Articles tagged: Basic Tips

Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Use Windows File Explorer to Explore Files

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Drag select

Tip of the Day: Select Multiple Items With the Mouse

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Permanently Delete File

Tip of the Day: The Recycle Bin Isn’t Always Used

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Save and Save-As

Tip of the Day: “Save” Versus “Save As”

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JPG Graduation

Tip of the Day: JPG or PNG?

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F5

Tip of the Day: F5 for Refresh

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Typing

Tip of the Day: Learn to Type

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Help!

Tip of the Day: Provide Enough Information When Asking for Help

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Read The Friendly Manual!

Tip of the Day: Read What’s On the Screen

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Page Down and Page Up

Tip of the Day: Page Up and Down

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Tip of the Day: Protect Your Personal Information

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Copy URL

Tip of the Day: Sharing URLs

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Permanent Delete

Tip of the Day: The Difference Between Delete and Shift-Delete

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Kaputt - It's Busted!

Tip of the Day: Remember, Hardware Can Break

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Run as administrator

Tip of the Day: Run As Administrator

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Mouse Selection Techniques

Tip of the Day: Mouse Selection Techniques

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Clicking the icon to minimize and restore an app

Tip of the Day: Minimize and Restore Programs Quickly Using the Taskbar

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File Extensions in Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: File Extensions

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Lots 'o Letters

Tip of the Day: Use Stronger Passwords

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About

Tip of the Day: Explore Help About

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Don't pull the plug

Tip of the Day: Never Just Pull the Plug

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Ads vs. Results

Tip of the Day: Know the Difference Between a Search Result and an Ad

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Multi-file selection.

Tip of the Day: Multiple Item Selection

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Ctrl+C In Action

Tip of the Day: Abort Command Prompt Programs with Ctrl+C

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Icons or Thumbnails?

Tip of the Day: Icons Versus Thumbnails

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Spacebar Push

Tip of the Day: Scroll a Webpage with a Space

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Tip of the Day: Hit Refresh

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Windows Magnifier

Tip of the Day: The Magnifier App

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Copying a File

Tip of the Day: Move Versus Copy

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Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer

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The back side of a desktop computer with an extreme amount of dust and pet hair, making it appear as the dustiest computer ever seen. The dust should be extremely thick, forming a dense, almost solid layer that covers every part of the computer's back. It should be difficult to even distinguish the ports and cables due to the heavy accumulation of dust and pet hair. The image should convey an extreme level of neglect and lack of cleaning, with the dust and hair almost transforming the appearance of the computer.

Tip of the Day: Dust Is Your Enemy

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Properties

Tip of the Day: Play with Properties

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Search or address bar?

Tip of the Day: Address Bar or Search?

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Windows 11 File Explorer

Tip of the Day: What Is File Explorer, Anyway?

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Windows Desktop

Tip of the Day: Set a Desktop Background

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Tip of the Day: ALT+Tab and Win+TAB

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Three Desktops

Tip of the Day: The Three States of a Window

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Zoom in Internet Explorer

Tip of the Day: Bigger and Smaller with CTRL+ and CTRL-

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Double Click

Tip of the Day: Quickly Maximize with Double-click

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Undo Delete Animation

Tip of the Day: Back Away from Mistakes with Undo

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My Mother

Tip of the Day: Back Up

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Ask Leo! Home page.

Tip of the Day: Click the Logo to Go Home

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Drive space in Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Watch Your Disk Space

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Tip of the Day: Click Column Headers to Sort

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Right-click context menu with "Open".

Tip of the Day: Opening a Program vs. Opening a Document

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Disk Space

Tip of the Day: Checking a Disk’s Free Space

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Five lines of text. Or is it?

Tip of the Day: A Line Isn’t Always a Line

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Creating a shortcut to a folder.

Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to a Folder

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Taskbar Icons

Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons

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All Your Eggs in One Basket?

Tip of the Day: If You’re Concerned About Losing It, It’s Not Backed Up

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