keyboard shortcuts

Add Hyperlinks to Gmail Messages with a Keyboard Shortcut
Lifehacker
Most word processors use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K (or Cmd+K on Mac) to insert a hyperlink into a text, but even though the shortcut exists in Google Docs, it never worked in Gmail. Now it does. It's the exact same keyboard shortcut you use in Word,

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Strategies for Switching from Word to Pages
TidBITS
In Word, you can use the menus and dialogs as training wheels and pretty soon you'll start using keyboard shortcuts for commands that you choose often. This approach failed dismally in Pages. In Pages, key functions are stuck hither and thither in the

Use the entire screen when editing
ComputerActive.co.uk
However, to make the action even quicker you can create your own shortcut. To do this in Word 2003, choose Customize from the Tools menu. In the Customize dialogue box, click the Keyboard button and, in the Customize Keyboard dialogue box,

CloudOn for iPad mini-review
BetaNews
To ensure that you are not missing out on anything -- and do not have to unnecessary navigate through endless menus, and extra row of keyboard is added so that you can use additional keyboard shortcuts and functions. All of this is encouraging,

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Everything you wanted to know about Twitter but were afraid to ask
Sydney Morning Herald
On Topsy, you can also filter out specific keywords to find, for example, posts that include the word "lady" but not the word "gaga." USE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: Instead of clicking around with your mouse, you can operate Twitter by using your keyboard.

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