Saturday, May 21, 2005

Using Shortcut Keys in Windows XP

When I'm typing, I hate reaching over for my mouse; it "breaks the flow of things".

Solution: Create a shortcut key for frequently used programs or websites.

Basically you right click on the file for which you want to create a shortcut key in order to access the file's properties window.

Set the cursor (mouse) in the shortcut key textbox and press any letter. If for example you press the letter "A", you will see that the textbox value has changed to Ctrl + Alt + A. In order to launch the file, typically an *.exe file, you would then press 3 keys at the same time: Ctrl + Alt + A.

The same can be done to launch a website; in this case you would first add the website to your favorites, then right click on the favorites entry and follow the process as described above.

creating a shortcut key for Microsoft Access

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