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| Editing Shortcuts | Movements | |||
| Copy | Ctrl + C | Go to your Home page | ALT+HOME | |
| Paste | Ctrl + V | Move to the beginning of a document | HOME | |
| Cut | Ctrl + X | Move to the end of a document | END | |
| Select from the cursor | Shift + Arrow | Move between Windows | ALT+TAB | |
| Selects ALL | Ctrl + A | Scroll toward the beginning of document | UP ARROW | |
| Scroll toward the end of a document | DOWN ARROW | |||
| Browser Command Shortcuts | Scroll toward the beginning | PAGE UP | ||
| Stop Loading Web Page | Escape Key | Scroll toward the end | PAGE DOWN | |
| Help | F1 | Go to the next page in a series | SHIFT+TAB | |
| Address “Menu” | F4 | Go to the previous page in the series | ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE |
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| Select Address Line | F6 | Display a shortcut menu for a link | SHIFT+F10 | |
| Activate a selected link | ENTER | Move forward between frames | CTRL+TAB or F6 | |
| Open the Search bar | CTRL+E | Move back between frames | SHIFT+CTRL+TAB | |
| Open the Favorites bar | CTRL+I | Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar |
TAB | |
| Open the History bar | CTRL+H | Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar |
ALT+RIGHT ARROW | |
| Full Page View (F11 to return) | F11 | |||
| Refresh the current Web page | F5 or CTRL+R | Addresses/Favorites/History | ||
| Refresh (Forced) | CTRL+F5 | Add the current page to your favorites | CTRL+D | |
| Go to a new web page or open new file |
CTRL+O or CTRL+L |
Display a list of addresses you’ve typed | F4 | |
| Open a new window with same web page |
CTRL+N | Move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) |
CTRL+LEFT ARROW | |
| Close the current window | CTRL+W | Move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) |
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW | |
| Save the current page | CTRL+S | Add “www.” to the beginning and “.com” to text typed in the Address bar |
CTRL+ENTER | |
| Select the text in the Address bar | ALT+D | |||
| Open the Organize Favorites dialog box | CTRL+B | |||
| Search Functions | Move selected item up in the Organize Favorites dialog box | ALT+UP ARROW | ||
| Find on this page | CTRL+F | Move selected item down in the Organize Favorites dialog box |
ALT+DOWN ARROW | |
| Repeat original search | F3 | In History/Favorites bars, open multiple folders | CTRL+click | |
| Page/Print Display | ||||
| Zoom out/Zoom in | ALT +/- | Display the previous page to be printed | ALT+LEFT ARROW | |
| Display a list of zoom percentages |
ALT+Z | Type page number you want displayed | ALT+A | |
| Print the current page | CTRL+P | Display the next page to be printed | ALT+RIGHT ARROW | |
| Set printing options and print | ALT+P | Display the last page to be printed | ALT+END | |
| Display the first page to be printed |
ALT+HOME | Change paper/page format for page | ALT+U | |
Internet Tips and Tricks and Tools
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Knowledge Base
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Features Tour
- Web pages available offline/synchronizing: Search Microsoft Knowledge Base for article Q196646
- Learn to Type (It’s a must!)
- Web Terms and Jargon Definitions
- PC Webopedia: Web Encyclopedia with good information and resources
- Webopedia.com: Another web encyclopedia with great tips and tricks and how tos
- Internet101.org: Internet tips, tricks, and how to get it done on the Internet
- Learn The Net: Another good how to site with information in 5 languages
- Definitions: Northern Web’s Beginners’ Central
- Geek.com: Everything you want to know for the Internet and computer
- Geek Tips and Tricks
- History of the Internet
- Searching by Sympatico Internet Tips ‘n’ Tricks
- Get PC Help: PCHelpOnline helps you with your computer problems
- How many people are online?: Want to know how many are online at any one time?
- Computer Time Line: A time line on the history and development of the computer
Israel Travel Resources
Great Internet Resources
There are so many different resources on the Internet, it’s hard to list just a few. The following are some unique and outstanding websites.
Media and Reading Material
There are many books, newspapers, magazines, and a whole variety of reading material on the Internet. I download many books from the Internet to read on my handheld computer.
Dictionaries and References
Find the right word or finding out what a word means is no longer a hunt through the shelves for the dictionary. Here are just a few of the many dictionaries available online.
- Bartleby’s English Language Resources
- Dictionaries for more than 100 languages
- USA statistics & government resources info
- National Library of Medicine (USA)
Translations and International Resources
As the Internet’s abilities grow, the ability to translate any page on the Internet into one of many different languages is almost here. Until we get there, here are a few translation and international resources that may help you.