Saturday, July 7, 2018

22 Best Computer Tricks to Make Your Life Easier

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well here are some really cool computer
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tricks to save your energy and data hey
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we've all been there you're typing up
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some text when all of the sudden you see
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a bunch of mumbo-jumbo pop up on the
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screen or maybe you save a link to read
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a certain website later on only to
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discover that it's nowhere to be found
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or even worse you're pulling an
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all-nighter on an essay and your
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computer unexpectedly dies before you
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had a chance to save your work if you've
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ever been in situations like these we
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know the frustration they can evoke
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that's why we're bringing you some quick
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and easy computer tips that'll save your
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time energy data and let's be honest
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nerves
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oh by the way have you subscribed to our
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channel yet we've got all kinds of
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side of life so go ahead and hit that
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big red button and turn on post
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notifications while you're at it alright
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let's get started the Internet let's
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start off with some tricks you can use
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whenever you experience problems while
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surfing the net number one if you've
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closed an important tab on accident you
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can quickly reopen it by pressing the
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following Keys simultaneously ctrl +
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Shift + T if you have Windows or command
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a + Shift + T if you're on a map
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number two in case you've made a mistake
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while typing an address into the URL bar
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you can restore the address of the
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current webpage in the search field by
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hitting escape number three ever wish
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you could save a webpage as a PDF
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did you even know you could do that if
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not you do now if you're a Windows user
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press ctrl + P and then choose save as a
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PDF as for Mac users hit command + P and
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then choose save as a PDF in the drop
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down menu tip number four if you need to
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find a specific book or website in
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Google you can use the advanced search
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go to www.uwec.edu/career browser as
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soon as the Advanced Search page comes
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up apply all the filters you need and
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then press the advanced search button if
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you're looking for a certain book you
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can even choose the file format you need
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like PDF doc rft or DJ vu number 5 with
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the help of a simple combination of keys
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you can find out the time in any city
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around the world just type time plus
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City into the search engine number 6 you
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can also easily and quickly find out
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what any amount of one currency would be
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in another for example you can type 900
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dollars in euros into the address bar
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and Google will do the rest
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who needs calculators right
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number seven well sure calculators do
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come in handy from time to time but
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instead of busting out your phone or an
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actual calculator I know so archaic you
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can use Google for this as well all you
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got to do is type in whatever number
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plus minus or whichever function you
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need the other number and then enter
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number eight since we're on the topic of
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having Google do all your heavy lifting
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for you instead of going through all the
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trouble of typing in the URL of some
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online dictionary thesaurus or
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translator just use the Google address
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bar you can type in a word plus meaning
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synonyms or in Spanish in French or
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whichever translation you're looking for
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man if Google could only do my taxes for
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me social media there are also plenty of
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little known tips and tricks when it
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comes to using some social media site or
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mobile app tip number nine the 140
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character limit in Twitter was always a
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bone of contention for tons of people
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I mean who on earth could fully express
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themselves in just two short sentences
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that's why the apps creators decided to
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increase the character limit to 280 but
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if that's still not enough for you to
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say what you need to say you can use
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apps like Twitter twit longer or tall
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tweets number 10 have you found a page
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on Facebook that you'd like to save and
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look at whenever you want well you
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totally can just choose save link at the
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top of the page to reopen it later click
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on saved in the menu number 11 if you
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need to send someone an email but you
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don't know their address you can use
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Facebook well as long as they have a
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Facebook account but who doesn't
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nowadays am i right anyway you can send
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an email to their Facebook address with
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their username at facebook.com
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the network will redirect this message
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to the email the person's account is
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registered with moving on to working
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with documents lots of people use their
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computer to work with documents if
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you're one of them here are some tips
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you'll be glad to know tip number 12 if
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you need to find a lost document any
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other type of file or even a program
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press the following key combinations win
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+ r for windows you can click browse or
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use a search bar and then enter to find
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what you're looking for
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command + space spotlight for mac again
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you can either enter your search request
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or pick the program you need number 13
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if you want to change the font size in
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word simply press ctrl + Shift + greater
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than to increase or control shift less
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than to decrease the font size on a
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Windows machine as for Mac it'll be
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command + Shift + greater than to make
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the font bigger and command shift less
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than to make it smaller number 14 if you
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have an open file in Word you can save
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it super fast by hitting ctrl + S for
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Windows or command + S format
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number 15 well working with documents on
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your computer it's all too easy to
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accidentally make a mistake or press the
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wrong button
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to avoid any dire consequences and the
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save time just hit ctrl + z for Windows
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or command + Z format to undo the
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previous action number 16 if on the
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contrary you've understood that your
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previous action turned out to be
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surprisingly brilliant yeah that was you
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you can always repeat it using ctrl + y
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for windows and command + y on a Mac
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number 17 by the way Google Docs is a
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great tool for those who work with texts
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a lot there all documents are
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automatically saved every second so you
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won't lose any unsaved work if your
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computer dies or crashes another cool
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thing about it is that you can edit your
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documents from any device just create an
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account and you'll have access to all
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your files no matter where you are to
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save your time and energy you can
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memorise the most frequently used key
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combinations of course they're different
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for Windows and Mac OS so we've divided
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them into two groups
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shortcut keys for windows windows key +
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e will open internet explorer Alt + tab
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will help you switch between programs
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ctrl + Shift + escape will open the task
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manager
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ctrl + escape will bring up the Start
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menu all plus f4 will close the current
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window or quit an active application Alt
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+ space will open the menu for the
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program you're currently using windows +
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tab will open task view
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here's some shortcut keys for Mac OS
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command + C will copy the text you've
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selected command + V will paste this
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selected text wherever you need it
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command + P will let you print the
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current document command + M will
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minimize the front window to the doc
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command + the semicolon will find
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misspelled words in your document option
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+ command + escape let you pick an
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application to force quit function + the
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up arrow Scrolls up one page function +
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the down arrow allows you to get back to
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the previous page function + the right
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arrow will take you to the beginning of
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the document and function + the left
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arrow will what ya send you to the end
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of the document and here's a bonus
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number 18 if you need to locate a
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deleted page or find out what a website
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used to look like you can use the online
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time-travel machine well more
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specifically this address for
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archive.org there you can enter the
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address of the deleted page in the
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search bar and the site will find it
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even if it doesn't exist anymore on top
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of that this online archive serves as a
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nonprofit library that contains millions
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of free movies books music journals and
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so much more it's like a goldmine so
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check it out number 19 not to be morbid
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here but sometimes people need to delete
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a facebook account in the event of the
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user's death now to do that they should
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go to settings pick general then press
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manage account after that they'll need
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to click your legacy contact and choose
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request account deletion
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number twenty have you noticed the
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little bumps on the F and J keys on your
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keyboard if you have it just take a look
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or a feel huh pretty random right well
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not really random these bumps are there
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to help you position your hands on the
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keyboard correctly without looking your
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left index finger should be on the F key
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and your right one on the letter J if
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you want to practice touch typing so
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there you have it if you already use any
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of these tricks to save time when you're
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on the computer
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great hit that like button to show the
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world how tech-savvy you are do the same
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if you believe that these life hacks
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will come in handy in the future and if
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you know any tips we haven't mentioned
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please leave them in the comments below
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we're also thirsty for knowledge and
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time-saving techniques here on the
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bright side of life
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