September 16, 2002
Quick Tip Day

I don't normally like to "instruct" people on how to go about their daily functions, but i've seen and heard too many people complain about losing a just-composed email message after hitting send, having an online submission or blog entry disappear or having a computer freeze after typing up a Word document for the last half hour. Here are my 2 simple tips that i live by in my daily work habits:


  1. Hit Ctrl-S religiously. When there is a momentary break in the typing mayhem, performing this split-second action can "save" hours of re-typing grief.

  2. Select and copy the body of your online entry (email, blog, etc) before sending or submitting. Again, this takes but a second, but when the freeze hits, pasting your email message back into a blank email is soooo much sweeter than re-typing the same thing prefaced with "Fucking email account!"

Take these simple, obvious yet effective tips to heart; you'll be thanking me later.

Posted by scotty at September 16, 2002 03:35 PM
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i like right-click stuff like that too, though as well i never quite fall into the habit of regular use.

Posted by: scotty on September 16, 2002 05:42 PM

I completely agree! Working on the overloaded Macs at uni taught me very quickly to save constantly. I'm a right-click surfer (I'll have that in a new window/tab, I think), so "select all & copy" is second nature - especially with all the damned 500 errors my MT is giving me lately!

Better safe than sorry! :)

Another right-click friend is http://www.iespell.com/ - when I remember to use it.

Posted by: maddy on September 16, 2002 04:14 PM
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