| Quick Tip: Free one page quick reference guides for Microsoft and Adobe products are available here: http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm These quick ref guides include keyboard shortcuts, instructions for certain tasks, and labels for buttons/icons. Guides are available for Microsoft Office, Windows, Mac OS, Adobe products. Old versions of the software are also included. |
| Quick Tip: Never respond to any e-mail that asks for any password. These e-mails are NEVER legitimate. It doesn't matter who seemingly sent it, or how important it looks. If it asks for any password from you, just delete it. Also, e-mail is generally not encrypted, so never send a password through e-mail to anyone. |
| Quick Tip: Many people confuse the back slash and forward slash characters. / = A forward slash (or just slash), most often seen in web addresses: http://www.vt.edu (found under the ? key) \ = A back slash, most often seen to file paths: c:\windows\temp (found under the | key, usually above the enter key) |
| Quick Tip: Have you ever needed to convert a file from one format to another? Ex. a PDF to a Word document? Try http://www.zamzar.com It can convert most types of files from one type to another. It's free, but the results will vary. Also, remember to not convert any confidential files. Note: Zamzar will e-mail you the link to download your converted file. Virginia Tech is unable to receive e-mail from Zamzar, so you must use a personal e-mail account (such as Gmail, or Live Mail). |
Quick Tip: Keyboard short-cuts are a great way to save some time. Here are a couple of useful ones:
These work across the Windows and Mac systems, from within your email application to Word, and they even work with files. You can quickly move a large number of files by hitting Ctrl-a to select them all, and then Ctrl-x to "cut" them. Then go to the location you want them moved to, and hit Ctrl-v to "paste" them. |