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The F8 Shortcut in Excel

Keyboard shortcuts are a fantastic way to save time. But when you accidentally hit a keyboard shortcut you didn’t know existed, they can be infuriating. More than once, I’ve run into someone for whom Excel seemed to be going haywire. Any time they used the arrow keys in Excel, cells would be selected. Any time [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

We on the Training Team are thankful for*: Ctrl + Z Embedding YouTube in PowerPoint The Windows Snipping Tool The BCC Line The To-Do Bar Clip Art The Change Case Button and Keyboard Shortcut Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! *We’re thankful for a lot of non-computer things, too, but this is a tech blog.

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Copy and Paste Faster

This post is for all the right clickers, the Edit menu seekers and the Ribbon command button pushers out there. You know who you are. When you want to copy and paste something you right click it, scroll down the menu and select Copy. Then you go to where you want to paste it, right [...]

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Lock Your Computer

Data theft and identity theft often occur because someone left a computer logged on and walked away long enough for someone else to sit down and use their passwords. Here at the University of Texas, students, faculty and staff should lock their computers any time they step away from their computers. Many of us have [...]

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