Frank Fusco
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Was preparing a new post, hit backspace to eliminate an unneeded letter. Whole, carefully prepared, post vanished.
Never use backspace.
Never use backspace.
If you had Hit "Control and Z" and it should right them, it should have undone the delete. That is the undo command.
Ditto. Ctrl-Z is your friend. Frank, I'm betting that somehow you had accidentally selected all the text in your post. Or, you may have been accidentally pressing the Alt key at the same time you hit the backspace. (That'll remove a bunch of text at once, too.) Otherwise, the backspace would have only removed a single character.If you had Hit "Control and Z" and it should right them, it should have undone the delete. That is the undo command.
a couple more useful shortcut keys:
Ctrl-C -- copy
Ctrl-V -- paste
Ctrl-A -- select all
Ctrl-Z -- un-screw-up
Mike
And Ctrl-Y, which will reverse a Ctrl-Z. I guess you could call it a re-screw-up. It does come in handy from time to time.a couple more useful shortcut keys:
Ctrl-C -- copy
Ctrl-V -- paste
Ctrl-A -- select all
Ctrl-Z -- un-screw-up
Mike
I cannot believe you guys have been holding out so long!!!!!! This is some really valuable stuff, especially to an illiterate computer woodworker. Better late than never. Thanks!
Shaz
WHAT ELSE DO YOU FOLKS HAVE UP YOUR SLEEVES???
can I have a CTRL-Z for my shop projects?
Love it.
I knew about the copy/paste thingy. But, the 'Z' is going to help.
BTW, wasn't Windows supposed to eliminate keystroke controls?
Not really Frank. Good design software design should give a variety of ways to achieve the same end. Keystrokes are on but you can also undo by right clicking in the text box and selecting "undo" from the context menu. No keystrokes required.
Home -- Go to the beginning of the line you're typing (or to the
top of the web page you're viewing).
End -- Go to the end of the line you're typing (or to the bottom
of the web page you're viewing).
Ctrl-Home -- Go to the very beginning of the post (or document) you're
typing
Ctrl-End -- Go to the very end of the post (or document) you're typing
Ctrl-[Arrow] -- Move left or right one word at a time in a post (or
document) you're editing.
Shift-Ctrl-Home -- Select all text (etc) from your current position to
the very top of the post/document/whatever.
Shift-DownArrow -- Select from where you are to the same position on the
next line down
Shift-PgDn -- Select one page worth (or one screen worth) of text
(etc) downward
Shift-Ctrl-Right -- Select up to the next word boundary on the right
The keystroke commands are now also required in order for software achieve "Section 508" compliance. Here's a brief description, taken from www.section508.gov:...Good design software design should give a variety of ways to achieve the same end. Keystrokes are on but you can also undo by right clicking in the text box and selecting "undo" from the context menu. No keystrokes required.
The keystroke commands are used by people who cannot use a mouse, including those who rely on voice recognition softwareThe purpose of this part is to implement section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d). Section 508 requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, Federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.
Frank, did the text in your post disappear or did you go back to the previous page? Backspace in Firefox & IE takes you back to the previous page unless you are within a textbox. If that is what happened, hitting the forward button would've taken you back(forward) to the post page.