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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, September 14, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to delete an entire word from a document with one keystroke
• Q&A: Do I need to scan my Smart TV for viruses?
• Q&A: How do I fix a ‘500 Internal Server Error’ on my blog?
• Why food always looks so much better in commercials than in a restaurant
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to delete an entire word from a document with just one keystroke
If you’ve been using computers for more than five minutes you surely know that pressing the Backspace key will delete the character that’s positioned directly in front of the cursor.
And you also probably know it can get rather tedious when you need to delete several words from your document.
Well here’s a little trick you can try the next time you’re editing a document…
If you need to delete an entire word just hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the Backspace key.
As long as you keep holding the Ctrl key down you can keep pressing the Backspace key and it’ll delete an entire word with every keystroke.
That means you can delete five words with five keystrokes, and that’s a lot simpler, and a lot faster than pressing the Backspace key alone several dozen times.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Q&A: Do I need to scan my Smart TV for viruses?
My best answer? Probably not, but maybe.
• Q&A: How do I fix a ‘500 Internal Server Error’ on my blog?
This post has the answer.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
Rick’s Daily Pick…
Macally Bluetooth Number Pad for Laptops
Do you ever wish your laptop had a stand-alone, full-featured numeric keypad? Well, it will have if you connect this little gem to it via Bluetooth.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Why food always looks so much better in commercials than in a restaurant
It’s all in the presentation.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• iOS 17 will be available next week to the public
• SpaceX’s Starlink made $1.4 billion last year
• Android Auto now lets drivers take Zoom and Cisco conference calls
• Hackers claim it only took a 10-minute phone call to shut down MGM Resorts
• Adobe Acrobat and Reader have some serious security flaws, so patch now
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