Wednesday, June 21, 2006


Successforce Blog: "Keyboard Tricks to Make You More Productive"
Posted by Jamie Grenney
When investment bankers go through their training programs, the first thing they learn is how to use Excel without a mouse. There are a series of simple Windows shortcuts that can dramatically speed up how you navigate through the application.

Some common examples include:

  • Tab moves between fields
  • Shift-tab moves backwards between fields
  • Enter in a field will press the 'default' or 'highlighted' button (usually save or next)
  • Scrolling with 'page up' / 'page down' on details is much faster than using the scrollbar
  • Using the 'mouse wheel' to scroll details is much faster as well
  • The 'home' key will move back to the top of a detail page
  • The 'end' key will move to the bottom of a detail page
  • Alt-left arrow moves back one page
  • Alt-tab lets you flip between applications
  • Ctl-c lets you copy information and Ctl-v lets you paste it
  • Alt-number will select and visit the item in the recent item list

Take a couple minutes to learn one of these commands and see if it speeds up your day.

http://blog.crmsuccess.com/crmsuccess/2005/04/keyboard_tricks.html