A Simple Computer Short-Cut

Using a computer is not a very difficult task to get the hang of. Everyone from very young schoolchildren to the elderly have the capability of learning how to use a computer, but much like the old adage that a guitar is the easiest instrument to learn and the hardest to master, so the computer is easy to learn and hard to master. Even though using a computer can be an easy thing to pick up there are shortcuts that can help everyone in terms of making their computing experience a faster and more enjoyable one. While most computers and programs simply require excessive usage to get a hang of them, similarly to playing a sport, a little bit of research will go a long way in taking you from being an amateur computer user to a pro computer user.

One simple step you can take that will improve the speed at which you can use your computer is to learn some of the control key commands. I live by these commands and have found that they make using a computer and much simpler experience, but I've also found that very few people really seem to know how to do any of them and I lament the fact that they are making their computer using experience more difficult. A good first control command to learn is a combination of the control button and pressing the letter C. This command will allow you to instantly copy text from a web page, a text document, or wherever there's writing the need to copy. All you need to do is highlight a passage of text using your mouse and press the control button and the letter C. If you want to cut the text than you will replace the letter C with the letter X, and when you want to paste the text into a new document all you need to do is press the control button and the letter V. I find this to be much simpler than right clicking on my mouse button and selecting cut and paste functions from the drop down list.

There are many more control functions that you can learn and you should be able to find a comprehensive list of them online, but I highly suggest that you learn at least a few of them. I can assure you that control functions will make your computing experience much faster and much more enjoyable.