Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 07:43:05 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS?
Well... I was getting really interested until I went to their website and found they want $100 (or was it $99.95?), and the demo was almost a 10MB download!! Will it do wordprocessing and spreadsheets too, cook pies and give the kids a bath? :<) Matt >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:12:12 +0700 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Street Atlas is hotkey Ctrl+Alt+S in my machine! > >I'm using a utility which allows you to create keyboard shortcuts with the >Windows Key, so for example Win+F opens the Find window by default, this >allows you to set up your own, so Win+G could be for your GPS/mapping >software. > >For you guys using Librettos in a car, don't forget you can create keyboard >shortcuts for single keys, such as the Function keys. For example, F2 on my >Libretto pops up the calculator. > >I have a whole stack of "Ctrl+Alt+somethingelse" keyboard shortcuts, and >the >way I do it is that I have a folder called "Quickeys" on the Start menu. >Anything I want to have a keyboard shortcut to, I never never never set the >keyboard shortcut properties anywhere else on the Start Menu tree, I >*always* duplicate the shortcut and move the copy to my Quickeys folder - >much easier to keep track of. > >I name the shortcuts something like "K = address booK" > >The way I use it is - with two hands:- > - Ctrl+Alt+K > >And using one finger:- > - Windows key (ie Start menu) > - Q key (ie Quickeys folder) > - K (ie "K = address booK") > >Works a treat provided "Quickeys" is the only item on the Start menu with a >name beginning in Q, and you just have one shortcut per letter of the >alphabet in the Quickeys folder. > >Of course, viewing the Quickeys sub-menu also serves as a pop-up "help" or >visual reminder of what keyboard shortcuts are already set up - and it >makes >it very easy for someone else (who is not familiar with what you've set up) >to use and learn. > >I also use duplicate shortcuts for all my non-Ctrl+Alt keyboard shortcuts >(such as F2) and they go in a sub-folder within my "Quickeys" folder. > >Hope that makes sense... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
