Thursday 11 April 2013

The Top Essential Hotkeys for Windows 8


The Top Essential Hotkeys for Windows 8

Making your computing life easier, one shortcut at a time.


Whether you're new to Windows 8 or a seasoned veteran, it's always good to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Let's face it: without a touch screen, Windows 8 can get a tad tedious to use. Here are the most essential Windows 8 shortcuts for accessing and working with the Charms menu, and system-wide. You can thank us later.
Useful keys to access Charms in a touchless world
  • Windows Key + C: Opens Charms Bar
  • Windows Key + I: Access the settings or control panel for active app
  • Windows Key + Q: Search your applications
  • Windows Key + Z: Open the apps bar to see all your installed programs

Useful keys for display setup
  • Windows Key + P: Switch displays
  • Windows Key + D: Switch to Desktop
  • Windows Key + Comma(,): Peek at Desktop

Useful keys for Search and multitasking
  • Windows Key + Tab: Like alt tab, but for Modern UI
  • Windows Key + Number (1,2,3...): Selects active apps on taskbar
  • Windows Key + Period(.) or Windows Key + T: Cycle through open apps on the taskbar

Useful keys for active window
  • Windows Key + Shift + Period(.): Snap current Modern app to the side
  • Windows Key + Left/Right Arrow: Snap current window to the left/right
  • Windows Key + Up Arrow: Maximize window
  • Windows Key + Down: Minimize window
  • Windows Key + Home: Minimize everything but the active window

Useful keys for power users
  • Windows Key + Pause/Break: View machine and system info
  • Win + X: Menu of advanced options for system management, command prompts, etc.
  • Windows Key + E: Open Explorer
  • Windows Key + R: Open Run command
  • Windows Key + L: Enable Lock screen

Useful Keys for Accessibility
  • Windows Key + Plus or Minus(+/-) Key: Enable magnifier to zoom in and zoom out
  • Windows Key + Enter: Enable Narrator to read out text in active apps.

Thursday 4 April 2013

FastPaste


With FastPaste, insert frequently used text, rich text, and images into any application. Either with global hotkeys, global paste menu, or simply using the "Copy" buttons in the main FastPaste window. FastPaste can be deployed to USB thumb-drive and run in portable mode. And it can even be installed without administrator privileges. Create keyboard scripts to fill login forms. The scripts can emulate typing, and thus send any key sequences or key combinations (including shortcuts). This allows you to create scripts to completely fill various forms. You can access up to 300 clips entirely using keyboard. FastPaste also offers various clipboard formatting functions. You may convert text in clipboard to the lower, upper, proper, sentence case, or even reverse case. You can also use fun ZiG zAg case, reverse it, and remove diacritics. Another function is total clean-up of clipboard. You also can copy current time or date quickly from system tray.


Read more: FastPaste - CNET Download.com http://download.cnet.com/FastPaste/3000-2384_4-10387889.html#ixzz2VK5VRPxu