# Did you know

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476 "2003-07-23T13:35:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![thoriphes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@thoriphes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thoriphes)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/1 "2003-07-23T13:35:51Z")

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> …that if you held the Shift Key and scrolled up and down on your mouse, it acts as a Back and Forward button on your browser (IE)?

\<b\>\<sup\>\<sub\>List other tricks you may find useful in any field\</sub\>\</sup\>\</b\>

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/2 "2003-07-23T13:38:50Z")

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lol… i never knew it =)

erm… i might as well add, ctrl+mouse scroller makes the text bigger/smaller 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/3 "2003-07-23T13:40:59Z")

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I don’t have a wheel on my retarded university mouse. ☹

But I know that Alt+left or right does forward and backwards too.

=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/4 "2003-07-23T13:42:50Z")

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alt + tab switches between screens.

shift + click on h-link opens in new window

holding f5 makes Internet explorer go white.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/5 "2003-07-23T13:45:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by NaliWarCow \*  
> shift + click on h-link opens in new window

Wow, didn’t know that.

F2 to rename files.

=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/6 "2003-07-23T13:49:46Z")

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I recommend alt+f4 for popups

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/7 "2003-07-23T13:52:25Z")

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Those don’t work so well, it might actually close your main screen if you’re not hand-eye cordinated like me.

=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/8 "2003-07-23T13:55:36Z")

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alt+enter to flick media player videos to full screen

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/9 "2003-07-23T14:15:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ahmed \*  
> \*\*erm… i might as well add, ctrl+mouse scroller makes the text bigger/smaller 😛 \*\*  
> Ah ha! This always used to happen to me and I never meant to do it and it confused me and I didn’t know what I’d done, thank you ahmed :love:

- Soul :s:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/10 "2003-07-23T14:21:41Z")

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shift + tab takes you to the previous form field…

i only figured that out the other day… :bad:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/did-you-know/26476/11 "2003-07-23T14:22:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Soul \*  
> \*\*Ah ha! This always used to happen to me and I never meant to do it and it confused me and I didn’t know what I’d done, thank you ahmed :love:

- Soul :s: \*\*  
:love:

i figured out this shortcut accidentally 😛
