Computer tips

Thanks to Sandy for these handy computer tips!

Opening links

• Click the mouse wheel on a link to open it in a new tab.

• CTL + Clicking on a link also opens it in a new tab

• Right click on link and choose from menu to open link in new tab or window

Enlarging/shrinking screen
This will enlarge beyond even where the mouse wheel zooms in and out on your manuscript.  This is great to zoom in on photos of the gravestones, etc

• CTL + Plus or Minus keys  OR
• CTL + mouse wheel 

Return screen to normal: 

• CTL + 0  (the number)

To reopen a tab you accidentally just closed:

• CTL + SHIFT + T

Use the snipping tool to take a picture of a portion of your screen.  You can then copy and paste to an email if you have a question about a word or something else.   Go to all programs and accessories to find it.  Then you can move it into your tool bar for quick access another time.

MOVING IN THE SCREENS:

You probably can input faster if you try to just type and tab rather than stopping to use your mouse all the time for drop down menus.  You can get through all the inputting without your mouse until you have to click Ancestry and add the URL.

Move backward without the mouse:  Click ESC or SHIFT-Tab at the same time.

Keep CAP locks on all the time.  This will keep you from getting the error message when you enter state codes.

ON THE MANUSCRIPT:

• With the cursor on the manuscript page, click Ctl-s to get your source citation, and detail.  (Remember we are not using the related data hints because it creates bias in the data.  Refer to you hints from the hints page).
• Clicking DETAIL gives you the preview page information. 
• From there you can click on one of the other people's names, or click on their name in the index to change the URL to specifically be for that person 
• Clicking on a different person in the index or on the DETAIL page under source will also highlight that person in yellow on the manuscript page