Do You Use Keyboard Shortcuts?

  I am sure most people reading this blog know the common, useful shortcuts like ctrl-C for Copy, ctrl-V for Paste, and ctrl-F for Find. Did you know that there are so many shortcuts, using the mouse is almost optional? As you may expect, Wikipedia has a useful table that compares system shortcuts in Windows, and Mac OS.  One that SMDC folks will find useful is the shortcut to restart computers: for our Macs it's ctrl+cmd+eject,  and for the Windows 7 machines it is Windows key>right arrow>enter.  Aleph (pdf on navigating in Aleph) also has some useful hotkeys. F5 for the Loan tab, F6 for the Return Tab, F4 to Exit the current session, and ctrl+Tab to move between panels.  If no one objects, I am going to program F12 to pop up the Temporary Password Override.
  Most of our multimedia software have keyboard shortcuts, but it can be daunting to learn them all.  One strategy I've used is to get keyboard covers that fit over the top of the keyboard (kbcovers makes good ones for Mac).  These are nice because they are easily removable, and have the added benefit of protecting the keyboard from dust.