Tech Tips & Tricks – e-Squillace

Text edit or shortcuts
(for Word, Wordpad, and Notepad, and even editors such as those found in SQL Server Management Studio [most apply])
Master list of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Shortcuts, Tricks and Tips
Keyboard shortcuts in Excel
Keyboard shortcuts for Access (or this resource from AllHotkeys)
Visual Studio shortcut keys
- Here’s a listing of Visual Studio shortcuts from the “Data & Object Factory“, or dofactory.com
- And a PDF shortcut listing related to VS 2003 & 2005 from “Philosophical Geeks”
- And from “Dev102”, “Ten Visual Studio Shortcuts You Must Know“
Thanks to student Tony Pierce, who showed me the following…
When you’re in an MMC Management Console, or Windows Explorer, that has columns in the details pane you can hit CTRL + + (hold CTRL, then hit “+” twice in a row) and it will magically expand every column in the details pane to fit the maximum value in any column. This was one of the few remaining reasons which required a “rodent” (mouse). Thanks, TonyP!
Your RDP/Terminal Services client has several valuable shortcuts…within the TermServices client window click on the Help button to do a search for the string “shortcut”.
Customize your Windows XP “Start” button (from Annoyances.org)
List of all Windows MMC Console Files (.MSC files) (For the purpose of making shortcuts and launching tools from the Start Menu)
List of Windows Control Panels (.CPL files). Launch any Control Panel from the “Run…” command using its file name, such as “ncpa.cpl” to launch the Network Connections Control Panel
List of popular executable names to easily launch from the “Run…” command