Have you ever been with a group of friends or family when a topic comes about that spurs a question?
Many moons ago, I shared a tip with you all that I am going to re-visit today.
I shared a tip many years ago about how to use the Find key shortcut while scouring through Google search results.
However, there are two things that made me think it was a good idea to re-visit this topic.
The first being that this function is useful in far more than just Google settings. I use it practically every day - on web sites, in emails, in Word or Excel. Basically, if it's on your computer you can use it.
And the second reason I wanted to revisit it is because three different times in the past week, when I mentioned to someone that they should use this trick to find something in a list of literally 10,000 things - they looked at me like I must be an alien because they had no idea what I was talking about.
So it made me realize that it really is just not that well known of a tool, but it is such a great tool that I need to spread the news far and wide. Shout it from the rooftops. Send it digitally....well, through email or newsletter.
My question to you is this: do you know the magic to be found in these two keys?
These keys are amazing. I can have a thirty page paper, and can't remember which page the section where I talk about apples is. But I need to find that section, because I know I mis-quoted my expert. I hit CTRL + F, type apples in the search bar, and it searches my whole paper for me.
Or I have a list in Excel of hundreds of products, but I need to find the one particular sku - well, just CTRL + F and search that sku - it will take you right to the correct line.
Or perhaps I am doing research and am looking on a website and need to see if they have anything on their page about cellular peptide cake - but they don't have the best web developer, and the site isn't very snazzy looking and is very, very wordy. CTRL + F, type in my key words, and find out within two seconds that they don't mention it at all! Moving on quickly to find what I need.
My point being simple: know this key combination. Use this key combination. Love this key combination. It makes life so much easier.
