Resources

Here to help.

This page features a number of useful resources I have gathered over the years. Please feel free to use them. All I would ask is that you acknowledge where they come from.

Keyboard shortcuts

People who wish to cut down their use of a mouse to rest their hands, for example, would do well to learn a number of keyboard shortcuts. There are literally hundreds of shortcuts. Below are a few to get you started.

Selecting Text

  • Hold down Shift and use left or right arrow keys to select one letter at a time.
  • Use Shift and the up and down arrow keys to select one line at a time.
  • Use Ctrl + Shift + left or right arrow keys to select whole words a time.
  • Shift + Ctrl + up or down arrow keys to select a paragraph at a time.
  • You can use Ctrl + A to select the entire document.

Copying, Cutting & Pasting

  • Ctrl + C to copy a selection to the clipboard.
  • Ctrl + X to cut a selection to the clipboard.
  • Ctrl + V to paste the clipboard contents back in at the cursor insertion point.
  • Ctrl + Shift +C to copy format of current text.
  • Ctrl + Shift +V to paste format of current text.

For a free copy of a full list of keyboard shortcuts please go to the Contact page and request your copy with my compliments.

Taming your Dragon – (Speech Recognition)

  • Top 5 Tips for accuracy and performance improvements with Dragon (please request your copy by email)
  • Dragon video tutorials with Peter Mahoney (search Google for Ask the Director)
  • Dragon Cheat sheet (please request your copy by email)
  • Dragon discussion forums (Dragon forum voice recognition) www.forums.voicerecognition.au/content )

Computer Accessibility