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Without a Mouse

Computer Screen Snapshot - PrintScreen

Did you know that you can take a snapshot of how your screen looks?

You can copy the currently active window to the clipboard by pressing ALT + PrintScreen or you can copy the whole screen with CTRL + Print Screen. You can then paste the picture into your Word Processor or Graphics software. Why might you want to do that? Well one reason is to capture those error messages to pass on to someone who might be able to help sort it out without you having to remember the jargon of the message.

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Windows Without a Mouse

This is the first of my posts to this blog with some thoughts which you might find useful if you would like to find out more about using your Microsoft Windows computer without using the mouse. Why would your want to? Well that might be for several reasons

  • it's faster;
  • if you are a touch typist then it's far quicker to use a keystroke than take your hand of the keyboard, wiggle the mouse til you find it on screen, move it to the correct point on the screen, click, move your hand back to the …

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