What computer shortcuts or functions would be the most useful in everyday life?
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Outside of a computer, what computer functions or shortcuts might make life that little bit easier, funnier, cause some chaos, or make some money?
Shortcuts like hitting undo after you made a mistake, copy and paste, even a delete key.
Or functions computers have like going straight to sleep when you shut the lid, maybe automatic shut down and wake.
What things could make life a little easier, a lot easier, maybe enable some pranking or cause some damage?
Let's hear your ideas, I'm sure there are some creative thinkers that can entertain me!
Hitonatsu-no-Keiken@reddit
I want to be able to ctrl-f a newspaper.
You get articles with 3 or 4 little mini quotes between the paragraphs. So in the middle you see "It went right up" and I wasn't interested in reading the article but now I have to know so I skim-read it looking for that bit and it takes too long to find and is always a disappointment. A form of clickbait that has existed for longer than the internet has.
JohnLef@reddit
Ctrl-F4 on the shitty jobs
Redo (or copy /paste) on repetitive tasks
Undo on ... so many things.
DrH1983@reddit
undo
UNDO
AnythingKey@reddit
Shut down and just end this relentless grind
xSEARLEYx@reddit
Alt+F4 to get rid of middle aisle hoggers in a supermarket
ReasonableMonk4908@reddit
Can also be used to erradicate middle lane hoggers on motorways.
xSEARLEYx@reddit
They need a factory reset
wherestheplug7@reddit
You know when you can speed up and slow down YouTube videos? Imagine being able to do that with life. Make work go in a couple of hours and have the rest of the day last forever. Life would be a lot more fun.
kjus13@reddit
Adam Sandler wasn't too happy about this in the end...
Rosetti@reddit
Yeah but that's because he was a dumbass who fast forwarded through the family bits of life so he could focus on... work.
Also, what kinda remote comes with an auto-learning skip feature. Terrible design, he should have reported it to the manufacturer and gotten the 2.0 once that issue was resolved.
Fit_Section1002@reddit
If you let Adam Sandler make your life decisions, you’re gonna have a bad time…
BelstaffBoy@reddit
All at the expense of a theoretically shorter life
Und3adShr3d@reddit
Save/load state! You can quickly load a previous state like aftert you've done something stupid.
Und3adShr3d@reddit
WIndows Button + V
Brings up your clipboard with everything you've copied. You can even PIN cetain ones so they never leave the list. This is handy if you have to paste the same thing several times a day.
kjus13@reddit
Quick save/load and Ctrl + F!
TarcFalastur@reddit
Sometimes when I do things repeatedly for a number of hours I kind of lock in on that behaviour and then it can take me a while to adjust to regular things again.
There have been a few instances in the past where I've played RPGs on my computer, then had a conversation with someone shortly after stopping which didn't go the way I was hoping, and I've caught myself thinking "oh well, I'll just quick load before the conversation and try again".
Wonderful_Discount59@reddit
IDCLIP. IDDQD.
If I lived in the US, IDKFA would be cool too, but I'm in the UK so there would be no point.
handysmith@reddit
Is there a character creation screen? I want to change a few things...
No-Elderberry-2676@reddit
Might have to change registry settings for that. Make sure you make a backup first!
bambonie11@reddit
Cntrl c, cntrl v. Have cleaned one room, cntrl c, move into next room, cntrl v.
oliverprose@reddit
The downside being that you now have a sofa instead of a fridge-freezer, or vice-versa
No-Elderberry-2676@reddit
Paste-special: use existing format/merge formatting etc.
Like using the computer, no idea what each one does - just try them all until the thing you want happens.
oliverprose@reddit
Better make sure the undo/redo works properly first then, because I know I'd get the rooms mixed up and accidently either re-mess or repaint the wrong room first time around.
listo-@reddit
Surely then you just have 2 identical rooms
ApprehensiveRun1382@reddit
I’d love to be able to sell half my RAM and become a millionaire
SallyJaneCooper@reddit
If you sell your ram what are ewe going to do?
1968Bladerunner@reddit
Oh that's baaaaaad.
ThisIsMyRedditAcct20@reddit
F4 key for MS Excel functions
BillWilberforce@reddit
Undo
WhiteDiamondK@reddit
Return to factory default settings. Just use a pin to press an inset button and undo the damage we have done to ourselves (preferably not returning us to being a newborn though!)
GrumpChorlton@reddit
Isn’t that what your belly button is for? /s
-You_Cant_Stop_Me-@reddit
Undo
No-Elderberry-2676@reddit
Empty recycle bin.
Dreadheaddanski@reddit
Copy & paste my wages Clear history for certain things Hibernate!
No-Elderberry-2676@reddit
A weekly non-intrusive scan of your body to check for anything that shouldn't be there.
SWTransGirl@reddit
Ctrl + x,c,v. But also start button + v shows all your clipboard and I turn on history with things pinned.
The snip tool is handy as well.
oscarx-ray@reddit
My mouse has a "back" button, I'd kill for that IRL.
YourLocalMosquito@reddit
Ctrl + F for literally anything
Voodoopulse@reddit
Ctrl z
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