• I have recently started using RSS feeds to get news and other information. It is quite time-saving.
  • Recently found out that word could open pdfs for edits. Used to upload pdfs to websites to get it converted into some editable format. I think Libreoffice can do the same.
  • Got that spinning type of mop and mopping has become a bit easier.
    • anon6789@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      You don’t notice the speed in hot keys as you build your familiarity with them, but after years of learning them, it’s now painful to watch a good portion of coworkers use computers, as it feels like watching in slow motion.

      The mouse dragging, the hunting for menu items, dragging the mouse back to where you were, over and over. It can really add up.

      In the same vein, learning to create even basic macros and putting them on hotkeys, either in Office or something like AutoHotkey. There are likely things you go through the same motions to do daily, weekly, etc. Record the steps as a macro.

      My old job had basic data formatting from generated reports and then saving the cleaned files to a specific name format and uploading them. Tedious and boring work. I created macros, and all the work was done in less time than it would take to type the filenames. Turned hours of work into seconds.

    • Achyu@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      5 months ago

      Indeed.

      On windows, there’s the three finger Maximise and Minimise along with the alt + tab equivalent swipe, which I think is not really popular among many. Laptop users could save some time with that.

      Any rare/useful shortcuts that you like/would teach others?

      • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        Amazing how many folk don’t automatically press ctrl/s as a matter of habit in Office

        • black0ut@pawb.social
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          5 months ago

          If your PC is in another language, that shortcut gets changed. For example, in spanish it’s Ctrl+G (G from Guardar, I assume). It may seem intuitive, but not every app follows this change. It’s also way more difficult to hit with one hand, as the G is further from Ctrl than the S. Localized shortcuts are a thing I never understood about Windows, and I hated it while I used it.

          After that I swithed to Linux, and I’ve been using NeoVim for a few years now. Instead of Ctrl+S I now compulsively [esc]:w[return], which, now that I think of it, may be even worse.

        • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Had to break myself of this habit as I often edit a files that need to stay the same and then saved as a different name. I know I could just save it as a different name at the start but whatever, right?

          • candybrie@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            I would definitely save it under a new name at the start because I’d totally accidentally save it without renaming at some point if I didn’t.