by Shane Grantham | Oct 8, 2023
Like many of you I use computers often and sometimes have many programs and web browsers open. Many years ago I discovered a shortcut for closing programs. I probably read it in a computer magazine. It’s a keyboard sequence of two keys: Alt and F4. You hold...
by Shane Grantham | May 26, 2023
One of the keyboard shortcuts I’ve use since the 1990s for GUI interfaces is still applicable to 2023. It works for any Microsoft windows flavor and it works in most Linux distributions. It’s the ALT-F4 combo. Hold the ALT key down while pressing the F4...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 17, 2022
It’s funny how many IT things I forget over time. One of these categories is keyboard shortcuts and the one I have in mind is the End key. It can save you time if you need to get to the bottom of a word processor document or a web page or many other...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 12, 2017
One of the Microsoft Windows keyboard shortcuts I have used since the earlier 1990s is the Alt-F4 combination. It simply closes the current window so you don’t have to use your mouse to click on the X in the corner. To execute the command, hold down the...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 28, 2017
The usual way people interact with graphical user interface computers like Microsoft Windows is with the mouse. Moving, pointing, clicking, and scrolling the mouse allows us to get our computer work done. Another way to interact is the keyboard and many shortcuts...
