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Keyboard Tricks

 

These are some shortcuts and tricks you can do with your keyboard

Cmd Key

To do the these, hold down the "Cmd" key and then hit the following:
NOTE: If it says Cmd(delete), hold down the "Cmd" key then hit "Delete"

Actions:                                                        Results:

Cmd(R) Reloads page
Cmd(Options) Advanced options
Cmd(Power) Hangs up phone
Cmd(M) Same as Enter
Cmd(F) Opens find panel
Cmd(G) Finds next word
Cmd(B) Finds previous word
Cmd(X) Cut
Cmd(C) Copy
Cmd(V) Paste
Cmd(Scroll Down) Moves cursor to the bottom of a page
Cmd(Scroll Up) Moves cursor to the top of a page
Cmd(Right Arrow) Moves cursor to the end of a line
Cmd(Left Arrow) Moves cusor to the beginning of a line
Cmd(Delete) Deletes a whole line of text
Cmd(Ctrl) Do this over a link to get the address in the status bar

 

Ctrl Key

To do these, hold down the "Ctrl" key and then hit the following:
NOTE: If it says Ctrl(M), hold down the "Ctrl" key and then hit "M"

Actions:                                                        Results:

Ctrl(M) Same as return
Ctrl(i) Jump to next link on a page

 

Tab Key

To do these, hold down the "Tab" key and then hit the following:
NOTE: If it says Tab(Shift), hold down the "Tab" key and hit "Shift"

Actions:                                                        Results:

Tab Jump to next link on a page
Tab(Shift) Jump to previous link on a page

 

Alt Key

The "Alt" key has many great uses for WebTV, I'm only going to cover the basics here.

Strange text

Hold the "Alt" key down and try hitting different letters and numbers. It will do things like this:

Experiment yourself in the text area below:

Go to my http:// page to get the complete list.

More Shortcuts

Here are a few more useful shortcuts you can do using your keyboard:

Editing:

Here is a very useful shortcut while editing your webpage. When you're in your HTML text area editing your page and need to get to the contents at the top of your editing box without having to scroll all the way through coding, just scroll up until your cursor starts moving faster then while still holding the "Arrow Up" key hit your "Scroll Down" key, let go of both keys then hit your "Arrow Up" key one more time, you will be at the top of the editing box.
Now to get back out of the editing box quickly just push and hold "Cmd" then hit your "Arrow Down" key

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