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All about orkut
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Orkut.com is an online community website designed for friends. The main goal of the service is to make your social life, and that of your friends, more active and stimulating. Orkut’s social network can help you both maintain existing relationships and establish new ones by reaching out to people you have never met before. Who you interact with is entirely up to you. Before getting to know an orkut member, you can even see how they’re connecting to you through the friends network.
orkut named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. It is designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships.
About the Author:
Orkut Büyükkökten is a Turkish software engineer who developed the social networking service called orkut while working at Google. He developed orkut as an independent project while working at Google, the outgrowth of a company policy whereby all employees at Google can spend 20% of their time working on personal interests.
Originally from the Turkish city of Konya, Büyükkökten obtained a B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering and Information Science from Bilkent University in Ankara, and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. His research at Stanford focused on Web search and efficient PDA usage.
History :
Orkut was quietly launched on January 22, 2004 by Google, the search engine company. Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish software engineer, developed it as an independent project while working at Google (permitted by its policy).
Originally, the orkut community was felt to be elite, because its membership is by invitation only. However, at the end of July 2004 orkut surpassed the 1,000,000 member mark, and at the end of September it surpassed the 2,000,000 mark. As of July 2005, 73% of orkut’s members were from Brazil, followed by 6% from the United States, 5% from Iran and 3% from Pakistan. Brazilians were below 50% from August 9 to August 20, 2004. It is believed that this happened because a lot of the Brazilian users had changed their nationality to something else due to a hoax, telling that users with their countries set to Brazil got slower speeds and a greater chance of getting an error page.
Problems:
Due to the massive load on the server, orkut has a bad habit of breaking down, running slow or returning one of its infamous “Bad, bad server. No donut for you.” Error messages. These slowdowns mostly can be noticed during the day hours in America (south and north), which probably explains the reason as well, as more than 80% of the orkut users are from the American continent, more than 70% from Brazil alone.
Getting started on orkut:
To get most out of orkut and to have more friends, you’ll need to complete the “personal” section of your profile by following these steps:
1. Visit your home page and click the “profile” button under your photo.
2. Click the “personal” tab to the right of your name.
3. Select “edit” below this tab.
Fill in as much information as you’d like. When a potential friend visit this section of your profile, they’ll be able to add you to their “hot-list,” “crush-list” or send you a teaser.
To use orkut for business networking, you’ll want to fill out the “professional” section of your profile. The following steps will help you do so:
1. Visit your home page and click the “profile” button under your photo.
2. Click the “professional” tab to the right of your name.
3. Select “edit” below this tab.
Enter the information you wish to share with potential business contacts.
Orkut makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for romantic connections or establish new business contacts. You can also create and join a wide variety of online communities to discuss current events, reconnect with old college buddies or even exchange cookie recipes.
Change Orkut Language back English:
If you would like orkut to return to English, you can click “orkut in english” at the bottom of each page. You will only need to do this once for orkut to appear in English each time you log in.
To change to another language, please follow the steps below:
1. Visit your homepage and click “settings” under your profile photo.
2. Choose your primary language from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
3. Click “update.”
Change orkut to another language:
Orkut is currently available in English, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch and Russian.
Once you change your language interface on the settings page, orkut.com will appear in your language each time you log in.
To change your orkut language, please follow the steps below:
1. Visit your homepage and click “settings” under your profile photo.
2. Choose your primary language from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
3. Click “update.”
If you select one of our supported languages, your interface will now be in your language. If you select a different language, you will still see orkut in English, but you will have the option to search for communities in your preferred language.
How to join a community:
If you’re interested in joining a community, simply browse to that community and click the “join” button below the community photo.
There are two types of communities on orkut.
1. Public
2. Moderated
Public:
If the community is public, you’ll automatically be added to it.
Moderated:
If the community is moderated, the community moderator will need to approve your request before you are actually added to the community.
If you’d like to search for communities on orkut.com, click on the “Communities” link in the blue bar at the top of the page to search by name or browse by category.
How are the friends on my homepage ordered?
When you view your friends using the “my friends” box on the right-hand side of your homepage, the orkut members who have recently logged on are featured at the top of the page.
You can see an alphabetical list of all your friends by clicking the “Friends” link in the blue bar at the top of the page.
When you view other people’s profiles, you will see their recently logged in friends at the top of the page. While we usually feature your most active friends at the top, keep in mind that orkut friend order isn’t an exact science and they sometimes mix up who logged in last!
How to personalize the orkut email invitations:
To personalize the text of your orkut invitations follow these steps:
1. Select the “Home” link in the blue bar at the top of the page.
2. Click the “settings” button under your photo.
3. Click “edit invitation to join” at the bottom of the box.
4. Enter the text for your orkut invitations in the white dialog box, and hit the “update” button when you are finished.
How to set orkut notifications to be send to a different email address:
You can have orkut notifications sent to a different email address by changing the primary email address in your profile. Please note that changing your orkut email address will not change your orkut login.
To change your email address in orkut, follow these steps:
1. Select the “Home” link in the blue bar at the top of the page.
2. Click the “profile” button under your photo.
3. Click “edit profile” below your picture.
4. In the box on the right-hand side of the page, click the “contact” link.
5. Click the “edit” link to the right of your primary email address.
6. Enter your new primary email address and click the “verify” button.
7. A verification email will be sent to your new primary email account. To complete the change, please click on the link in this email.
*Make sure you include all of your email addresses in the secondary email fields to ensure that friend requests sent to your alternate accounts reach you. Don’t worry, these additional email addresses are not visible to other orkut members.
How to send a message to everyone in a community?
You can send a message to all the members of a community if the community owner has selected this option and the community has less than 1,000 members.
If you do not see the link "send message" in a community or the community has more than 1,000 members, messages will be disabled for all members, including the owner.
As an alternative, you may want to post your message in the community forum with the steps below:
1. Click the link "new topic" at the bottom of the forum.
2. Enter a subject and message.
3. Click "submit" and you're done!
What’s a bookmark?
The bookmark feature helps you keep track of members you want to remember. To create a bookmark, please follow these steps:
1. Visit the profile of the member.
2. Click the “add to bookmarks” button below their photo.
This allows you to create a list of bookmarks. This list is for your use only, and other members won’t know if you’ve bookmarked their profile. To view your bookmarks, please follow the instructions below:
1. Select the “Home” link in the blue bar at the top of the page.
2. Click on the “list” button under your photo.
3. Click the “view bookmarks” button that appears under your photo.
Maximum number of friends allowed on orkut:
You can have up to 1000 connections on Orkut. If you reach that limit, you will not be able to add new Orkut friends. This 1000 limit also includes Open Orkut Invitations - people you have invited to join Orkut but they haven't done so yet.
What is Wi-fi?
Monday, August 07, 2006
Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity and refers to any type of 802.11 network—802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. It is the most prevalent high-speed wireless technology standard used currently to connect PCs, laptops and handheld computers to each other and the Internet.
A Wi-Fi network can be used to connect computers to each other, to the Internet, and to wired networks. It is a wireless technology like a cell phone. Wi-Fi enables computers to send and receive data indoors and out; anywhere within the range of a base station, and can provide real-world performance similar to the basic 10BaseT wired Ethernet networks, presently used in many offices. And the best thing of all, it’s fast.
Wi-Fi technology is powerful. Wi-Fi networks use radio technologies called IEEE 802.11b or 802.11a to provide secure, reliable, fast wireless connectivity. The main features of 802.11a and 802.11b specifications are summarised below:
802.11a—It is an extension to the 802.11 technology and is deployed in wireless LAN environments and provides up to 54 Mbps on 12 channels in the 5 GHz band.
802.11b—It is also an extension to the 802.11 technology. Similar to 802.11a, it is also deployed in wireless LAN environments but provides up to 11 Mbps transmission on 3 channels in the 2.4 GHz band, a frequency shared by other wireless technologies like Bluetooth, HomeRF, some cordless phones and microwaves.
Everyone can use Wi-Fi, almost anywhere. Most computing devices, including notebooks, PDAs and cell phones, will eventually connect to 802.11-based wireless networks. So Wi-Fi is expected to become an even bigger and hotter technology for both home and businesses in the years to come.
Home Wi-Fi networks can bring a whole new dimension to a family’s digital experience. Wi-Fi can make the increasingly ubiquitous home PC even more powerful and exciting. Think about it. With your TVs, computers, stereos, kitchen appliances and other electronic devices connected through Wi-Fi, your home can become a centre for your whole family to learn, play and communicate in a multimedia-rich, audio and visual manner—wirelessly! You can also say that long awaited goodbye to the messy or unsightly cables around the house.
For small businesses, Wi-Fi can mean connectivity between mobile salespeople, floor staff and back-end support departments. The built-in flexibility of a Wi-Fi network eliminates the need to move cables and installation of hubs and routers, hence making it easy and affordable for small business to make changes and scale.
Large corporations and campuses use enterprise-level technology and Wi-Fi products to extend standard wired Ethernet networks to public areas like training classrooms and auditoriums. For instance, Intel has deployed Wi-Fi networks in many of their offices worldwide, providing anytime, anywhere connectivity for employees in offices. Many corporations also provide wireless networks to their offsite and telecommuting workers. Large companies and campuses often use Wi-Fi to connect buildings.
Service providers and wireless ISPs in Singapore such as SingTel, StarHub, Blue Engine and Yellow Spots are already using Wi-Fi technology to distribute Internet connectivity for businesses and commercial complexes through almost 200 public wireless hotspots. These hotspots are found in public places like Changi Airport, Suntec City, and Coffee Club outlets. Hotspots may be the fastest-growing segment of Wi-Fi services as more and more travellers demand fast and secure Internet access wherever they go. In fact, we can soon expect Wi-Fi networks to emerge in urban areas, providing coverage throughout the central city, lining major highways, and giving travellers network access anytime, anywhere.
Cell phone can do Alcohol test
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Now According to ABC News, there is one more feature is added to the list: a sobriety test.
That's right, cell phones with built-in Breathalyzers are set to hit the U.S. market. So after a night of too much to drink, you can pull out the device to see if you're fit to get behind the wheel.
South Korean manufacturer LG will introduce the LP4100 to the U.S. market sometime in the near future — though no date is set.
Here's how it works: Users blow into a small spot on the phone, and if they've had too much to drink the phone issues a warning and shows a weaving car hitting traffic cones.
"So they test it and it says don't drive so they leave their car or call the taxi," explained Sung Mee Cho of Seju Engineering Inc.
The LP4100 also allows users to set up the phone so on certain nights and after a certain time they do not call certain people in their phone book. Think ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend.
If you have a blood alcohol level over .08, the phone will not let you dial that person.
Use Credit Cards CAREFULLY
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The accused (left) used a card-reader (right) to transfer the data
on to a PC for making a duplicate credit card
They Would Make Duplicates Of Credit Cards Used By Customers At A Juhu Hotel
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The next time you decide to use your credit card on a shopping trip, think again. The Mumbai police have busted a hitech credit card fraud which they believe is the crime of the future.
Four gadget-savvy youngsters from Andheri, two of them software engineers, got together to earn a quick buck and ended up ripping off over Rs 3 lakh of citizens' money. The foursome were arrested by the Juhu police on Tuesday. Interestingly, one of the boys was all set to leave for the United State s for a job in a wellplaced computer firm.
According to the police, the mastermind of the gang is 19-year-old Leo Paul. A second-year engineering student at a Bandra college, Paul had read about a magnetic card-reading device which could store data once you swipe a card through it. Data from at least 12 such cards could be stored at a time. Paul realised that if credit cards were swiped though the machine, the personal data of a customer stored on it could be accessed. He then teamed with Akash Kamble, a 19-year-old Lokhandwala resident, and ordered the card-reader from USA , using the internet, since it's not available in India .
" The boys befriended a waiter at Kings International hotel at Juhu to take their plan ahead. Every time someone ate a meal in the hotel and paid by credit card, the waiter would discreetly swipe it through the magnetic card-reader, which is no more than 6-inches long and can be stored in the pocket,'' said investigating officer
Ramesh Nangare.
Once the waiter was done, he would hand over the device to Paul who would download the data from the cards on to Kamble's personal computer. The duo would then feed the data into blank cards, available in the grey market. The cards were now ready to be used in
shopping malls and theatres, or to withdraw money from an ATM.
Senior inspector Pradeep Shinde said that the boys forged information from more than 22 cards in this manner. The fraud came to light after officials from HSBC bank complained to the police. The cops quizzed customers whose cards had been duplicated and discovered they had all visited Hotel Kings International and paid by credit card. Investigators then caught the waiter who led them to the four youngsters. Paul, Kamble and the two other collegians identified as Manoj Chauhan (24) and Mahesh Valani (20), have been remanded to police custody.
NEW-AGE CRIME
A portable magnetic cardreader can store data from around a dozen cards tha t have been swiped through it; made in China, the device was bought on the net for Rs 18,000.
The card-reader is connected to a computer and the entire data is transferred there.
The data is then stored in blank cards available in the grey market.
These duplicate cards can now be used to buy a fortune and also withdraw money from ATMs.
Television On Internet
Friday, July 07, 2006
There was a time wnen we didn't want the idiot box (telvision) in our
home.But gradually it penetrated into our bedroom.With the emergence of
cable tv hundreds of channels bombarded on our TV Screen.
Now, one another revolution in Telvision world is started with the introduction
of IPTV.i.e, Telvision over INTERNET. With this revolution, now any one can see
million and millions of channels across the globe.
IPTV describes a system capable of receiving and displaying a video
stream encoded as a series of Internet Protocol packets. If you've ever
watched a video clip on your computer, you've used an IPTV system in
its broadest sense. When most people discuss IPTV, though, they're
talking about watching traditional channels on your television, where
people demand a smooth, high-resolution, lag-free picture, and it's the
telcos that are jumping headfirst into this market. Once known only as
phone companies, the telcos now want to turn a "triple play" of voice,
data, and video that will retire the side and put them securely in the
batter's box.
In this primer, we'll explain how IPTV works and what the future holds
for the technology. Though IP can (and will) be used to deliver video
over all sorts of networks, including cable systems, we'll focus in
this article on the telcos, which are the most aggressive players in
the game. They're pumping billions into new fiber rollouts and backend
infrastructure (AT alone inked a US$400 million deal for Microsoft's
IPTV Edition software last year, for instance, and a US$1.7 billion
deal with hardware maker Alcatel). Why the sudden enthusiasm for the TV
business? Because the telcos see that the stakes are far higher than
just some television: companies that offer the triple play want to
become your household's sole communications link, and IPTV is a major
part of that strategy.
How it works
First things first: the venerable set-top box, on its way out in the
cable world, will make a resurgence in IPTV systems. The box will
connect to the home DSL line and is responsible for reassembling the
packets into a coherent video stream and then decoding the contents.
Your computer could do the same job, but most people still don't have
an always-on PC sitting beside the TV, so the box will make a comeback.
Where will the box pull its picture from? To answer that question,
let's start at the source.
Most video enters the system at the telco's national headend, where
network feeds are pulled from satellites and encoded if necessary
(often in MPEG-2, though H.264 and Windows Media are also
possibilities). The video stream is broken up into IP packets and
dumped into the telco's core network, which is a massive IP network
that handles all sorts of other traffic (data, voice, etc.) in addition
to the video. Here the advantages of owning the entire network from
stem to stern (as the telcos do) really come into play, since quality
of service (QoS) tools can prioritize the video traffic to prevent
delay or fragmentation of the signal. Without control of the network,
this would be dicey, since QoS requests are not often recognized
between operators. With end-to-end control, the telcos can guarantee
enough bandwidth for their signal at all times, which is key to
providing the "just works" reliability consumers have come to expect
from their television sets.
The video streams are received by a local office, which has the job of
getting them out to the folks on the couch. This office is the place
that local content (such as TV stations, advertising, and video on
demand) is added to the mix, but it's also the spot where the IPTV
middleware is housed. This software stack handles user authentication,
channel change requests, billing, VoD requests, etc.—basically, all of
the boring but necessary infrastructure.
All the channels in the lineup are multicast from the national headend
to local offices at the same time, but at the local office, a
bottleneck becomes apparent. That bottleneck is the local DSL loop,
which has nowhere near the capacity to stream all of the channels at
once. Cable systems can do this, since their bandwidth can be in the
neighborhood of 4.5Gbps, but even the newest ADSL2+ technology tops out
at around 25Mbps (and this speed drops quickly as distance from the
DSLAM [DSL Access Multiplier] grows).
So how do you send hundreds of channels out to an IPTV subscriber with
a DSL line? Simple: you only send a few at a time. When a user changes
the channel on their set-top box, the box does not "tune" a channel
like a cable system. (There is in fact no such thing as "tuning"
anymore—the box is simply an IP receiver.) What happens instead is that
the box switches channels by using the IP Group Membership Protocol
(IGMP) v2 to join a new multicast group. When the local office receives
this request, it checks to make sure that the user is authorized to
view the new channel, then directs the routers in the local office to
add that particular user to the channel's distribution list. In this
way, only signals that are currently being watched are actually being
sent from the local office to the DSLAM and on to the user.
No matter how well-designed a network may be or how rigorous its QoS
controls are, there is always the possibility of errors creeping into
the video stream. For unicast streams, this is less of an issue; the
set-top box can simply request that the server resend lost or corrupted
packets. With multicast streams, it is much more important to ensure
that the network is well-engineered from beginning to end, as the
user's set-top box only subscribes to the stream—it can make no
requests for additional information. To overcome this problem,
multicast streams incorporate a variety of error correction measures
such as forward error correction (FEC), in which redundant packets are
transmitted as part of the stream. Again, this is a case where owning
the entire network is important since it allows a company to do
everything in its power to guarantee the safe delivery of streams from
one end of the network to the other without relying on third parties or
the public Internet.
Though multicast technology provides the answer to the problem of
pumping the same content out to millions of subscribers at the same
time, it does not help with features such as video on demand, which
require a unique stream to the user's home. To support VoD and other
services, the local office can also generate a unicast stream that
targets a particular home and draws from the content on the local VoD
server. This stream is typically controlled by the Real Time Streaming
Protocol (RTSP), which enables DVD-style control over a multimedia
stream and allows users to play, pause, and stop the program they are
watching.
The actual number of simultaneous video streams sent from the local
office to the consumer varies by network, but is rarely more than four.
The reason is bandwidth. A Windows Media-encoded stream, for instance,
takes up 1.0 to 1.5Mbps for SDTV, which is no problem; ten channels
could be sent at once with bandwidth left over for voice and data. But
when HDTV enters the picture, it's a different story, and the 20-25Mbps
capacity of the line gets eaten up fast. At 1080i, HDTV bit rates using
Windows Media are in the 7 to 8 Mbps range (rates for H.264 are
similar). A quick calculation tells you that a couple of channels are
all that can be supported.
The bandwidth situation is even worse when you consider MPEG-2, which
has lower compression ratios. MPEG-2 streams will require almost twice
the space (3.5 Mbps for SDTV, 18-20 Mbps for HDTV), and the increased
compression found in the newer codecs is one reason that AT will not
use MPEG-2 in the rollout of its IPTV service dubbed "U-verse."
Simultaneous delivery of channels is necessary to keep IPTV competitive
with cable. Obviously, multiple streams are needed to support
picture-in-picture, but they're also needed by DVRs, which can record
one show while a user is watching another. For IPTV to become a viable
whole-house solution, it will also need to support enough simultaneous
channels to allow televisions in different rooms to display different
content, and juggling resulting bandwidth issues is one of the
trickiest parts of implementing an IPTV network that will be attractive
to consumers.
Window ShortCut Reference
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS
The below basic shortcut keys are a listing of shortcut keys that will work with almost all IBM compatible computers and software programs. It is highly recommended that all users keep a good reference of the below short cut keys and/or try to memorize the below keys. Doing so will dramatically increase your productivity.
Shortcut Keys Description
Alt + F File menu options in current program.
Alt + E Edit options in current program
F1 Universal Help in almost ever Windows program.
Ctrl + A Select all text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected item.
Shift + Del Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
Ctrl + V Paste
Shift + Ins Paste
Home Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl + Home Goes to beginning of document.
End Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End Goes to end of document.
Shift + Home Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End Highlights from current position to end of line.
Ctrl + Left arrow Moves one word to the left at a time.
Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SHORTCUT KEYS
If you're looking for shortcut keys or information about how to navigate Microsoft Windows using your keyboard instead of the mouse see document CH000791.
Shortcut Keys Operating System Description
Alt + Tab 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Switch between open applications.
Alt + Shift + Tab 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Switch backwards between open applications.
Alt + Print Screen 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Create a screen shot only for the program you are currently in.
Ctrl + Alt + Del 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Reboot the computer and/or bring up the Windows task manager.
Ctrl + Esc 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Bring Up start menu.
Alt + Esc 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Switch Between open applications on taskbar.
F2 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Renames selected Icon.
F3 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Starts find from desktop.
F4 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Opens the drive selection when browsing.
F5 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Refresh Contents.
Alt + F4 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Closes Current open program.
Ctrl + F4 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Closes Window in Program.
Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad) 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer
Alt + Enter 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Opens properties window of selected icon or program.
Shift + F10 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Simulates right-click on selected item.
Shift + Del 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Delete programs/files without throwing into the recycle bin.
Holding Shift 3.X / 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP Boot safe mode or by pass system files.
Holding Shift 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing.
WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Below is a listing of Windows keys that can be used on computers running a Microsoft Windows operating system and using a keyboard with a Windows key. In the below list of shortcuts, the Windows key is represented by "WINKEY". If you are looking for Windows shortcut keys, see the above Microsoft Windows shortcut key section.
Shortcut Keys Description
WINKEY + D Brings the desktop to the top of all other windows.
WINKEY + M Minimizes all windows.
WINKEY + SHIFT + M Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D.
WINKEY + E Open Microsoft Explorer.
WINKEY + Tab Cycle through open programs through the taskbar.
WINKEY + F Display the Windows Search / Find feature.
WINKEY + CTRL + F Display the search for computers window.
WINKEY + F1 Display the Microsoft Windows help.
WINKEY + R Open the run window.
WINKEY + Pause / Break key Open the system properties window.
WINKEY + U Open Utility Manager.
WINKEY + L Lock the computer (Windows XP and above only).
EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Excel page for additional help and information.
Shortcut Keys Description
F2 Edit the selected cell.
F5 Goto a specific cell. For example, C6.
F7 Spell check selected text and/or document.
F11 Create chart.
Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time.
Ctrl + ; Enter the current date.
Alt + Shift + F1 Insert New Worksheet.
Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window.
Shift + F5 Bring up search box.
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K Insert link.
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection.
Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window.
Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window.
Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks / windows.
Ctrl + Page up Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Page down Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Tab Move between Two or more open Excel files.
Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
Ctrl + ' Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format.
Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format.
Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format.
Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format.
Ctrl + Arrow key Move to next section of text.
Ctrl + Space Select entire column.
Shift + Space Select entire row.
WORD SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Word page for additional help and information.
Shortcut Keys Description
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P Open the print window.
Ctrl + F Open find box.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K Insert link.
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V Paste.
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + L
Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1.
Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1.
Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1.
Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1.
Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters.
Ctrl +
Ctrl +
Ctrl +
Ctrl +
Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines.
Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text to heading 3.
Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane.
F1 Open Help.
Shift + F3 Change the case of the selected text.
Shift + Insert Paste.
F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5 Open goto window.
F7 Spell check selected text and/or document.
Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus.
F12 Save as.
Shift + F12 Save.
Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time.
Mouse Shortcuts Description
Click, hold, and drag Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
Double-click If double-click a word, selects the complete word.
Double-click Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned.
Double-click Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
Triple-click Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked.
Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zooms in and out of document.
INTERNET EXPLORER SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Internet Explorer page for additional help and information.
Shortcut Keys Description
Alt + Left Arrow Back a page.
Alt + Right Arrow Forward a page.
F5 Refresh current page / frame.
F11 Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc Stop page or download from loading.
Ctrl + Enter Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.computerhope.com.
Ctrl + N Open New browser window.
Ctrl + P Print current page / frame.
Spacebar Moves down a page at a time.
Shift + Spacebar Moves up a page at a time.
FRONTPAGE SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft FrontPage page for additional help and information.
Shortcut Keys Description
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P Paste selected text.
Ctrl + K Create a hyperlink.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + L Left align the text.
Ctrl + R Right align the text.
Ctrl + E Center the text.
Ctrl + / Display HTML tags.
Ctrl + S Save document.
Ctrl + Tab Switch between open web pages.
Ctrl + Ins Enter Line break.
Ctrl + Enter Move cursor above or below a table.
Ctrl + Shift + B Preview in web browser window.
Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease font size.
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase font size.
Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.
OUTLOOK SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Outlook page for additional help and information.
Shortcut Keys Description
Alt + S Send the e-mail
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P Paste selected text.
Ctrl + K Complete the name and/or e-mail being typed in the e-mail address bar.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + R Reply to an e-mail.
Ctrl + F Forward an e-mail.
Ctrl + N Create a new e-mail.
Ctrl + Shift + A Create a new appointment to your calendar.
Ctrl + Shift + O Open the Outbox.
Ctrl + Shift + I Open the Inbox.
Ctrl + Shift + K Add a new task.
Ctrl + Shirt + C Create a new contact.
Ctrl + Shift + J Create a new journal entry.
New feature in gmail(Google Talk)
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Gmail , already a buzzword in the world of free email service provider now again created a thundestorm by linking gmail and google talk. It really placed gmail far ahead of their competitors'.
To use Google Talk from within Gmail, you don't need to download any additional software nor a separate application. It's a new Gmail feature that Google has started.
You will see a new list of contacts, from which IM sessions can be started. IM windows open up right on the browser, which can be either Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, versions 6.0 and up, or Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox 1.0 and up. Support for other browsers will be added later.
Google Talk sessions conducted on Gmail will be saved by default along with e-mail messages. Users have the option of turning off this functionality to prevent the system from keeping a record of a text chat.
So...Enjoy chatting with emailing and thanks google as well..................
