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How to Create a New File (Shortcut)

by Paul Blasgen on March 23rd, 2010

In PowerPoint, Word and Excel, the quickest way to create a new blank file is to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + N.

Previous Tips:

  • In Word to quickly select a word, double-click on it.
  • In Word to quickly select a paragraph, triple-click on it.
  • To quickly access Help in most programs press the F1 funtion key
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+A means Select All
  • In Word, to clickly select an entire sentence, hover your mouse over a sentence, hold down the Ctrl key and click once.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+Z means Undo.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+C means Copy.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+X is a shortcut for Cut.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+V is a shortcut for Paste.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+O is a shortcut to the Open dialog.

Using the Zoom box in Access: Shift + F2

by Paul Blasgen on March 15th, 2010

In Microsoft Access, if you find you need to see more of what is in a cell or property of an object, you can use the Zoom keyboard shortcut which is Shift + F2. Just click in a cell where you cannot see all the content, then press Shift + F2, which will launch the Zoom box which will let you easily read or edit the content of the cell you zoomed in on. 

Although you can often increase the width of columns in tables or items in an Object's Property Sheet, using Zoom makes content easier to read.

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