delete a word with the space bar

[hazelnut]

I have just realised that when I type some text, and I want to delete it, I can just highlight and press the space bar ( no other key).

I always thought I had to use the delete key with highlighted text!

[krit86lr]

Hey you're right! I didn't know that Hazelnut!

[Andavari]

I remember reading about that in a Windows 98 tip book from ages ago when I first got a computer. It's a handy tip.

[TheFiresInTheSky]

and you can just double click a word to select the whole word.

[Jack_BMN]

all you're doing is replacing the highlighted text with a space " ".

 

can do that with any key, so if i typed "blah blah blah" and highlighted the middle blah and pressed "a" i would get "blah a blah"

[krit86lr]

so if i typed "blah blah blah" and highlighted the middle blah and pressed "a" i would get "blah a blah"

 

Yeah, that's how I edit text.

 

I still think the spacebar thing is cool.

[Capman]

all you're doing is replacing the highlighted text with a space " ".

 

Exactly, so you end up with a space that needs deleting which has made it twice the work.

ROFLMFAO

[zaphirer]

Also, if you use control + backspace, you delete by word. That's probably my personal-most-used shortcut. I also use some of the Window keys, i.e., Windows + D shows the desktop, Windows + E shows My Computer, etc.

[rridgely]

Also, if you use control + backspace, you delete by word. That's probably my personal-most-used shortcut. I also use some of the Window keys, i.e., Windows + D shows the desktop, Windows + E shows My Computer, etc.

 

 

Ah thats a cool one.

I always just highlight and then delete though. I can never seem to make keyboard short cuts a habit.(except ctrl+t in firefox.)

[TheFiresInTheSky]

Also, if you use control + backspace, you delete by word. That's probably my personal-most-used shortcut. I also use some of the Window keys, i.e., Windows + D shows the desktop, Windows + E shows My Computer, etc.

 

 

wow, is there one to show my documents, my network, and recycling bin too?

those are great.

[zaphirer]

http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/key/

[New_Age]

and you can just double click a word to select the whole word.

 

I think some of us knew that already...