I’m talking about a 24 mb size email. It’s sitting in your outbox and your other emails you’re trying to send out are piling up. How to resolve that yourself…

Go to the email that is sitting idle and click on it. Next hit your “shift + delete” key at the same time. This should purge the email from the outbox. If not…
Try “file” at the top of your Outlook, select “work offline”. Close Outlook. Open again and try the trick again, “shift + delete”. A very large email may take some time to delete. Remember to put your Outlook back online once you have deleted the email.

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