What the CTRL-F?!?
Posted on August 25th, 2011
Today I read an unbelievable statistic in the Atlantic: 90% of US Internet users didnt know you could use CTRL-F (command-F for us Mac users) to find a word or phrase on a long web page or Word doc.
Now, I know the readers of this blog are part of that 10% whose palms are firmly planted on their collective foreheads right now. Personally, I must use the command-F 30 or 40 times a day easy. In fact, the command-F shortcut makes me so efficient that I had time to create a video on how to use command-F to save time. (Pretty meta, right?)
With this one video Ive probably recovered all the worker productivity in this country lost to fantasy football.
So, lets say during your time giving free tech support to friends, family and lovers youve watched them struggle to find some information on a long web page. You didnt know how to explain to them that CTRL-F would set them free. Now you can just point them to this post (and accompanying video at YouTube).
You can check out my dads website on raising resilient children (and more) here.
Another favorite of mine: command-A then right arrow to get to the end of a long doc, left arrow to get to the beginning of it.
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