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fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2004-08-25 09:42 am
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in case there was any doubt ...

... that what i am is a nerd rather than a geek:

did y'all know you could refresh a webpage with the F5 key instead of clicking the "refresh" button on your browser?

dudes! what else can the function keys do? i always knew they must be good for something, but i figured they worked in programs i didn't use/understand/know existed.
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[identity profile] neotoma.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
well, on my PC the F11 will make the window go full-screen and back.

[identity profile] datlowen.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] axiom_of_stripe 2004-08-25 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
bwee!

[identity profile] kaalee.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
hahahaa! I love that you said that! When I discovered the F5, (I don't remember how), it made my day so VERY much. I told EVERYONE I saw.


(did you know that you can close a window using ALT+F4? Or that when you're in an internet browser F6 will highlight the text in the url window so you can copy or enter a new one?)

[identity profile] darthfox.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
i didn't know anything! i just learned this about F6, because i spent a minute pushing all the F# keys to see what they would do. but in general, "did you know _____ F#" is going to get a "no" from me, because i am DUMB.

[identity profile] kaalee.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Not DUMB. "Smart-in-other-areas"

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[identity profile] rev-tobias.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
did you know that you can close a window using ALT+F4?

Actually, ALT+F4 closes the currently focused application. In apps with a multiple document interface, CTRL+F4 closes the current window, leaving the application itself open.

[identity profile] rev-tobias.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
dudes! what else can the function keys do?

F1 opens help.
F3 is "search".

[identity profile] devilvern.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
You sound about as excited as I was when I realized the holding the shift-key and pressing a letter made "Big Letters"

Lets move on the the "Windows" key now ;-)

Windows+R open the Run Dialog
Windows+M minimizes all windows

[identity profile] darthhellokitty.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, the only F key I know with any reliability is F4 - that repeats whatever you just did in Word on whatever you're highlighting NOW. I've been professional using Word for about ten years, and I learned that a couple of months ago. Hah! I'm gonna have to try this F5 stuff! :-)

[identity profile] fafou.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Dude!!!

That is *so* cool!!!
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