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Time Saving Computer Tips!

Learning the shortcuts on your computer can save you time and make your life just that little bit easier! 

Here are some of my favourite Microsoft Outlook tips!

• Need to jot a quick note? Press CTRL+SHIFT+N
• To create a new contact, press CTRL+SHIFT+C
• To quickly remove formatting from selected text, press CTRL+SPACEBAR
• To quickly check spelling in an open item, press F7
• To select several adjacent items, click the first item, then hold down SHIFT & click the last item
• To switch to viewing by weeks in Calendar, click in Calendar and then press ALT+HYPHEN
• To quickly switch to your Inbox, press CTRL+SHIFT+I or your Outbox CTRL+SHIFT+O
• Use 'Tools|Organise' and use colours to distinguish who emails are from (Red for boss, etc)
• Add your most used folders to 'Favourite folders' list. Right click on folder|add to favourite folders. Simple and effective!
• Quickly mark a message as read - Right-click the message | click Mark as Read
• Quickly display several days side by side in Calendar - date picker|drag over dates that you want to view
• To set an appointment to repeat, mark it as recurring - In the appointment, click the Actions menu and then click 'Recurrence'
• Use your e-mail signature for meeting requests - On the Insert menu, click Signature and then click the signature that you want to use


There are many more Microsoft shortcut tips - why not take a look here!


 

Comments

Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound writes:
Thanks so much for leading my ezine readers to this post, Lisa. Great tips, here. Anne Roos, the harpist, thanks you too.
Posted 27 Apr 2010

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