Last week I spent some time looking for a good shortcut program for Windows. My requirement was that it needed to be free of cost and provide good features. I ended up spending a lot of time downloading applications, which boasted freeware in big letters. Well, these freeware applications ended up being nothing but evaluation copies. I hate when software developers try to get you hooked and lie about the cost. Honestly, I did not even open most of the cost-related applications. My search went on!

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Have you ever presented a webcast? If you have, then I am sure you can relate to how hard it is to make your audience focus on your content. The problem with webcasting is that we cannot be sure as presenters, that our audience is focusing on a particular part of the screen. This is easy when you present in person, but during a webcast you have only your voice, your mouse, and your keyboard to try to make it work. Let me give you an example. Imagine that you are attending a webcast, where I am showing an Excel spreadsheet on my screen, and I am discussing the content of the cells in the upper left column. What happens if you are looking in the lower right corner of my screen? Well, by the time you realize that you need to look up to the left, I may have already changed my screen to show something else. As a presenter, I probably did not realize that you missed an important segment of my presentation.

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If you haven’t figured it out yet, I love keyboard shortcuts. They make me happy as every shortcut saves me a few mouse clicks. Previously I wrote an article about the usage of the F2 key but I thought it would be a good idea to show you the rest of the generic shortcuts Windows has to offer. I was talking to a friend earlier about the blog and he told me some of his favorite shortcuts. We quickly agreed that our favorite shortcut is the WIN+E, which opens Windows Explorer. Another of my favorite is WIN+L, which locks the computer.

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Learn to never underestimate the F2 key, which has patiently been waiting for you to discover it. This insignificant key is placed in the upper left corner of your keyboard, filled with hope that you someday will learn to know its full potential. Now, how can I be so excited about this? It’s simple! I instantly became more productive with my keyboard since I got in the habit of using it.

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