Top Internet tips and tricks :---------
1) You will take full advantage of tabbed browsing on all Internet Browser. While reading an article or browsing a website, Any link to another page can be opened in a new tab so it does not interrupt your reading. To perform this action,hold down the ctrl key and left click the link . If you have a mouse with a wheel, click the link by depressing the wheel instead of rolling it. Either of the methods opens a link in a new window.
Tip: To open an new blank tab, press Ctrl + T at the same time.
----- There are dozens of different shortcut keys that can be used with Internet browsers. Below are a few of our top suggested Internet browser shortcuts.
- Press Alt + D or Ctrl + L to move the cursor into the address bar.
- Hold down the Ctrl key and press the " + " or " - " to increase and decrease the size of text. Ctrl + 0 will reset the text.
- Press the backspace key or press Alt key + left arrow to go back a page.
- Press F5 or Ctrl + R to refresh or reload a web page.
- Press F11 to make the Internet browser screen full screen. Press F11 again to return to the normal view.
- Press Ctrl + B to open your Internet bookmarks.
- Press Ctrl + F to open the find box to search for text within the web page you are reading.
- Try a different browser:
- o Firefox (www.mozilla.com)
- o Google Chrome (www.google.com/chrome)
- o Apple Safari (www.apple.com/safari/)
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- ...........One of the great things about our job is that we get to spend a lot of time on the Internet, doing research and
- looking for information our students might benefit from. In our browsing, we always run across new
- downloads and sites that are especially helpful, and worth passing along to you.
- Remeber the best website for PC software or tools :
- Zoho Writer (www.zohowriter.com) – A very nice online wordprocessor and creative suite .
- ThinkFree Suite (www.thinkfree.com) – Another online suite of office-like programs.
- 30 Boxes Online Calendar (www.30boxes.com) – A nice online calendar you can share.
- Zbigz (https://www.zbigz.com ) - Zbigz is a gateway between huge data storage (BitTorrent network) and you.
- 4Shared Online Storage (www.4Shared.com) – 5GB of free online storage for files
- Adobe Photoshop Express (www.photoshop.com/express) – A simple online photo editor
- Filehippo (http://filehippo.com ) – A safe place to find the best software downloads .
- Notepad++(https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) - is a source code editor and advance level editor notepad software.
- The Free Site (www.thefreesite.com) – Loaded with lots of links to free Internet “stuff”
- 1001 Free Fonts (www.1001freefonts.com) – When you need a font that isn’t in Windows
- Recuva (https://www.piriform.com/recuva) - Recuva recovers file from your computer ,recyle bin,digital camera or mp3 payer.
- CNet (www.cnet.com) – Technology news, information, tutorials, and reviews
- Ccleaner (https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner) - Registry and Windows cleanup tool .
- India gov (https://india.gov.in/) – The best portal of india government web site.
- YouTube (www.youtube.com) – Every kind of video you can think of, from funny to How-To.
- Google Maps (maps.google.com) – Great for finding locations and even seeing satellite images.
- Open Office (www.openoffice.org) – An alternative to MS Office
- AVG AntiVirus (free.avg.com) – Free antivirus
- Avast Antivirus (www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html) – Free antivirus
- Avira Antivirus (www.free-av.com) – Free antivirus
- Ad-aware (www.lavasoft.com) – Spyware removal, now also includes antivirus
- Windows Defender (www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software) – Spyware Prevention
- Glary Utilities (www.glaryutilities.com) – One of our favorite tools for cleaning up Windows
- Registry Defrag (www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag) – Registry defragmenter .
- TweakNow Reg Cleaner (www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html) – Registry cleaner
- Advanced Disk Cleaner (www.innovative-sol.com/cleaner/) – Clean up hard drive temp files
- Disk Defrag (www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag) – Disk defragmenter
- Quick Startup (www.glarysoft.com/quick-startup/) – Windows startup program manager
- GIMP Photo Editor (www.gimp.org) – Photo Editing
- Paint.Net (www.getpaint.net) – Photo Editing
- Miro Video Player (www.getmiro.com) – A very nice video player and Internet TV player .
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