Use Gmail? Here are three handy global hotkeys you can use no matter what you’re doing on your computer to: instantly view your inbox, compose a new message, or email someone specific (like the significant other).WindowsWin+Shift+EEmail InboxWin+Shift+CCompose New EmailWin+Shift+N Compose to Noah (or whoever, I use Win+Shift+D to email my wife, you change plz) Here’s
Hotkey to Open Clipboard Contents in Text Editor
Windows and Mac… be a Text Editor power user…Ever open your text editor just to paste the clipboard contents? Maybe to view, edit, or strip formatting? Or how about opening notepad just to type a quick note, thought, or save some text? I find I’m constantly doing these throughout the day. To make this snappy,
Change Screen Resolutions Hotkeys in Windows
I’m frequently changing my screen resolution when (1) sharing my screen in online meetings, (2) recording screencasts, (3) showing people something on the screen, and (4) when using a projector or TV. Here’s how to have hotkeys to instantly change to several common resolutions.Get AutoHotkey (a free open-source Windows scripting app)Get Display Changer (a few
Open Clipboard Contents Hotkey
Windows + Mac OSX…. I find it particularly useful to be able to copy a file, folder, URL, or search term to the clipboard and then with one hotkey, open it up. Here is the script I use with AutoHotkey to assign Win+O to open whatever’s in the clipboard. First it checks to see if
Global Hotkey to Instantly Play Music in iTunes
I’m usually too distracted by other work to remember to kick-off some music in the background. Usually because it’d mean launching iTunes, waiting for it to load, finding a playlist to start, and kicking it off. So here’s a single global hotkey to instantly load iTunes and start playing music. Here’s how: Hotkey: Win+Alt+P Get
Global Hotkeys to Play/Pause/Next iTunes Tracks
(Windows) If your keyboard doesn’t have media keys (like my MacBook or fav Dell keyboard), then its nice to have simple global hotkeys to play/pause a track, move to the next track, and maybe even increase/decrease volume. Below is the script that will assign these keys: Play/Pause: Win+Alt+Space or Win+Alt+Left Next Track: Win+Alt+Right Volume Up:
Global Hotkey to Rate an iTunes Track
Do you rate your tracks in iTunes? Ever find it a slight pain to swap back over to iTunes while working on something important just to rate a playing track? Here’s how to set up global hotkeys to rate a track from anywhere (Windows XP or newer). Like Win+Alt+1 for one star, Win+Alt+2 for two,
Hotkeys to OneNote Pages
If you like using Microsoft OneNote (which rocks!), you’ve got some favorite pages, and you like hotkeys, then this is for you! Here’s how to create PC global hotkeys to open OneNote and jump to specific pages, sections, notebooks, or paragraphs. I’ve got about a dozen main pages that I rapidly switch between, like my
