{"id":26303,"date":"2023-07-04T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=26303"},"modified":"2023-07-04T09:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:14:31","slug":"three-tips-tuesday-part-ten-three-eclectic-windows-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/three-tips-tuesday-part-ten-three-eclectic-windows-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Tips Tuesday > Part Ten > Three Eclectic Windows Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three Tips Tuesday > Part Ten > Three Eclectic Windows Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Three Tips Tuesday and time for more quick and easy Windows tips. Today’s tips are unrelated – but all of them are quick, easy, and useful.<\/span><\/p>\n

1 >\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The right way to create a taskbar shortcut for Gmail.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Open Gmail in the Google Chrome browser (yes you have to use Chrome for this tip). While your Gmail page is open, click the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the browser \u2013> hover over More Tools \u2013> click Create Shortcut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTick the box next to “Open as window”. This makes Gmail open separately from any other browsers or tabs you have open.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Gmail should open immediately. Now look in your taskbar and right-click on the Gmail icon, then click \u2018Pin to Taskbar\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

This creates a taskbar shortcut with the Gmail icon.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can drag the icon around on your taskbar to place it exactly where you want it.<\/span><\/p>\n

BONUS TIP:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can use the same method to create a shortcut to Google Calendar, Google Drive, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 > <\/strong><\/span>Copy that? A Copy & Paste tip<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This tip works in any version of Windows, including Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do you copy? Do you copy text and links from left to right or right to left? Did you know if you copy text from left to right, Windows automatically adds a space to the beginning of the first line when you paste what you copied?<\/span><\/p>\n

While that\u2019s not a problem most of the time, it can be if you are copying and pasting passwords, usernames, a line of computer code, a registry entry, etc. That space at the beginning of the first line can cause you big problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, from now get in the habit of copying from right to left and avoid that extra space at the beginning of the first line that Windows adds automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copy that?<\/span><\/p>\n

3 > Lock Your Computer in a Jiffy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To hide your desktop or lock your computer in a jiffy use the Windows Key + L shortcut. To unlock your computer, you\u2019ll need to type in your password or PIN to log back into your computer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Go ahead and try it now. Hold down the Windows key and tap the L key.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Three Tips Tuesday > Part Ten > Three Eclectic Windows Tips It\u2019s Three Tips Tuesday and time for more quick and easy Windows tips. Today’s tips are unrelated – but all of them are quick, easy, and useful. 1 >\u00a0The right way to create a taskbar shortcut for Gmail. Open Gmail in the Google Chrome browser\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1751,3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26304,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26303\/revisions\/26304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}