I am sure most of us use the 'Ctrl+c' and 'Ctrl+v' shortcuts to copy and paste in word but here are some extra word shortcuts for word users that will significantly improve the editing efficiency when using Microsoft Word. This list is not comprehensive but these shorcuts save me the most time. 1. Shift + F5 (Returns to the last edit point) Very useful when you have to copy some text from other parts of the document and you want to return to where you were in order to paste it. 2. Shift + F3 (Changes the case of any selected text) This word shortcut is very useful when you want to toggles through the capitalization options. If you have a few lines of text in all uppercase and you want it to be in lowercase then this shortcut should make your life heaps easier. 3. Ctrl + Enter (Inserts automatic page break) It's amazing how many people use manual page break (Press enter key repeatedly to bring some chapter/line to the next page)! Manual page break is a maintenance nightmare cause as soon as you enter a line in the document you will have to manually fix all the other pages again. Use page break ...

You can use the 'type' and 'find' command in Dos/Windows to get the equivalent output of the UNIX 'cat' and 'grep' commands. The 'find' command can be very useful when you are trying to search for a specific text or phrase over multiple files. The 'find' command also comes in handy when searching for all the occurrences of a specific text or phrase in all the files under all the sub-directories of a given directory. The Type Command The 'type' command in Dos simply displays the contents of a text file or files. To see the content of a file simply enter the following in the command prompt: C:>type "filename" The Find Command The 'find' command in Dos can be used to search for a text string in a file or files. below is the usage and optional parameters of the 'find' command. [lang='css'] FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[LINE]] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]] /V         Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string. /C         Displays only the count of lines containing the string. /N         Displays line numbers with the displayed lines. /I         Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string. /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set. "string"   Specifies the text string to find. [drive:][path]filename Specifies a file or files to search. If ...

This list of DOS commands is very useful when repairing Windows after a system crash when Windows doesn't load and the only option you have is a Dos command prompt. Use the "help" command to find the usage and details of any particular command e.g. C:\>help copy

If your computer is taking too long to start up and you want to minimize that time then here is a tip as to how you can control the applications that Windows starts at Startup time and make your computer boot fast. You don't have to be a computer expert for this either.