Are you someone who likes to use keyboard shortcuts? Would you like to be able to create your own keyboard shortcuts to your favorite Windows applications? If you answered “yes” to one or both of these questions, then you will really enjoy learning this very simple – yet very effective – tip for creating your own keyboard shortcuts in Windows.
To create your own shortcut, begin by clicking the Start button in Windows and right-clicking on the application for which you want to create the shortcut. In the Shortcut key box in the resulting Properties window, enter the keystrokes you wish to use for your keyboard shortcut to the application. For example, in the illustration shown in Figure 1, the shortcut of CTRL + SHIFT + P is being created to launch Snagit 10.
As you can see, there is really nothing difficult at all about creating your own user-defined keyboard shortcuts in Windows, so take advantage of this tip to make accessing your favorite applications quick and easy.
For a video demonstration of this tip, please visit www.tinyurl.com/k2tips74.