3-14-07 Keyboard Font shortcuts

Keyboard Font Size Shortcuts

Over the years, I've run into a couple of different keyboard shortcuts for changing font sizes and I thought it might be of interest to my readers who love a good keyboard shortcut.

To be exact, I have two different sets of key combinations for increasing and decreasing font size in various MS Office programs.

This first set will increase or decrease font by the increments listed in the font size list on the toolbar.

• Ctrl + Shift + > will increase the font to the next size in the drop down list.
• Ctrl + Shift + < will decrease the font to the previous size in the drop down list.

Another set of key combinations will increase or decrease font size, one point at a time.

• Ctrl + [ will decrease font size by one point.
• Ctrl + ] will increase font size by one point.

This is one of those things that can be used by carefully pressing the keys one increment at a time or you could just "go crazy" and hold the keys down, letting the font size rapidly change until your desired size.

Also, I should mention that you can use this to set the font size before you start typing or on a text document you've already typed and highlighted.

Combine this with keyboard highlighting (using the Shift key with directional keys, such as the arrows) and you've got some quick and easy mouseless font sizing right at your fingertips

Fix Split Links

Don't you just hate it when the web link in an email is split? The first line is clickable, but it goes nowhere. Try the old copy/paste and you still only get the top part.

Some readers suggest making the text smaller or the page bigger to display the whole link. It's worth a try. But if that doesn't work, here's how to handle ‘em:

1. Copy and Paste the first part of the link into your web browser's address bar.

2. Now, go back to your e-mail and Copy the second part of the address.