Keyboard Tips

Control + W
  Clicking Ctrl+W closes My Computer, Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer. Saves you the time and trouble of going to the top of the window and clicking the X to close
The NumLock Key
  When NumLock, located in the numeric keypad, is on, the numeric keypad acts like a calculator keypad. When NumLock is off, the numeric keypad Home, up arrow, PgUp, and other keyboard cursor controls are active.
Finding Something on a Web Page
  Trying to find a specific word or phrase on a web page? Click Control + F (both at the same time) and type in what you are looking for; then click Find Next.
Insert Key
  There is a key on your keyboard called "Insert," usually located in the keypad section to the right of the main keyboard keys. Click it to turn the "insert" feature on and off. In insert mode, all characters you type at the cursor position (or to the right of the insertion point) are added. As you add new letters, it pushes characters to the right of the cursor to make room for the new character you type. When insert mode is turned off, existing characters are overwritten. This is also referred to as overstrike or overwrite mode.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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