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Just a few extra shortcuts for windows that you might find useful
I hope that you find these shortcuts useful
For those of you that find the text too small at times and just want to get a little closer to the action bring up the magnifier. It is easy to toggle on and off.
Windows and Mac Keyboard shortcuts
I have posted what I think are the most useful keyboard shortcuts for windows as cheat sheets. The list is not exhaustive since there are many program specific versions of the shortcuts. I have added the common windows key shortcuts too mainly for use with windows 10 but of course most of them will work with windows from version 7 too.
For Mac users many of the keyboard shortcuts work just as well substituting the command key (four leaf clover) for windows Ctrl. There are no real substitutes for the windows key controls but the mac Finder (like windows explorer can be opened using the OPTION + COMMAND + SPACE key combination. For your own version of the cheat sheet
For Mac users many of the keyboard shortcuts work just as well substituting the command key (four leaf clover) for windows Ctrl. There are no real substitutes for the windows key controls but the mac Finder (like windows explorer can be opened using the OPTION + COMMAND + SPACE key combination. For your own version of the cheat sheet
Microsoft OneNote and Google Keep
I love Microsoft OneNote and Google Keep. Both of them seem to offer me scrap-booking for all my devices. I take a note which is text, a drawing, photo video audio or combination of all of them and save them to OneNote or Keep and I can get them on all my devices. Better still both apps have built in text grabbing (OCR) from images saving me lots of typing or scanning and OCR.
Of course to make the best of these apps you need a Microsoft account ( hotmail, livemail or outlook) for OneNote or Gmail account for Google Keep. You also need Internet access to store the 'scraps/notes' in your cloud space ready to pick up as required. The Internet access is also essential if you wish to take photos and turn them into editable text.
OneNote is really part of the office suite but can be downloaded for free here. It is available for Mac and PC this way and of course on iPad/Android at the appstore/playstore.
Keep is best run as a webapp on PC or Mac so access it using the 9 dots in your browser from the google pages. On Android and iPad it runs as an app.
Google Keep is a bit less structured than OneNote, the latter relies on setting up notebooks with sections and pages. Each is very powerful and easy to get started.
A hidden gem in OneNote is the translate feature
There are plenty of get started guides for keep or onenote on youtube so good luck!
Of course to make the best of these apps you need a Microsoft account ( hotmail, livemail or outlook) for OneNote or Gmail account for Google Keep. You also need Internet access to store the 'scraps/notes' in your cloud space ready to pick up as required. The Internet access is also essential if you wish to take photos and turn them into editable text.
OneNote is really part of the office suite but can be downloaded for free here. It is available for Mac and PC this way and of course on iPad/Android at the appstore/playstore.
Keep is best run as a webapp on PC or Mac so access it using the 9 dots in your browser from the google pages. On Android and iPad it runs as an app.
Google Keep is a bit less structured than OneNote, the latter relies on setting up notebooks with sections and pages. Each is very powerful and easy to get started.
A hidden gem in OneNote is the translate feature
There are plenty of get started guides for keep or onenote on youtube so good luck!
wps office
Wps office is really an office killer suite of programs. It hails from China under the guiding light of Kingsoft office. The WPS stands for Writer-Presentation-Sheet. There are no additional frills behind these three apps except that Kingsoft do have a raft of cloud based Services that you can pay for.
The 2016 version of the suite is free to download and unrestricted but you do have to put up with advertising when you open the app for the first time (each time you start the computer). You can of course pay a subscription either one time or annually. My own opinion presently is that the subscription for one time payment is worthwhile but the annual payment is not so attractive. (annual $45/one time $80). Still this is much cheaper than the basic office package and has he attractive PDF conversion tools and share across all mobile devices.
Download the software for windows by clicking this link for other platforms click here and look for the download in the browser.
Once you have installed the software and run the apps you will see how close they are to the current Microsoft offerings. Good luck
Of course it is difficult to compare feature for feature with Microsoft Office as Office has more programs in its suite, especially when licenses are so cheap on Amazon to download all those extra features such as Publisher (PC only), Access and more.
The 2016 version of the suite is free to download and unrestricted but you do have to put up with advertising when you open the app for the first time (each time you start the computer). You can of course pay a subscription either one time or annually. My own opinion presently is that the subscription for one time payment is worthwhile but the annual payment is not so attractive. (annual $45/one time $80). Still this is much cheaper than the basic office package and has he attractive PDF conversion tools and share across all mobile devices.
Download the software for windows by clicking this link for other platforms click here and look for the download in the browser.
Once you have installed the software and run the apps you will see how close they are to the current Microsoft offerings. Good luck
Of course it is difficult to compare feature for feature with Microsoft Office as Office has more programs in its suite, especially when licenses are so cheap on Amazon to download all those extra features such as Publisher (PC only), Access and more.
11th September session review
Hi All the session today was really good and I hope that most of it made some sense.
It may seem very confusing using both google and Microsoft software but it simply highlights that the systems are very similar in how they can be used.
I have prepared a page with the guide to screenshots and how to crop them no matter what system you have to use. Click the link HERE for a file to download or print.
It may seem very confusing using both google and Microsoft software but it simply highlights that the systems are very similar in how they can be used.
I have prepared a page with the guide to screenshots and how to crop them no matter what system you have to use. Click the link HERE for a file to download or print.
welcome to challenge 10
Hi All,
I created this blog to show how with Google and Microsoft tools you can be really creative without losing your shirt or blouse in the process.
I invite you to make comments on the blog and ask questions about challenge 10
I created this blog to show how with Google and Microsoft tools you can be really creative without losing your shirt or blouse in the process.
I invite you to make comments on the blog and ask questions about challenge 10
Lets get started - Here is challenge 10 - Click here to open the challenge document
Of course don't forget to cut and paste
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I have posted what I think are the most useful keyboard shortcuts for windows as cheat sheets. The list is not exhaustive since there are ma... -
Hi All, I created this blog to show how with Google and Microsoft tools you can be really creative without losing your shirt or blouse in ...
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Hi All the session today was really good and I hope that most of it made some sense. It may seem very confusing using both google and Micr...