Filed under: Windows, Productivity
Windows power-user tips that you might not know about
by Jordan Running Sep 27th 2006
Windows power-users are a fickle bunch, and to them the average list of "super-secret Windows tips" is about as fresh as the average Windows ME install. I found a surprising number of gems, however, in this Joel on Software discussion thread. Did you know, for example, that in Microsoft word you can type =rand() anywhere and it will be replaced with filler text (more if you put a number in the parentheses)? Or that Alt+Esc sends the active window the the background? Or that Shift+* will expand all of the subdirectories in a directory tree? Advice is also proffered in the form of registry tweaks and downloadable utilities. Post your own super ninja Windows tips in your comments.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
