Royston
02-02-2008, 12:38 PM
Your users probably have a few favorite keyboard shortcuts for formatting text, like Ctrl + B for applying boldface, Ctrl + I for applying italics, Ctrl + U for underlining, and maybe Ctrl + L to left-align text. But Word provides buttons for those tasks on the Formatting toolbar, so any efficiency gains are kind of a toss-up.
The real convenience lies in knowing some more obscure keyboard shortcuts -- ones that have no default button equivalents and that can save users from having to scrounge around dialog boxes looking for the options they need. Here are some shortcuts that are especially good for users to have under their belt.
This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=299).
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The real convenience lies in knowing some more obscure keyboard shortcuts -- ones that have no default button equivalents and that can save users from having to scrounge around dialog boxes looking for the options they need. Here are some shortcuts that are especially good for users to have under their belt.
This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=299).
Go to TechRepublic to learn more... (http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?&docid=339935&part=rss&tag=rss&subj=TechRepublic+Downloads&promo=100112)