Try These Keyboard Shortcuts

Sometimes it is easier to memorize a keyboard shortcut than to use toolbars to locate buttons or menus from office software.

So the public library in Chelmsford, Massachusetts compiled the following list of keyboard shortcuts - it is not a complete list, but rather a list of the ones you're most likely to use. With no further adieu, here it is:


For more information, or to at least get a better look at the graphic above, see the Swiss Army Librarian's post on keyboard shortcuts.

Having trouble downloading large files? BitTorrent can Help

Most of us computer users have at one time or another got impatient waiting for a large multimedia file to download.

BitTorrent is a free tool that will allow you to download large files faster. The video embedded below explains how to use BitTorrent and how it works better than I possibly could.

BitTorrent, Explained. from BitTorrent, Inc. on Vimeo.

Visit bittorrent.com to download Bittorrent.


You can get tips and updates on BitTorrent via Twitter.

Web Site of the Day

Pew Internet: Future of the Internet
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/270/report_display.asp
This report brings together findings from a survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts about the future of the internet.  Among the findings were the following: mobile devices will be the primary connection tool to the internet by 2020, voice recognition and touch user-interfaces with the internet will be more prevalent and accepted by 2020, and divisions between personal time and work time and between physical and virtual reality will be further erased for everyone who is connected.

Website of the Day

Webopedia: The Online Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terminology

http://www.webopedia.com/

Whether you're computer illiterate or already a techie, this site can help you be more cyber-literate.