At the intersection of environmental sustainability (via low electricity consumption), and economic/political sustainability (via support of open source software), Tech Networks of Boston has introduced green PCs that offer low power consumption and OpenOffice.org preinstalled .
While smaller OEMs seem to be offering OpenOffice more and more frequently, we’re still waiting on the big ones (in the USA anyway), to catch up with the program. OEM pre-installation has an enormous impact on... Read Full Story
I just discovered Opportunity Knocks , a blog covering ODF, free and open source software, and government interest in open standards and open source.
I plan to link to several of Walt’s recent posts individually, since I’ve found many of them to be very interesting.
Yesterday, Walt posted a list of desktop and online applications that can read and write ODF files , for people who may not yet know what ODF is or how to create and use ODFs.
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CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+V (Paste) CTRL+Z (Undo) DELETE (Delete) SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) F2 key (Rename the selected item) CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL... Read Full Story
This is the Second part of 100 Keyboard Shortcuts. So please refer the previous post for the first 50 keyboard shortcuts. Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows) Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows) Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer) Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder) CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers) Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help) Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard) Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box) Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager... Read Full Story
There are plenty of shortcuts to do a task in windows.And below are the most top hundred keyboard shortcuts to use to do task easily on windows. Keep using and you will save a lot of time on your work after familiar with it. This post is divided in to two. This is the first post with 50 Keyboard shortcuts. See the next post for the next 50 keyboard shortcuts. CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+V (Paste) CTRL+Z (Undo) DELETE (Delete) SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without... Read Full Story
How to Open docx file using Firefox without Office 2007 ? There are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. 1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box. 2) Smart keywords . If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click... Read Full Story
Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world and it continues to gain popularity and market share. With this rapid growth many users, especially new users, are not aware of the wide range of Firefox keyboard shortcuts available. These small combinations of keystrokes when used at the right time can be real productivity boosters. Here are 30 Firefox keyboard shortcuts to help simplify and speed up your daily browsing. Even Firefox veterans may find these helpful. Many of the... Read Full Story
I personally don’t use the keyboard much on my Media Center machine. I don’t have a need. It sits next to the TV and runs…end of story. However, there may be times when using the keyboard will be faster or needed.
"Shahzad" at ITWel.com has posted a list in the forums that will be helpful if this need ever arises for you. Hop on over to the post if you maybe have some to add that aren’t listed.
A sample:
Video and DVD Ctrl+E = Go to Videos Ctrl+Shift+M = Go to the DVD menu Ctrl... Read Full Story
Most Used Window XP ShortCuts General keyboard shortcuts • CTRL+C (Copy) • CTRL+X (Cut) • CTRL+V (Paste) • CTRL+Z (Undo) • DELETE (Delete) • SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) • CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) • CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) • F2 key (Rename the selected item) • CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) • CTRL+LEFT... Read Full Story
Microsoft Office Suite has been the most popular Office productivity suite over past decade. Most of windows user has familiar about Microsoft office productivity suite usage. However, Microsoft office suite doesn’t come with cheap and probably some of windows user might not affordable purchase entire Microsoft office suite for their desktop or laptop.
Beside of Microsoft office Suite, there are plenty of Microsoft Office replacement, which has start gaining office productivity suite... Read Full Story
