Fast Font Sizing

Increasing the font size on selected text is a great way to emphasize what you are trying to say or you may be trying to squeeze everything that you wrote into a single page.  We all know the manual steps to changing font size in the various Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but the next time you want to play with font size, give this a try:

Select the text you want to work with then hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and tap the > key to increase the size and the < key to decrease the size!

Boost Your Mouse Pointing Accuracy in Windows

Whether you are doing graphics/web design work or just taking screenshots, it's often very difficult to move the mouse precisely enough to select pixels the way you'd like, so I went looking for a solution.

There's a number of methods you can use, from configuring the default mouse settings, to enabling Mouse Keys to move the mouse pointer with the keyboard, or my favorite: Using the Precision Booster feature in IntelliPoint.

Slow Down the Mouse Pointer System-Wide

If the mouse moves too fast for you, you can always slow down the mouse pointer by opening the Mouse Properties window in Control Panel (either type Mouse into the search box or look in the Hardware section).

On the Pointer Options tab you should see the "Enhance pointer precision", which should be turned on if it isn't.