CCI Tech Tip Tuesdays

Did you know that you can change the background in your Windows desktop (the place with all the icons on your computer)?  You can change it to any image at all! To learn how to change your wallpaper, click here. To learn how to do it on your Mac computer, click here.

Ctrl+Z (or Command+Z on the Mac) is the best way to undo the last thing you did on many programs - the last thing you typed in Outlook, Word, and gmail, the last cell you edited in Excel, the photo you accidentally deleted from your document, and more. And if you accidentally press Ctrl+Z and want to redo the thing that just got undone, you can always hit Ctrl+Y (Command+Y on the Mac).

When you view your files in a folder, sometimes you see a long list when you were hoping to see photo thumbnails so you can easily look for a particular photo. Other times, you see large icons but need a list so you can quickly look for your file.  You can easily change how you view the files in your folder by clicking on the View tab, and selecting a different option (large and medium icons will show you thumbnails of your photos.) If you want, you can change the defaults as well for different types of folders.  Learn how here. You can also do this on a Mac.

Did you know that you can quickly search for any word on a webpage, or in a document (like Word or Excel?)  Simply press Ctrl+F, and type your term into the search window.  You can hit F3, or find the next arrow, to cycle through all the instances of that word.  

There is a fast way to quickly find a word on a web page, a Word document, Excel document, and more.   Control F , or command F on a Mac, is the keyboard shortcut for the Find command. Simply press Control + F in whatever window you want to search in, and type the word you are looking for in the search box. You can press the arrows to go through all instances of that word.

You are working away on several different websites in several different tabs, and you accidentally close the wrong one!  It happens.  Did you know there's a fast way to re-open the last tab you closed?   Just hit CTRL + SHIFT + T in any of the major Windows web browsers ( Chrome , Firefox , Edge , Internet Explorer).  On a Mac use COMMAND + SHIFT + T.

Not everyone at the Center uses a PC - we know there are some Mac laptops out there as well.  The shortcut keys apply to you as well! For a general rule of thumb, when Windows users use the Control key (Ctrl) , Mac users should use the Command ⌘ key.  For example, on Windows Ctrl+C is a shortcut key for cutting, but on a Mac it is Command+C .  Instead of Alt , on a Mac press the Option button.  For example, on Windows Alt+Tab allows you to switch windows, but on a Mac it's Alt+Option. Learn about more shortcuts you can use on your Mac.