Most Descriptive Listing of Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

What most people do not know about Windows; and, especially Windows 8, is that nearly every type of function in Windows can be controlled directly from their keyboard via keyboard shortcuts.

For example, in Windows 8 the classic Start Menu is missing. As a result of no Start Menu, people are at a loss when it comes to shutting down their computer at the Windows 8 desktop level. This is where having knowledge of keyboard shortcuts can come in handy. In this scenario, simply hitting the Alt + F4 keys in combination will ultimately lead you to the Windows Shutdown dialog box where you can select the shutdown option.

The reason I inserted the statement “ultimately lead you to” in the previous sentence is that each time you hit Alt + F4, and you have any programs open, that keyboard combination will individually shut down each open program until you reach the desktop level.

Another favorite of mine for shutting down my computer in Windows 8 is simply hit the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys in combination. That will take you to the screen where you can lock the computer, sign out, change your password, launch the task manager and where a small power button (bottom right of the screen) is located to power off the computer.  This keyboard combination will work from the Windows 8 Start Screen level and the desktop level.

Today I went on the hunt for a listing of Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts and found many; however, the most visual descriptive listing I found was at a site called, ShortcutWorld.

At  ShortcutWorld you can find every Windows 8 keyboard shortcut you can think of in the following categories:

1. Getting around Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop
2. Windows 8 Charme Shortcuts
3. Switch between Apps and Windows
4. Power User Commands Shortcuts
5. Managing Windows 8 Desktop Windows
6. Windows 8 Taskbar
7. Navigating Desktop
8. Windows Explorer
9. The Rest

Also, ShortcutWorld has put together a very nice PDF download of all of the Windows 8 shortcuts [HERE] …

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Avoid Retyping A Document With Online OCR

I recently was faced with situation where I had a hardcopy of a typed document where there was no editable or electronic version available and I needed a way to access and edit the document without completely retyping it.

It was at this point I started to think in terms of OCR (optical character recognition). OCR is software that has the ability to take typewritten (and sometimes handwritten) text and convert it to a digital version that can be electronically stored and edited. In my case, I did not want to install software on the computer, and started to think even further outside the box. I wondered, are there any online OCR services on the internet?

As I have said before, “if you can think of it, someone has done it”…  There are quite a few OCR services out there that I tried and the one I am settling with is called Online OCR… Online OCR is a free service in a “Guest mode” (without registration) that allows you to convert 15 images per hour.

I was able to take the hardcopy of the document, scan it to a PDF file, upload the PDF file to Online OCR where the text in the file was read and subsequently converted to an editable Microsoft Word document. What sold me on Online OCR was that Online OCR managed to convert the document and retain the formatting (fonts, table, etc…) to near perfection.

Online OCR’s conversion process with recognize 32 languages and can handle up to 8 different input file formats and produce 6 different output formats:

INPUT FORMATS:

• PDF (All types of PDF files including multi-page PDFs)
• TIF/TIFF (Multipage TIFFs supported)
• JPEG/JPG
• BMP
• PCX
• PNG
• GIF
• ZIP files containing the above types of files can also be uploaded.

OUTPUT FORMATS:

• Adobe PDF
• MS Word 2003/XP
• MS Excel 2003/XP
• Html 4.0
• RTF
• Text Plain

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Use PDFProtect to Password Protect Your PDF Files

A couple days back I featured an article titled, “Storing and Opening Password Protected PDF Files Online Using Google Drive and SkyDrive”, that explained how Google Drive and SkyDrive have the ability to open password protected PDF files. The problem is, you may not have the software or may be in a situation away from your computer where you cannot perform this task. This is where the online service called PDFProtect can help you.

Simply visit PDFProtect, upload your PDF file, create a password to protect your PDF file, select the encryption strength and if your file contains personal or confidential information select secure connection. Once the file has been uploaded and the password protection has been added, you will be prompted to download the PDF file that is now password protected. PDFProtect allows a file size up to 50 MB…

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The Main Source For Microsoft Office Templates

Many users of Microsoft Office are unaware that an online gold mine exists that contains hundreds (and maybe even thousands) of templates for the following Microsoft Products:

What is really cool about this treasure trove of templates is that they are neatly organized (in the following categories) so that you can easily find a template to get the targeted job done. I personally have used templates from the Microsoft Gallery of Templates to help me get started on my own design; OR, as a learning tool on how to complete a specific Microsoft Office function…

You can click on any of the links below to be taken to that category of templates!  Enjoy…

Access databases Agendas Award certificates Books Brochures Budgets Business cards Calendars Cards Charts	Labels Letterhead Letters Lists Memos Minutes Newsletters Planners Proposals Presentations
Contracts Design slides Envelopes Faxes Flyers Forms Inventories Invitations Invoices Job descriptions	Projects Receipts Records Reports Resumes Schedules Statements Stationery Time sheets

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Create An Archive Index Of Your WordPress.com Blog Posts

Recently I added an archive page to Bookmarks4Techs which is a listing of links (with titles) to every article I ever posted at What’s On My PC. When I came up with the idea I had to find a way to generate the list (which, at the time, was approximately 1450 articles) without expending a lot of work. I had some ideas up my sleeve; however, it goes back to an adage that I have; “If you can think of it, someone else has done it!”.

If you are using WordPress.com as your blogging platform, you will find that WordPress already has some shortcoding available that will allow to generate archive listings, in various types of formats. To generate the list that I needed, it was as simple as starting up the blogging editor in my account and inserting the shortcode [ archives ] in the editor, then clicking on Preview and voila’ there was a list of every article I ever posted in the order that they were posted. I simply then copied and pasted the listing into the Bookmarks4Techs archive page.

NOTE: In the example I used above, there are no spaces, between the brackets and the word archives. I had to place spaces between the brackets and the word archives to prevent WordPress from automatically generating the list of all my articles.

You can also insert additional archive shortcodes that will allow you to customize your lists.  See the examples provided below.  You can get more instruction and information on using these shortcodes [here] :

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Is Your Computer Usage Harming You?

My mother always told me that if you consume too much of anything, it is bound to cause you harm. The same goes when we indulge ourselves in too much computer time. We can suffer chronic pain from poor ergonomics, develop mush brain from too much multi-tasking, develop blue light insomnia, get fat from lack of moving around, lose our eyesight, and become addicted to games (and porn). Wow! Nothing here sounds too positive; however, there are things you should do to prevent harming yourself.

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Instructions On How To Delete An Online Account Profile (for over 500 different sites)

As we continue to tread down that road of cloud computing we find ourselves signing up for more and more and more… As a result, many of these online services that we establish accounts with, we either become bored with or not satisfied with the service; OR we sign up to experiment with the service and simply forget about them and never go back. The problem with this is, that every instance that you sign up for an account and use an online service to post information you are giving away a part of yourself. This is especially true with the social network services where we profile ourselves and give away our souls…  This information you post is out there on a server (or servers) somewhere and can literally be there forever.

To make this even more interesting, there are many online sites that you sign up for where you may decide to delete the account and when you do terminate the service, your information may still be out there and actually never be deleted. The real topper is that when you make the decision to delete an account or terminate a service, locating where to do this at can be a real challenge. Let’s face it, these cloud based computing services may offer you the service account for FREE, but they are making money off of your presence and do not want to lose you as an account holder.

Ok, enough of my lecturing… I came across a really cool site that, if anything, is a real education about online accounts and profiling. The site is called AccountKiller.

AccountKiller - Do you care about your personal data? We provide instructions to remove your account or public profile on most popular websites, including Skype, Facebook, Windows Live, Hotmail / Live, Twitter, MSN / Messenger, Google and many more. Want to create an account somewhere? Check our Blacklist first to see if it’s even possible to remove your profile!

What AccountKiller specializes in is collecting direct links and deleting instructions to make account termination an easier process.  They will also point out to you sites that they have blacklisted for not being on the up-and-up (not making it easy) about removing your online account profile and even your data (that you may have posted or stored).

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