What are some things(or ways) that you use to save time or get things done efficiently? Especially things that would be useful for many and are currently less popular.
What are some things(or ways) that you use to save time or get things done efficiently? Especially things that would be useful for many and are currently less popular.
- I have recently started using RSS feeds to get news and other information. It is quite time-saving.
- Recently found out that word could open pdfs for edits. Used to upload pdfs to websites to get it converted into some editable format. I think Libreoffice can do the same.
- Got that spinning type of mop and mopping has become a bit easier.
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I use a computer frequently. So I take the time to learn hot keys and shortcuts. The two minutes it takes to learn them is quickly made up for in productivity.
It astonishes me how many people in a professional setting don’t even know alt + tab
Alt + tab is the best
Shiiiit, wait til you meet alt+shift+tab
Ctrl+Alt+Tab on Windows / Ctrl+(iirc)F9 on KDE is pretty cool too
On windows I don't actually like alt tab, though on Linux I really love tab switching and window switching, which is basically the same thing. :shrug:
You don't notice the speed in hot keys as you build your familiarity with them, but after years of learning them, it's now painful to watch a good portion of coworkers use computers, as it feels like watching in slow motion.
The mouse dragging, the hunting for menu items, dragging the mouse back to where you were, over and over. It can really add up.
In the same vein, learning to create even basic macros and putting them on hotkeys, either in Office or something like AutoHotkey. There are likely things you go through the same motions to do daily, weekly, etc. Record the steps as a macro.
My old job had basic data formatting from generated reports and then saving the cleaned files to a specific name format and uploading them. Tedious and boring work. I created macros, and all the work was done in less time than it would take to type the filenames. Turned hours of work into seconds.
Indeed.
On windows, there's the three finger Maximise and Minimise along with the alt + tab equivalent swipe, which I think is not really popular among many. Laptop users could save some time with that.
Any rare/useful shortcuts that you like/would teach others?
Amazing how many folk don't automatically press ctrl/s as a matter of habit in Office
If your PC is in another language, that shortcut gets changed. For example, in spanish it's Ctrl+G (G from Guardar, I assume). It may seem intuitive, but not every app follows this change. It's also way more difficult to hit with one hand, as the G is further from Ctrl than the S. Localized shortcuts are a thing I never understood about Windows, and I hated it while I used it.
After that I swithed to Linux, and I've been using NeoVim for a few years now. Instead of Ctrl+S I now compulsively [esc]:w[return], which, now that I think of it, may be even worse.
The Vim habit is hard to break.
:x
Had to break myself of this habit as I often edit a files that need to stay the same and then saved as a different name. I know I could just save it as a different name at the start but whatever, right?
I would definitely save it under a new name at the start because I'd totally accidentally save it without renaming at some point if I didn't.
I just make a copy of the file, rename it and then open it.
I hate it when I accidentally use the three finger thing when I'm two fingering around on a blueprint. I tried to use it and it works fine to minimize everything but it doesn't seem to bring things back up in order so it messes with my alt tab. Useless to me.