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100 Windows Speed-Up Tips (Part 7) - Five ways Jump Lists can save your time

4/27/2012 9:29:58 AM

Five ways Jump Lists can save your time

Launch items

Description: It’s quicker to launch a file from here

It’s quicker to launch a file from here

To open a Jump List, simply right-click on a program icon on your taskbar item to see a list of recently opened files associated with that application. It’s quicker to launch a file from here than from the file’s location.

Pin items

Description: ‘Pin’ your favourite items to a Jump List

‘Pin’ your favourite items to a Jump List

Only the 10 most recent items are shown. However, you can ‘pin’ your favourite items to a Jump List so that they’re shown permanently. Click the pin to have them clocked and click again to unpin.

Get in control

Description: Adding more recent items enables you to launch them quickly.

Adding more recent items enables you to launch them quickly.

You can add more recent items by right-clicking on the taskbar, enabling you to launch them quickly. In your browser, just click the icon next to the URL and drag it down to the taskbar to add it.

Pin sites

Description: Pinning the websites enables you to launch them quickly.

Pinning the websites enables you to launch them quickly.

You can pin the websites that you browse to regularly to the taskbar, enabling you to launch them quickly. In your browser, just click the icon next to the URL and drag it down to the taskbar to add it.

Get more

Description: Drag National Rail to the taskbar from Internet 9

Drag National Rail to the taskbar from Internet 9

If you use Internet Explorer 9, some websites have added functionality and are quicker to use. Try dragging National Rail to the taskbar from Internet 9, and you’ll see how easy it is to use.

Internet Explorer speed-up tips

Description: IE speed-up tips make Windows’ web services work faster for you, too.

IE speed-up tips make Windows’ web services work faster for you, too.

[Alt] + [D]: select the text in the Address bar

[F4]: displays a list of addresses you’ve typed

[Ctrl] + Left arrow: when in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash).

[Ctrl] + [Enter]: add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of he text typed in the Address bar.

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Del]: delete browsing history

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [P]: open an InPrivate Browsing window

[Ctrl] + [T]: open a new tab

[Ctrl] + 1-9: switch to a specific tab number

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