I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love keyboard shortcuts. They take a little time to learn, but shortcuts make you far more efficient in front of the PC. But shortcuts don’t have to be all ...

To do so right-click on the program/shortcut icon and open the Properties dialog box. Select the Shortcut tab. Move the cursor to the Shortcut key area. Click on the shortcut key you want to set for ...

One of the little-known features of Windows 7 is the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts for any program, file or page. If you use Google Calendar a lot, you can save a lot of time by creating ...

Keyboard shortcuts that allow for quick entry of longer strings of text were introduced with iOS 5. The feature allows users to enter a short bit of text and have it automatically converted to a ...

September 28, 2021 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Nearly every Mac app has at least one action that takes one click (or three clicks) too many to ...

Your Windows mobile device doesn't have a numeric keypad, so how do you type characters like em dashes or bullets without having to open Word or Character Map? I'd been using Macs exclusively since ...

In my first book (Dr. Macintosh, 1989), I began coverage of "mouse independence" and made no secret of my love for enhancing Mac productivity via keyboard shortcuts, macro programs and keystroke ...

Using the text replacement function on your iOS keyboard can save you a lot of time when typing messages or composing emails. If there are long words, phrases, or titles that you use a lot, and ...

AutoHotkey is a favorite among active Windows 10 users because it has advanced features despite being an open-source software. You can use the hotkeys for both, your keyboard and the mouse. You can ...

We all have a phrase, a number, or another string of text that we type over and over again: a lengthy street address, your office number, or any other common bit of data you wish would simply flow ...

Contributors to Microsoft's revived take on its 1990s-era PowerToys tool are working on a new keyboard manager that will let users remap a computer's keys. The keyboard effort builds on Microsoft's ...