CCI Tech Tip Tuesdays

Can't get enough of keyboard shortcuts?  Take a look at  this list  of keyboard shortcuts for Gmail.  With everything from replying to a message using the "R" key to switching between the sender name, subject line, and body of email  with the "Tab" key, there's a shortcut for almost anything you could need to do in Gmail.

Have a tech issue and need to contact Tech Support?  You can put in a ticket at  courtinnovation.org/support  (CCI's website + /support).  You can access this from a computer or a cell phone.   If you're on your work desktop computer, you can also click on the desktop icon that will take you right there.   

A simple way to copy a file is by dragging.   If you're on a PC, hold down the "Control" key, then click and drag the file. If you're on a Mac, hold down the "Alt key, then click and drag the file. Both of these  will make a copy that you can drop anywhere you want by releasing your mouse button.

If you have websites you use often, you can add them to your bookmarks bar in Chrome.  This way, every time you open Chrome, your most used sites are one click away.    While using the website you would like to bookmark, first click the star icon in the top right corner. ​ ​ Then, in the window that pops up, select the Folder "Bookmarks Bar" and click "Done". The website will now display at the top of your page each time you open a new tab in Chrome. ​

These days sending someone a link is a pretty common occurrence!  Maybe you're e-mailing a client and want to tell them to go to your website, but instead of hoping that they google the website, or typing out the URL so they have to copy and paste it, use Ctrl+K (or Command+K on a Mac) to add a hyperlink to your e-mail or word document.   This tip works in Outlook, gMail, Google Docs, and Office!   Learn more.

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.

Foxit PhantomPDF - available on most of our Windows 10 machines - easily allows you to combine multiple files into one PDF file.   You can read more about how to easily combine multiple files here. And as a bonus, here's a shortcut: select all the files you want to combine in the File Explorer window, right-click, and select to combine files in Foxit Phantom PDF.

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.

There are many, many useful shortcut keys to help you do your work faster and more efficiently.  Today we'll share the keys for copying, cutting and pasting.  These shortcut keys can be used across most programs, for example in Word, Excel or Outlook, but also to copy text from a website and paste them into Word or even a Skype chat window. Simply select the text you are interested in, and then press Ctrl + C for copy (command if you are on a Mac), or Ctrl + X to cut the text.  To paste text, use Ctrl + V . Learn more here.