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13 useful VLC keyboard shortcuts

If you're like me, you enjoy doing things faster. Using keyboard shortcuts can help you spend less time looking for buttons or menus, and more time enjoying music and videos. So take a moment to become a more efficient by reading over these VLC shortcuts:

Space: toggle pause/play

F: toggle full-screen (you can also use Esc to leave full-screen mode)

Z: change zoom mode

Ctrl + Up / Down: Adjust volume up/down (you can also use mouse scroll wheel for this)

M: toggle mute

T: display time remaining/elapsed

+ / -: play media faster/slower

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How to find keyboard shortcuts in OS X

Using keyboard shortcuts to run various commands and application functions in OS X is one of the easiest ways to enhance your workflow and speed up how you use your system.

For instance, while you can always click the red button at the top-left of a window to close it, or even select Close from the File menu, you can speed this up by using Command-W (as seen in the File menu) to quickly invoke this function on the foremost window. By using this shortcut coupled with the mouse, you can move windows around and then click them followed by … Read more

How to create a shutdown and reboot tile in Windows 8

Updated, October 19, 2012: Replaced Windows 8 Consumer Preview screenshots with those from the final version of Windows 8.

Without a Start button, properly shutting down Windows 8 can be a bit of a chore. If you want to shut down or reboot your Windows 8 PC by just clicking on a tile from the Start screen or a shortcut on the desktop, here's how:

Step 1: Right-click on a open area of your desktop, then go to New and select Shortcut.

Step 2: In the location box, type shutdown /p to shut down Windows 8 immediately or shutdown /… Read more

23 new keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8

Update, October 18, 2012: This post has been updated to reflect some slight changes from the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and the final version of Windows 8.

The first time you use Windows 8, you might feel a little lost with the new start screen, charms, and apps. The best way to learn how to get around the new Windows 8 design and settings may be to use the new keyboard shortcuts.

Charms Win+C: Open charms Win+Q: Search charm Win+H: Share charm Win+K: Devices charm Win+I: Settings charm

Search Win+Q: Search apps (tip: an … Read more

Improve Webmail efficiency with keyboard shortcuts

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Many of us have our favorite e-mail provider up on our computers all day long. Using keyboard shortcuts, instead of pointing and clicking, can save a couple of seconds per action, leading to improved efficiency.

Gmail If you haven't taken a look at what you can do in Gmail with your keyboard lately, you may want to check it out. Though Gmail keyboard shortcuts have been around a while, new ones have been added periodically, coinciding with enhancements and new features.

See: How to use Gmail with keyboard shortcuts

Yahoo Mail Yahoo's Webmail service hasn't … Read more

How to use keyboard shortcuts with Hotmail

Hotmail, like Gmail and Yahoo Mail, supports the use of keyboard shortcuts. The interesting part? You can customize them to mimic the keyboard shortcuts from Gmail or Yahoo Mail.

Hotmail shortcuts Ctrl+N : new e-mail Ctrl+Enter : send e-mail Delete : delete e-mail Ctrl+Shift+O : open e-mail Ctrl+R : reply Ctrl+Shift+R : reply all Ctrl+Shift+F : forward e-mail Ctrl+Q : mark as read Ctrl+U : mark as unread Ctrl+S : save as draft L : flag e-mail Ctrl+Shift+J : mark as junk Esc : close e-mail F7 : check spelling S then A : select all S then N : deselect all … Read more

How to use Yahoo Mail with keyboard shortcuts

Yahoo's Webmail service hasn't always had keyboard shortcuts, but the latest incarnation of Yahoo Mail does. We'll list some of the more useful ones for you here.

N : compose new e-mail Ctrl+Enter : send e-mail R : reply A : reply all F : forward e-mail K : mark as read Shift+K : mark as unread L : flag e-mail Shift+L : clear flag Delete : delete e-mail M : check e-mail (go to inbox) Ctrl+] : move to next tab Ctrl+[ : move to previous tab Ctrl+S : save as draft S : search ? : display keyboard shortcuts

That's it. You can also view the full list of keyboard shortcuts … Read more

How to use Gmail with keyboard shortcuts

Using Gmail with keyboard shortcuts can make your time working in Gmail more efficient by keeping your hands on the keyboard. Though Gmail keyboard shortcuts have been around a while, new ones have been added periodically, coinciding with enhancements and new features.

Here's a list of some of the most useful Gmail keyboard shortcuts you can use right now:

Actions and navigation c : compose new message r : reply a : reply all f : forward Shift + r : reply in new window Shift + a : reply all in new window Shift + f : forward in a new window e : archive y : remove label # : move … Read more

Add hypertext links to Gmail with a keyboard shortcut

If you want to keep your e-mail looking nice and neat, a short hypertext link looks a lot cleaner than pasting lengthy URLs.

Though a few handy editing shortcuts are supported in Gmail's rich text editor, inserting hypertext links previously only worked via the link button on the Gmail toolbar.

Lifehacker recently discovered that you can now use a keyboard shortcut, too. Just highlight the word(s) you want to link, then hit Ctrl-K in Windows or Command-K on a Mac, to bring up the "Edit Link" window.

That's it. For more Gmail tips and tricks, … Read more