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Quick Keyboard Shortcut Reference, Part 2: Text Editing PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Danny Collins   

Now that you've learned to find your way around the Windows operating system, it's time to learn some shortcuts to help you deal with text editing. Webmasters must do a great deal of text editing, whether that editing occurs in Notepad, Microsoft Word, Dreamweaver, or Photoshop.

Please note that many shortcuts will be repeated in each article. This is necessary to see the multiple uses for each keyboard command. For instance, CTRL+A will "Select All": 1) Files in a folder. 2) Text in a document. Therefore, it is necessary to repeat the CTRL+A command.

Getting Around a File

ARROW KEYS: The arrows move your cursor in the direction the arrow is pointing.

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Quick Keyboard Shortcut Reference, Part 1: The Essentials PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Danny Collins   

Basic Windows Navigation

ENTER: This is much like left clicking. It activates your selected item.

ANY LETTER KEY: If you are in an Open or Save Dialogue box, hitting any letter will move your selection to the first item that starts with that letter. Hitting that letter a second time will move your selection to the second item that starts with that letter… and so on. This also works on drop-down menus.

ARROW KEYS: The arrows move your cursor or item selection in the direction the arrow is pointing.

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Overcoming Creative Block PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Danny Collins   

The artistic value of the Internet business model and website design may be questionable, but the necessity for consistent creativity is undeniable. Yet the industry as a whole seems to be declining swiftly to nothing more than more of the same. How about this excuse: "Well all the good ideas are already taken, so I might as well benefit from the ideas of others." We've all heard that one, and to some degree, we might as well call it a legitimate excuse. We can't all be innovators. As much as I would like to tell all those who can't come up with an idea of their own to kindly excuse themselves from the business, it's just not realistic.

But there is a redeeming aspect to it all, and it's this... Those who consistently innovate their own ideas can keep themselves one small step ahead of the replicating masses. That's right. Think of new, original ideas, and you have a slightly better chance of getting a jump on your competition.

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