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Technology #2

Mac, Microsoft and PDFs

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Close application= ⌘ + Q 

  • Switch between applications= ⌘ (press + hold)+ Tab (press + release)

  • Screenshot (whole screen/ part of screen)= Shift + ⌘ + 3/ Shift + ⌘ + 4

  • Record your computer screen= Shift + ⌘ + 5

  • Page up/down= FN + up arrow/ down arrow

  • Jump to top/bottom of document= FN + Command + left arrow/ right arrow

  • Undo/ redo= Control + Z/ Control-Y

  • Select all= ⌘ + A

  • Copy/ paste highlighted text= ⌘ + C/ ⌘ + V


Finder

  • New Finder Window= ⌘ + N

  • Close All Open Finder Windows= ⌘ + ⌥ + W


Safari

  • Autofill Webpage= Shift + ⌘ + A

  • Switch between tabs= ⌘ + 1 (2, 3, etc)


Microsoft Word

  • Bold/ italicize/ underline highlighted text= ⌘ + B/ ⌘ + I/ ⌘ + U

  • Add hyperlink= ⌘ + K

  • Expand all hyperlinks (Word)= Fn + Opt + F9

  • Insert footnote/ endnote= ⌘ + ⌥ + F/ ⌘ + ⌥ + E


Microsoft Excel

  • Select all cells= ⌘ + A

  • Select row= Shift + Space

  • Select column= Ctrl + Space

  • Hide rows/ columns= ⌘ + 0 / ⌘ + 9

  • Edit text in active cell= Ctrl + U

  • New line of text in active cell= ⌥ + Return

  • Format currency/ percentage= Ctrl + Shift + $/ Ctrl + Shift + %

  • Insert current time= ⌘ + ;

  • Insert current date= Ctrl + ;


Microsoft Office How-To Guides


Microsoft Word

  • Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Make different lines

  • View all Abbreviations in a document

  • Create and format a customized list style

  • Save the current list style as a template to use in other documents

  • Changing Level in a List

  • Create embedded bookmarks and hyperlinks

  • Format an image to be integrated with text versus between sections

  • Change Text Formatting


Microsoft Excel

  • Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Count cells- empty, data, specific data

  • Combine text from multiple cells

  • Highlight cells with specific data

  • Creating a customized drop-down list

  • Create a dependent customized drop-down list 


Microsoft PowerPoint

  • Add Text to the slide background of a PowerPoint presentation

  • Center an image


Portable Document Format (PDF) [Mac Only]

  • Combining PDF Documents

  • Combining PDFs in a specific Order

  • Modifying PDF Documents


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