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TECH TIPS: To view articles with slideshows or multiple pages: Press Print or Ctrl + P.

To minimize every open windows except yours: Shake your active window. Do the same to maximize all windows. You sneaky Microsoft.

YouTube: Hitting the J key will cause you to go backward 10 seconds, while hitting the L key will make you go forward 10 seconds.

Only screenshot the part of the screen you want. For Mac: Command, plus Shift, plus 4 brings up the tool. Then you just drag the area you want.

To open applications on the taskbar: Press Windows key + Sequence number of the application. Do the same to minimize or maximize it.

To rename a file: Press F2. Works for multiple file too, which will append (1), (2), etc. at the end.

Lock your computer in seconds. On a Windows machine, hit Windows, plus L to lock your computer. This can be fun for pranks.

Only screenshot the part of the screen you want. For Windows: Just go to Start and then Snipping Tool.

To open Task Manager directly with one hand: Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.

To freeze Task Manager: Hold Ctrl key. Useful for inspecting specific processes.