Tech tips you may not know

October 15, 2008

Posted in Technology.

This is making the rounds, and I wanted to share it here. Especially now that you’ve taken a little bit of time to upgrade your browser, protect your computer, and get started with backups.

David Pogue of the New York Times has an excellent list of Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User. Be sure to scroll through the comments at the end for more helpful user-submitted tips. Some samples:

You can double-click a word to highlight it in any document, e-mail or Web page.

You can tap the Space bar to scroll down on a Web page one screenful. Add the Shift key to scroll back up.

Just putting something into the Trash or the Recycle Bin doesn’t actually delete it. You then have to empty the Trash or Recycle Bin.

Read them all at nytimes.com…

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