Super Speed Keyboard Hottie

*Edited

This whole laptop business isn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. First of all I have to get all my favorites and passwords and files set up the way I want them and it doesn't have all the same programs that my desk top has. I'm sure there is an easy way to go about this but I'm doing it the hard way. So what do I need to sync my computers? Does anyone have any advice for me?

Dial-up oh how I hate thee! How do people live in the dark ages like this? I told my husband when we bought our property that I wasn’t moving there if we couldn’t get wireless. I was willing to give up Heaven for High Speed. How desperate is that? We’re staying at my sister’s house for a couple days but I’m hoping and praying for the good stuff at the hotel once we get to California. And can I just say that staying up till 2:00 a.m. is not fun when everyone gets up at 6:00 to get ready for school?

Then there is the fact that my third arm has been cut off without a mouse to use. I had already been working on learning the hotkeys pre-laptop but I can see that I’m going to have to speed things up and learn all of them as soon as possible. I think I’m pretty “Hot” with the Ctrl A (select), the Ctrl C (copy), Ctrl V (paste), Ctrl X (delete), Ctrl S (save) and Ctrl Z (undo) but Ctrl+Shift with arrow keys (select text) is more than I could ever have dreamed of!

There is Alt+Tab that we all know and love, to go between applications quickly, but Alt+Esc? Who knew? The mouse is for people who have too much time on their hands, not for lazy people like us who want to get things done fast. You know, so we can have more time for folding socks. Not to mention the fact that we could really hurt ourselves pushing that heavy mouse around. Wonderful wide world of Hotkeys! Where have you been all my life??? Now that I’ve found you I will love you and cherish you and never let you go!!!

To find more beloved Hotkeys go here or do a search for yourself you Lazy Hottie.

* You don't have to know hotkeys to use a laptop, they just makes it so much faster. They make navigation with any computer faster. I am determined to learn as many hotkeys as possible so I started making my own cheatsheet. Here you go if you want to use it too. I'll be adding to it as I learn more.

• Select Whole Document – CTRL +A
• Copy – CTRL C
• Paste – CTRL V
• Delete – CTRL X
• Undo – CTRL Z
• Save – CTRL S
• Find Files – CTRL F
• Go To Box – CTRL G
• New Document or Browser Page– CTRL N
• Open Document – CTRL+F, DOC #, or CTRL+F, O, Tab to field, arrows, enter
• Font – CTRL+SHIFT+F, use arrow keys and then enter to select
• Move box- SHIFT+ ALT+SPACEBAR, then press M. Move the window or dialog box using the up/down/left/right arrows then press (ENTER)
• Resize box-SHIFT+ALT+SPACEBAR, then press S. Move the window using two of the up/down/left/right arrows then press (ENTER)
• Restore/reduce - ALT+SPACEBAR, then press R
• Minimize - ALT+SPACEBAR, then press N
• Maximize - ALT+SPACEBAR, then press X
• Close Window - ALT + SPACEBAR + C
• Homepage – ALT +HOME
• Select Checkbox – TAB to box, SPACEBAR
• Select – Shift+Arrow keys selects characters and Shift+ CTRL +Arrow keys selects words
• Move Text - Select the text you want to move. Press the F2 key. Move the insertion point to the location where you want to move the text. Press Enter.
• Change Application – ALT +Tab+Tab+Tab or ALT +Esc+Exc+Esc
• Switch Documents in Same Program – ALT +W then number or CTRL F6
• Close Window – ALT +F4 or CTRL +W
• Close All Windows - Alt + Shift + F4