Top 10 Internet tips and tricks
Take advantage of tabbed browsing
Take full advantage of tabbed browsing
on all Internet browsers. While reading an article or browsing a
website, you may come across a link that interests you. Any link to
another page can be opened in a new tab so it does not interrupt your reading. To perform this action, hold down the Ctrl key and left-click the link. If you have a mouse with a wheel, click the link by depressing the wheel instead of rolling it. Either of the methods opens a link in a new window.
Tip: To open an new blank tab, press Ctrl + T at the same time.
You don't need the http:// portion of a web page
When entering an Internet address
you do not need to type http:// or even www. in the address. For
example, if you wanted to visit Computer Hope you could just type
computerhope.com and press enter. To make things even quicker, if you
are visiting a .com address you can type computerhope and then press Ctrl + Enter to type out the full http://www.computerhope.com address.
Quickly move between the fields of a web page
If you are filling out an online form, e-mail, or
other text field you can quickly move between each of the fields by
pressing the Tab key or Shift + Tab to move back a field.
For example, in the example form below you can click in the "First Name"
field type anything and press tab to switch to the next field.
Tip: This tip also applies to buttons, if you press tab the buttons can also be highlighted. Once a button is highlighted press the spacebar or enter to push the button.
Tip: With a drop-down
box that lists dozens of options you can press the first letter to
scroll down to that letter. For example, click the drop down box below
and then press "u" to quickly scroll to Utah.
Bonus Tip: You can also use the autofill feature to fill in common form fields.
Know your Internet browser shortcuts
There
are dozens of different shortcut keys that can be used with Internet
browsers. Below are a few of our top suggested Internet browser
shortcuts.
- Press Alt + D or Ctrl + L to move the cursor into the address bar.
- Hold down the Ctrl key and press the + or - to increase and decrease the size of text. Ctrl + 0 will reset the text.
- Press the backspace key or press Alt key + left arrow to go back a page.
- Press F5 or Ctrl + R to refresh or reload a web page.
- Press F11 to make the Internet browser screen full screen. Press F11 again to return to the normal view.
- Press Ctrl + B to open your Internet bookmarks.
- Press Ctrl + F to open the find box to search for text within the web page you are reading.
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