Microsoft Updates Office 2007 With "Service Pack 2"

This week brought a major update to Microsoft Office 2007 -- Service Pack 2, a free download that fixes bugs, improves performance and adds a few new features in the company's bundle of productivity applications.
This update should arrive automatically if you use Windows' Microsoft Update option, or you can download the 290-megabyte file yourself.

The headline attraction of Office 2007 SP2 is the support it adds for some important, non-Microsoft file formats. It can read and write Open Document Format files, which may help Office users share files with people running the sometimes-unimpressive, but always free and open-source OpenOffice.org suite. Office 2007 SP2 also lets users save a copy of their work as a Portable Document Format file -- a helpful feature that Microsoft had unwisely required people to install an optional add-on to use before.

A note on Microsoft's tech-support site catalogs other changes this update brings (for instance, "Adds conversion rates to the Excel Euro Currency Tools add-in for the Maltese lira and for the Cypriot pound"), while a separate article details SP2's tweaks to Outlook alone, including some advertised performance improvements.

I tested Service Pack 2 on a Windows XP desktop running the "Standard" edition of Office -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. The install took several minutes and required a restart, after which I tried opening a few OpenOffice 3 documents in Microsoft's suite.

Most word-processing files looked about right, with only the occasional misaligned graphic or indent (as eWeek writer Jason Brooks found in his tests). But the OpenOffice spreadsheets I opened in Excel came out all wrong -- formulas vanished from cells, replaced by the last number OpenOffice had calculated in those spots.

That can't possibly be what Microsoft intended, but I couldn't find any mention of this issue on the company's Office Interoperability blog. That site did, however, link to a blog post by an ODF developer explaining that the ODF specification "does not yet specify formulas." That seems a huge omission -- certainly something that users should get a clear warning about before they wonder what's wrong with their spreadsheet.

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CASIR2.2 anti-virus

CaSIR (Common And Stubborn Infections Remover) -- is an on-demand malware removal software designed especially to remove the most common and stubborn infections from your computer. It can remove their running processes, their bodies, their registry entries and any other leftovers!

CaSIR doesn't randomly search for CaSIs, but he goes directly to the areas that a specific CaSI infects and removes it from there, hence, it does its job in mere seconds!

It has a generic and strong technique that allows it to do the following:

* CaSIR removes the common restrictions made to your computer by those infectors which none of the AVs deal with.
* CaSIR removes the illegitmate services frequently used by those infectors.
* CaSIR recognizes and instantly kills and deletes any running process that is disguising itself among the legitimate system services.
* CaSIR removes any ******s used by those infectors to autorun.
* CaSIR removes any autostarting registry entries related to the illegitmate services he detects.
* CaSIR deals with all your storage medias (Fixed, floppy, removable...) and cleans them up all if need be.
* CaSIR cleans up your system registry so no more spy keys, garbage activities or messages keep asking for already deleted files.
* CaSIR's signatures are fully updatable, once you download the software, all you need to do is to download the new definitions frequently and you're up-to-date and ready-to-go

What are CaSIs?
CaSIs is short for Common and Stubborn Infectors. These are malicious programs (viruses, worms, Trojans, etc.) that are notoriously difficult to detect and to remove by regular anti-virus programs. These programs often have the capability to disable your computer or your anti-virus programs.

Examples of the those infectors are:
Win32.Brontok.q
Win32.Delf.cc
Win32.VB.by
Win32.VB.cz
Trojan.Win32.Small.wv (Medichi & Medichi2)
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Todon.ai
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Todon.aj
Worm.Win32.AutoRun.dkk (Ahsan virus)
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.VB.bbl

If one of the above nasty infectors infected your computer you will not be able to install any of the well-known Antivirus software like Kaspersky, Mcafee, Norton, AVG, Panda... (and about 135 more Different AVs)! and please, don't try to use the Safe Mode to remove them manually because those infectors will disable the "Safe Mode"!

How do you get infected by these CaSI's?
Well, mostly because you open an attachment from an email that isn't from one of your friends. Or by using infected removable storage medias (CDs,DVDs/Floppy disks/Flash disks, Memory Cards...). Or just by visiting a suspect website which can result in your computer being compromised.

The only thing that could have saved you was having a good Anti-Virus program with up-to-date signatures. If you didn't have those installed on your computer these CaSI's could enter your system with ease and change lots of settings.

Once you are infected, NOTHING (no well-known anti-virus program such as Kaspersky, Norton, Symantec, McAfee, NOD32, etc.) can rescue you anymore. You and your computer are doomed.

But now there is a solution and it is called CaSIR

Important notes:

1. Since CaSIR is a security software that deal with the file system, the system registry and the running processes, it MUST be given all the rights it demands in order to remove any infection. Some other security softwares will try to block CaSIR and prevent it from doing its job, please make sure it's not blocked and there's no other program blocking CaSIR. During disinfection process we recommend you to disable any other security solution you are runing such as Antivirus, Firewall, monitoring tools ..etc.

2. Please do NOT attempt to run CaSIR in safe mode, CaSIR needs to investigate your system to know what CaSIs are active, if you ran CaSIR in safe mode, he might not be able to detect any active CaSIs, as they usually do not run in safe mode!

3. If you have more than one infected computer connected together to the same local network, do NOT attempt to use CaSIR on the infected computer while the other infected ones are connected to it, this would results in getting infected again and again. You always need to disconnect the infected computer from the network before using CaSIR and do so with all your infected computers one by one!

Istruction:
1. Extract CASIR 2.2
2. run casir2.2.exe in case you open it with notepad rename it with casir2.2.exe into casir123.exe then run.
3.find the code of casir2.2 into the folder with "tsrh" find the keygen and run it. copy and past the activation codes

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Tricks: Secret iPhone codes

*3001#12345#* and tap Call. Enter Field Mode.Field mode reveals many of the inner settings of your iPhone, specifically up-to-date network and cell information.

*#06# Displays your IMEI. No need to tap Call.IMEI is the unique identifier for your cell phone hardware. Together with your SIM information it identifies you to the provider network.

*777# and tap Call. Account balance for prepaid iPhone.

*225# and tap Call. Bill Balance. (Postpaid only)

*646# and tap Call. Check minutes. (Postpaid only)These three are pretty self explanatory.

*#21# and tap Call. Setting interrogation for call forwards.Discover the settings for your call forwarding. You'll see whether you have voice, data, fax, sms, sync, async, packet access, and pad access call forwarding enabled or disabled.

*#30# and tap Call. Calling line presentation check.This displays whether you have enabled or disabled the presentation of the calling line, presumably the number of the party placing the call.

*#76# and tap Call. Check whether the connected line presentation is enabled or not.State whether the connected line presentation is enabled or disabled. Presumably similar to the calling line presentation.

*#43# and tap Call. Determine if call waiting is enabled.Displays call waiting status for voice, data, fax, sms, sync data, async data, packet access and pad access. Each item is either enabled or disabled.

*#61# and tap Call. Check the number for unanswered calls.Show the number for voice call forwarding when a call is unanswered. Also show the options for data, fax, sms, sync, async, packet access and pad access.

*#62# and tap Call. Check the number for call forwarding if no service is available.Just like the previous, except for no-service rather than no-answer situations.

*#67# and tap Call. Check the number for call forwarding when the iPhone is busy.And again, but for when the iPhone is busy.

*#33# and tap Call. Check for call control bars.Check all the usual suspects (voice, data, fax, sms, etc) to see whether barring is enabled or disabled for outgoing.

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Top 46 Google Chrome Shortcuts That Save Time

Many times, working with the mouse can be inefficient and it’s often more efficient to just use the keyboard. If you’ve already installed Google Chrome on your computer and regularly use it, then these shortcuts will save you a lot of time (and energy)…
Window and Tab Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Open a new window Ctrl + N
Open a new windows in incognito mode Ctrl + Shift + N
Open link in a new tab Ctrl + Click on link
Open link in new window Shift + Click on link
Close current window Alt + F4
Open a new tab Ctrl + T
Reopen the last tab you’ve closed1 Ctrl + Shift + T
Switch to the tab at the specified position Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8
Switch to the last tab Ctrl + 9
Switch to the next tab Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDown
Switch to the previous tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp
Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab Backspace, or press Alt + Left Arrow
Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab Shift + Backspace, or press Alt + Right Arrow
Close current tab or pop-up Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Open your homepage Alt + Home
Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome Ctrl + O, then select file
1 Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs that you’ve closed
Address Bar Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Add ‘www.’ and ‘.com’ to your input in the address bar and open the web address Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl + Enter
Highlight content in the web address area F6 or Ctrl + L or Alt + D
Open your web address in a new tab Type a web address, then press Alt + Enter
Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine. Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E
Jump to the previous word in the address bar Place your cursor in the address bar, the press Ctrl + Left Arrow
Jump to the next word in the address bar Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Right Arrow
Delete the previous word in the address bar Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Backspace
Shortcuts to Open Google Chrome Features

Action/Function Shortcut

Toggle bookmarks bar on and off Ctrl + B
View the History page Ctrl + H
View the Downloads page Ctrl + J
View the Task Manager Shift + Esc
Webpage Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Print your current page Ctrl + P
Reload current page F5
Stop page loading Esc
Reload current page, ignoring cached content Ctrl + F5 or Shift + F5
Scroll down the web page Space bar
Go to the top of the page Home
Go to the bottom of the page End
Download link Press Alt, then click the link
Open find-in-page box Ctrl + F
Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box Ctrl + G or F3
Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3
View source Ctrl + U
Bookmark your current webpage Ctrl + D
Make text larger Ctrl + +
Make text smaller Ctrl + -
Return to normal text size Ctrl + 0
Text Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Copy content to the clipboard Highlight content, then press Ctrl + C
Paste current content from the clipboard Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard (cut) Highlight the content in a text field, then press Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete

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Google Chrome

Google Chrome is Google's newest web browser in the internet browsing market. Only holding 1% of the entire market.

PBCNX-MAN Tried and tested this and results were outstanding. It beated firefox, IE and even opera in speed. Making it the fastest out there. And this is the only browser that even the newbie can learn without compromising security. It can also be switched to "Nerd Mode" for those who want more technical aspects on how the browser works. And this is the only browser that has it.

It has also this amusing feature called ignotico. Pages you view in ignotico mode won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. (So yung mga gusto ng mga ehem dyan, libre na kayo hehehehehe )

I recommend it for the typical internet user. Pero i'm still in Opera Since Google Chrome is still lacking "Extensions" and Customizations. Since Google Chrome's still on it's early stages.

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ESET Nod 32 4.0314.0 and NodEnabler 2.8 Download Here!

FACT: Surfing the web and using email is a part of daily life.

FACT: Criminals capitalize on this to their advantage, flooding the Internet with over 100,000 new attacks every day, in an effort to steal your identity or turn your computer into a "zombie" to launch email spam and other Internet crimes.

FACT: Over 70 million users worldwide trust ESET to defend themselves from these attacks.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 is the most effective protection you can find to combat today's huge volumes of Internet and email threats. It provides comprehensive antivirus and antispyware protection without affecting your computer's performance.

Using advanced ThreatSense® technology, ESET NOD32 Antivirus proactively protects you from new attacks, even during the critical first hours when other vendors' products aren't aware the attack even exists. ESET NOD32 Antivirus detects and disables both known and unknown viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, rootkits and other Internet threats.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus is also one of the fastest antivirus solutions, so fast you won't even notice it running. And it's both incredibly easy to use yet simple to tailor for your specific needs.
Key Benefits

Protection from the Unknown — Award-winning ThreatSense technology uses multiple layers of threat detection to deliver the most effective protection possible against new attacks. And ThreatSense is smart; it raises far fewer annoying "false alarms" than any other products that use heuristics.

Finds Malware Other AV Companies Missed — Typically when a new copy of ESET NOD32 replaces another antivirus product on a home computer the average user finds viruses or malware resident on the machine that were undetected by their previous antivirus product.

Built for Speed — ESET NOD32 Antivirus is lightning fast, so fast you won't even notice it's there. Even disk-intensive operations like performing a "full disk scan" to run smoothly in the background while you work or play.

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Easy on You — ESET NOD32 Antivirus is easier to use than ever before. From its compact and intuitive user interface to its minimal use of alerts, you'll be up and running in a snap.You will receive the best possible proactive detection against malware, without enduring excessive system slowdowns and alerts, reboots or annoying false alarms.
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Smarter Scanner — Threats don't always enter your network in ways you expect. ESET NOD32 Antivirus inspects SSL-encrypted communication channels like HTTPS and POP3S and intelligently scans compressed files to find hidden threats other products miss. Proactive protection begins at the earliest point in system startup to ensure your computer is always secure.

Clean and Safe Email — Email scanning for Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail, and other POP3/IMAP mail clients, ensuring your email is free of viruses and other threats.

Removable Media Security — Threats can enter your PC from removable media such as USB thumb drives. For self-running media, ESET NOD32 Antivirus scans autorun.inf and associated files when the medium is inserted, in addition to scanning any file on any removable device when it is accessed, or during a full-scan of the media. Power users can adjust ESET NOD32 Antivirus to perform additional levels of scanning on removable media.

System Tools — ESET SysInspector and ESET SysRescue simplify diagnosing and cleaning of infected systems by allowing deep scans of system processes to find hidden threats, and creating bootable rescue CD/DVD or USB drives to help you repair an infected computer.

Self Defense — ESET NOD32 Antivirus has built-in technology to prevent malicious software from corrupting or disabling it, so you can rest assured your system is always protected.

Many Usability Improvements — ESET NOD32 Antivirus has numerous speed, security and usability upgrades.

* Energy-sipping battery mode extends laptop battery life without compromising security
* Advanced Protection Status screen informs you of threat detections
* Information pop-ups are hidden when running full screen applications like games, video players or presentations
* Password protection prevents ESET NOD32 Antivirus from being uninstalled by strangers
* New interface and keyboard shortcuts simplify use for visually impaired users

System Requirements

Processors supported: Intel or AMD x86/x64
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP (32¬ and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit editions)
Memory: 44 MB
Disk Space (download): 28 MB
Disk Space (installation): 35 MB

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Mobile Phone Antivirus From ESET [New & Full Version]

ESET have announced that they will be a releasing a mobile phone antivirus software application in January 2009.

ESET are the producers of one of the best antivirus (NOD32) and security suites (ESET Smart Security suite) currently available - I’ve personally been using their NOD32 software for over 4 years and have recommended it to many people over the years. One of the best things about it is that it combines good protection while taking up small amounts of resources, so your computer isn’t noticeably slowed down by it.

When I begin using a new computer or set up a new Windows installation, installing a form of anti-virus software on it is one of the first things I do, if not the first thing! Will people want to have to do this with their mobile phones? Or perhaps the handsets will come pre-installed with mobile versions of antivirus applications - I’m not sure if this would be a good thing or a bad thing!

I can understand as mobile phones begin to use and access the Internet in a more traditional and open manner, then it does open up the possibility for the same malicious software and viruses as well as specially designed ones for mobile devices.

This may begin to be an even problematic area is people begin to use them to conduct transactions with, either online or as a form of swiping/scanning currency.

Perhaps we’ll even start to see virus problem on an Apple device in the form of the iPhone, given it’s popularity, perhaps it will make it a viable target for those people who create these viruses and other malicious software?

I suppose the main question is, do mobile phones/devices need antivirus solutions at this point? How much if anything would you pay them on your mobile phone? Do you think that this will become common place?

The ESET Mobile Antivirus has these key Features, specifications and requirements:
* Proactive Protection - Proactively protects against known and unknown mobile malware.
* Control SMS spam - Sends unwanted text messages to the spam folder with simple rules.
* Heuristics - Proactive protection without relying on signatures.
* On-Demand Scanning - Scan memory and running processes, onboard files and removable media for malware; search deeply into nested folders to uncover malicious software.
* Advanced On-Access Scanning - Scans all accessed files for viruses, including email attachments and files accessed via wireless means such as Bluetooth, WiFi, infrared, GPRS and EDGE.
* SMS Spam Filter - Locks text messages from unknown senders or uses black and white lists to filter your SMS messages.
* Activity Log - Scan statistics are stored in a user-friendly format. Up to 50 logs can be stored onboard.
* Variable In-Depth Scanning of CAB Files - Control the scan depth of compressed cabinet files that may contain other nested folders or other compressed files.
* Automatic/On-Demand Updates - Download signature updates on-demand or automatically at pre-set intervals: daily, weekly, or monthly.
* Intuitive User Interface - Simple and elegant user experience.
* Minimal Resource Utilization - The software consumes about 400 KB installed
* Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 (Pocket PC Phone/Smartphone Edition), Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 (Standard/Professional Edition), Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 (Standard/Professional Edition).
* Memory: 1 MB

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Who is the faster internet browser do you think!

I searched all over the net for latest browser speed comparison test and I did not find anything, so I decided why not to make test myself. I already had on my pc, Opera and Firefox so I downloaded latest version of IE7, Chrome and Safari. Since I am big Opera fan and I am using Opera Browser for over 9 years I thought that Opera will easily blow up opponents just like it did maybe two years ago. However I did not count that Chrome is so blazing fast. I used few old tests from HowToCreate.co.uk and Java Script tests from CelticKane.com and also I added few of my own… All browsers are tested on same machine Athlon 3800 64bit, Gigabyte M55S-S3 mainboard and 2 gb DDR2 ram and Windows XP with SP2.
Browsers:
Opera 9.63
Firefox 3.0.4
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13
Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
Apple Safari 3.2.1

All browsers are tested “out of the box” without any extension or plugin.
This gave significant advantage to Firefox, since it is considerable slower with just couple of extensions.
1. Cold Start:
For cold start test, I run the programs (after windows finish loading) and then I measure time of loading until browser is ready for use. I measure 3 times and between any test I reset my pc. For other tests I also measured 3 times and then calculated average value… After first test, Chrome already jumped on the first place with unbolivable load of only 1,6 seconds. Opera was second with 3,7 second and surprise was Internet Explorer with just 0,1 second behind Opera. Safari started bad with very slow loading with over 10 seconds.
2. Warm Start
Warm start is the test when I run browser then turn it off and then start it again without turning or logging out from windows. I hardly got Chrome loading time in this case, since it was incredible fast. Safari, for a difference from last test, was now very fast to. Opera and Firefox are slower then first three.
3. Acid 2 test
Acid 2 is web standard compliance test. All browsers easily passed, but IE7 failed completely with ruining and deforming that poor face.
4. Acid 3 test
After easy job on ACID 2, neither one browser passed Acid 3 test. However Opera scored most points, ending it with the score of 85. Chrome was second with the score of 79. Some alpha and beta version of browser are already passing successfully this test…
5. CSS speed test
This test was taken from HowToCreate.co.uk!
Quote:
To test CSS rendering speed I use a CSS benchmark test devised by nontroppo. The test measures the time it takes the browser to render a page consisting of almost 2500 positioned DIVs. The page is stored locally, loaded once to pre-load it, then reloaded 3 times, and the average time taken for those three renderings. The page is the first page loaded after starting the browser (after logging out and in). All browsers took significantly longer during the initial load, which is why I discount this initial load, as it does not reflect the reality of normal rendering. Safari and Firefox headed clear victory here leaving behind Opera then Chrome and IE7.
6. Javascript speed
I assigned browsers to celtickane.com javascript speed test. Every browser is tested three times and then average speed is calculated. Chrome won again with Safari on second, Opera on third, Firefox on 4th and as expected IE7 on the last place.
7. Memory usage
I started every browser with one tab. Opened google.com and then checked with Chrome “memory usage option” how much every browser take memory. IE7 taked easy victory here probably because parts of the IE are in some other windows processes which are not counted. Safari taked shameful last place with using over 65 MB for loading only one page.
8. Setup Size
Opera used to have smallest installation file but now Firefox takes that place. Interesting thing is that if you dont need additional languages then Opera setup.exe is smaller then 6 mb, however since Opera gives this file for download by default then I took that file in count.
8. Setup Size
Opera used to have smallest installation file but now Firefox takes that place. Interesting thing is that if you dont need additional languages then Opera setup.exe is smaller then 6 mb, however since Opera gives this file for download by default then I took that file in count.
Conclusion and FINAL SCORE.
Opera do not have advantage any more. Instead of advantage it is neither anymore the fastest. Chrome is ahead, then Opera on second place and Firefox just behind it (depends on personal taste). Safari is ok browser but weaker then first three, and it looks that Apple marketing is just a bunch of lies. IE7 is the bad thing. Just like a IE6. But since people get it free with windows they still use it. If we counted Opera powers of customizing skins, moving elements (such as menus, buttons, toolbars, adressbar, statusbar, skins) then Opera would be easily be on first place…
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Swine Flu Virus

What is swine flu?
Swine Flu, or swine influenza virus, is caused by Orthomyxoviruses endemic to swine/ pig populations. Swine influenza virus (SIV) strains are named as Influenzavirus C or subtypes of Influenzavirus A. Swine flu Influenzavirus A subtypes are H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3.

How do you get swine flu?
One obvious way of transmission is through contact with pigs. Another way of getting swine flu is through contact with people. People who have swine flu may transmit the swine flu from person to person.

What are the symptoms of swine flu?
The symptoms of swine influenza virus are fever, confusion, disorientation, stiff joints, vomiting. One of the fatal symptoms of swine flu is the loss of consciousness as this may eventually lead to death.

The swine flu virus mutates and evolves rapidly. New variant strains have evolved. The new strains were found to show resistance to standard antiviral drugs like amantadine and rimantadine for H3N2 in humans. In 2005, the resistance in humans was 91%.

In 2005, the H5Ni virus was known to exits in pigs without showing symptoms. This finding was in Indonesia.

What are the symptoms of swine flu in human beings?
The swine flu epidemic has transmitted across the species. The symptoms of human transmitted swine flu are similar to human flu. The symptoms of swine flu in humans are fever, tiredness, loss of appetite and coughing.

What are swine flu’s more conditions and symptoms?
Other uncommon symptoms of swine flu include runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

How is swine flu transmitted?
The human transmission of swine flu is via contact with molecules that contain the virus. This means that human transmitted swine flu is spread through coughing, sneezing, touching, nose and mouth contact. The swine flu in a human is contagious during the first 5 days of the sickness. Some children and people can remain contagious for the first 10 days.

What is the treatment for swine flu?
In the US, swine flu is treated with amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir. However, some strains of swine flu virus have evolved to become resistant to the drugs. CDC recommends treatment with Tamiflu and Relenza.

Where is swine flu prevalent?
In Mexico, the death toll was 86 on April 26, 2009. In Mexico, 1003 were suspected to have been infected with swine flu.

In Kansas, 2 cases of swine flu were reported.

In NYC, there were 8 cases of swine flu.

On April 26, it was reported that in Elyria, Lorain County, northern Ohio, a boy, 9 years old, had the same strain of virus found in the dead victims of swine flu in Mexico. The boy visited Mexico with his relatives. He visited a Mexican farm and several other places in Mexico. His Ely Elementary School has notified parents to watch out for symptoms of swine flu. The boy had a mild case of swine flu and is recovering.

In Canada, 6 swine flu victims were documented.

In New Zealand, there maybe some cases of swine flu.

In Spain, suspected swine flu cases are known.

What were the previous flu epidemics?
1918 - The Spanish flu pandemic.
1957 - The Asian flu epidemic.
1968 - The Hong Kong flu epidemic.

Source.

President Barack Obama visited Mexico and shook hands with Felipe Solis. Mr Solis, an archaeologist, shook hand with Pres. Obama as he received him at the Museum. Solis died 24 hours later from pneumonia. The White House stressed that flu symptoms took 24 - 48 hours for incubation before showing symptoms. Obama has been back from his Mexico visit for 9 days (counting backwards from around April 26) and his health is fine.

Obama’s Mexico visit.

Swine Flu wiki.

Google Map of H1N1 Swine Flu. Please click on the link below.

View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map

Track the Swine Flu virus in the USA. Please click on link to see the large map. Google is updating the map very frequently.

Is swine flu spread by eating pork?

The US’s National Pork Board said it was safe to eat pork as though as the meat has been properly cooked. The virus will be killed at temperatures of 160 degrees and higher.

The US pork producers have to protect its industry of $5 billion p.a. Pork producers, handlers, and everyone else down the line are urged to observe proper measures in processing pigs and pork. Farm workers are encouraged to shower before and after work. They should leave their farm footwear and clothing only for use on the farm. This may limit the transmission of virus through material.

In the US, swine flu was not transmitted from swine to human but rather human to human.

Pork and swine flu source.

What are the other countries doing to contain swine flu?
Read CNN’s report.

Updated April 27.
Spain has reported its first case of swine flu. The patient is a young student who had returned from Mexico. The patient has fever and respiratory problems. He has responded well to treatment. Source on Spain’s swine flu.

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Keyboard Shortcuts in WOrd

The shortcut keys described in this Help topic refer to the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.

For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in Microsoft Word Help. For keyboard shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another key, the keys to press are separated by a comma (,).

To print this topic, press TAB to select Show All, press ENTER, and then press CTRL+P.

Help task pane and Help window
Using the Help task pane and Help window

The Help task pane provides access to all Office Help content and appears as part of Microsoft Word. The Help window displays topics and other Help content and appears as a window next to, but separate from, Word.

In the Help task pane
To do this Press
Display the Help task pane.
F1

Switch between the Help task pane and Word.
F6

Select the next item in the Help task pane.
TAB

Select the previous item in the Help task pane.
SHIFT+TAB

Perform the action for the selected item.
ENTER

In a table of contents, select the next and previous item, respectively.
DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW

In a table of contents, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively.
RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW

Move back to the previous task pane.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move forward to the next task pane.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Open the menu of task panes.
CTRL+SPACEBAR

Close and reopen the current task pane.
CTRL+F1

Expand a +/- list.
RIGHT ARROW

Collapse a +/- list.
LEFT ARROW


In the Help window
To do this Press
Select the next hidden text or hyperlink, or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic.
TAB

Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink, or the Browser View button at the top of a Microsoft Office Web site article.
SHIFT+TAB

Perform the action for the selected Show All, Hide All, hidden text, or hyperlink.
ENTER

Move back to the previous Help topic.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move forward to the next Help topic.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Print the current Help topic.
CONTROL+P

Scroll small amounts up and down, respectively, within the currently displayed Help topic.
UP ARROW AND DOWN ARROW

Scroll larger amounts up and down, respectively, within the currently displayed Help topic.
PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN

Change the Help window from being separate from (untiled) to connected to (tiled) Word.
ALT+U

Display a menu of commands for the Help window; requires that the Help window have active focus (click an item in the Help window).
SHIFT+F10


Menus, toolbars, task panes, and dialog boxes
Access and use menus and toolbars

To do this Press
Select the menu bar (menu bar: The horizontal bar below the title bar that contains the names of menus. A menu bar can be the built-in menu bar or a custom menu bar.), or close an open menu and submenu at the same time.
F10 or ALT

Select a task pane or toolbar after pressing F10 or ALT to select the menu bar. Pressing the keys repeatedly moves the focus among the open toolbars, menu bars, and task pane.
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

When a toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) or menu bar is selected, select the next or previous button or menu.
TAB or SHIFT+TAB

Open the selected menu, or perform the action for the selected button or command.
ENTER

Display the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) for the selected item.
SHIFT+F10

Display the title bar shortcut menu.
ALT+SPACEBAR

When a menu or submenu (submenu: A menu that appears when a user points to a command on a higher-level menu.) is open, select the next or previous command.
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW

Select the menu to the left or right. When a submenu is open, switch between the main menu and the submenu.
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu.
HOME or END

Close an open menu. When a submenu is open, close only the submenu.
ESC

Open the selected menu.
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

When a shortened menu is open, display the full set of commands.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Add a toolbar button to a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then click a toolbar button, Microsoft Word adds the button to the appropriate menu. For example, click Bullets on the Formatting toolbar to add the Bullets command to the Format menu.
ALT+CTRL+= (equal sign)

Remove a command from a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the command is removed. You can add the menu command back to the menu if you change your mind.
ALT+CTRL+- (dash key)

Customize the shortcut key for a menu command. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the Customize Keyboard dialog box opens so you can add, change, or remove the shortcut key.
ALT+CTRL++ (plus key on numeric keypad)


Note You can use the keyboard to select any menu command on the menu bar. Press ALT to select the menu bar. Press the letter that is underlined in the menu name that contains the command you want. In the menu that appears, press the letter underlined in the command name that you want.

Access and use task panes

To do this Press
Open the task pane or hide the current task pane.
CTRL+F1

Move to a task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.) from another pane in the program window. (You may need to press F6 more than once.)
F6

Note If pressing F6 doesn't display the task pane you want, try pressing ALT to place focus on the menu bar, and then pressing CTRL+TAB to move to the task pane. In addition, if you open a dialog box from the Reveal Formatting task pane, the focus may be in your document after you close the dialog box, rather than in the task pane. You can use F6 or CTRL+TAB to return to the task pane.

When a menu or toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) is active, move to a task pane. (You may need to press CTRL+TAB more than once.)
CTRL+TAB

Open the menu of task panes.
CTRL+SPACEBAR

Go to the Getting Started task pane.
ALT+HOME

Reverse the sequence of task panes you opened.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Repeat the sequence of task panes you opened.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Close a menu if one is currently open, or go back to the document.
ESC

When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane.
TAB or SHIFT+TAB

Move among choices in a selected submenu; move among certain options in a group of options.
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW

Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button.
SPACEBAR or ENTER

Open a shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) in a document; open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item.
SHIFT+F10

When a menu or submenu is visible, select the first or last command on the menu or submenu.
HOME or END

Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list.
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN

Expand or collapse a collapsible item in the gallery list.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move to the top or bottom of the selected gallery list.
CTRL+HOME or CTRL+END


Resize and move toolbars, menus, and task panes

Press ALT to select the menu bar (menu bar: The horizontal bar below the title bar that contains the names of menus. A menu bar can be the built-in menu bar or a custom menu bar.).
Press CTRL+TAB repeatedly to select a toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) or the task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.).
Do one of the following:
Resize a toolbar

In the toolbar, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display the Toolbar Options menu.
Select the Size command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to resize the toolbar. Press CTRL+ the arrow keys to resize one pixel at a time.
Move a toolbar

In the toolbar, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display the Toolbar Options menu.
Select the Move command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to position the toolbar. Press CTRL+ the arrow keys to move one pixel at a time. To undock the toolbar, press DOWN ARROW repeatedly. To dock the toolbar vertically on the left or right side, press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW respectively when the toolbar is all the way to the left or right side.
Resize a task pane

In the task pane, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display a menu of additional commands.
Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Size command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to resize the task pane. Use CTRL+ the arrow keys to resize by one pixel at a time.
Move a task pane

In the task pane, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display a menu of additional commands.
Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Move command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to position the task pane. Use CTRL+ the arrow keys to move one pixel at a time.
Note If you move the task pane up into the toolbars or down into the status bar, the pane attaches itself to the bars and reorients itself horizontally. To return the task pane to its vertical position, use the arrow keys to move it away from the bars.
When you are finished moving or resizing, press ESC or ENTER.
Use dialog boxes

To do this Press
Move from an open dialog box back to the document for dialog boxes such as Find and Replace that support this behavior.
ALT+F6

Move to the next option or option group.
TAB

Move to the previous option or option group.
SHIFT+TAB

Switch to the next tab in a dialog box.
CTRL+TAB

Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Move between options in an open drop-down list, or between options in a group of options.
Arrow keys

Perform the action assigned to the selected button; check or clear the selected check box.
SPACEBAR

Open the list if it is closed and move to that option in the list.
First letter of an option in a drop-down list

Select an option; select or clear a check box.
ALT+ the letter underlined in an option

Open a selected drop-down list.
ALT+DOWN ARROW

Close a selected drop-down list; cancel a command and close a dialog box.
ESC

Run the selected command.
ENTER


Use edit boxes within dialog boxes

An edit box is a blank in which you type or paste an entry, such as your user name or the path (path: The route that the operating system uses to locate a folder or file; for example, C:\House finances\March.doc.) to a folder.

To do this Press
Move to the beginning of the entry.
HOME

Move to the end of the entry.
END

Move one character to the left or right.
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Move one word to the left.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move one word to the right.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Select or unselect one character to the left.
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Select or unselect one character to the right.
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Select or unselect one word to the left.
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Select or unselect one word to the right.
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry.
SHIFT+HOME

Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry.
SHIFT+END


Use the Open, Save As, and Insert Picture dialog boxes

To do this Press
Display the Open dialog box.
CTRL+F12

Display the Save As dialog box.
F12

Go to the previous folder ().
ALT+1

Open the folder up one level from the open folder (Up One Level button ).
ALT+2

Close the dialog box and open your World Wide Web (World Wide Web (WWW): The multimedia branch of the Internet that presents not only text, but also graphics, sound, and video. On the Web, users can easily jump from item to item, page to page, or site to site by using hyperlinks.) search page (Search the Web button ).
ALT+3

Delete the selected folder or file (Delete button ).
ALT+4

Create a new subfolder in the open folder (Create New Folder button ).
ALT+5

Switch between List, Details, Properties, Preview Thumbnails, Tiles, and Icons views (click the arrow next to Views ).
ALT+6

Show the Tools menu (Tools button).
ALT+7 or ALT+L

Display a shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) for a selected item such as a folder or file.
SHIFT+F10

Move between options or areas in the dialog box.
TAB

Open the Look in or Save in list.
F4 or ALT+I

Update the files visible in the Open or Save As dialog box (File menu).
F5


Quick reference
Common tasks done in a Microsoft Word document

To do this Press
Create a nonbreaking space.
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

Create a nonbreaking hyphen.
CTRL+HYPHEN

Make letters bold.
CTRL+B

Make letters italic.
CTRL+I

Make letters underline.
CTRL+U

Decrease font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+<>

Remove paragraph or character formatting.
CTRL+SPACEBAR

Copy the selected text or object.
CTRL+C

Cut the selected text or object.
CTRL+X

Paste text or an object.
CTRL+V

Undo the last action.
CTRL+Z

Redo the last action.
CTRL+Y


Language bar
Speech and handwriting recognition

To do this Press
Switch between languages or keyboard layouts.
Left ALT+SHIFT

Switch microphone on or off.
+V

Switch between Voice Command mode and Dictation mode.
+T

Display a list of correction alternatives.
+C

Turn handwriting on or off.
+H

Turn Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) (IME: A program that enters East Asian text (Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) into programs by converting keystrokes into complex East Asian characters. The IME is treated as an alternate type of keyboard layout.) on 101 keyboard on or off.
ALT+~

Turn Korean IME on 101 keyboard on or off.
Right ALT

Turn Chinese IME on 101 keyboard on or off.
CTRL+SPACEBAR


Notes

You can set the key combination for switching between languages or keyboard layouts in the Advanced Key Setting dialog box. To open the Advanced Key Setting dialog box, right-click the Language bar, and then click Settings. Under Preferences, click Key Settings.
The Windows logo key () is available on the bottom row of keys on most keyboards.
E-mail
Sending e-mail messages

Use the following keys (if you are e-mailing a document or a message) when the insertion point is in the e-mail header. To move the insertion point into the e-mail header, press SHIFT+TAB.

To do this Press
Send the active document (active document: The document in which you're working. Text you type or graphics you insert in Microsoft Word appear in the active document. The title bar of the active document is highlighted.) or message.
ALT+S

Open the Address Book.
CTRL+SHIFT+B

When the insertion point is in the message header, check the names on the To, Cc, and Bcc lines against the Address Book.
ALT+K, CTRL+K

Open the Address Book in the To field.
ALT+. (period)

When the insertion point is in the message header, open the Address Book in the Cc field.
ALT+C

If the Bcc field is visible, open the Address Book in the Bcc field. To display the Bcc field, open the Address Book for any field, and insert or type a name in the Bcc box.
ALT+B

Go to the Subject field.
ALT+J

Open the Microsoft Outlook Message Options dialog box.
ALT+P

Create a message flag.
CTRL+SHIFT+G

When the insertion point is in the message header, move to the next box in the e-mail header. When the last box in the e-mail header is active, TAB moves the insertion point to the body of the document or message.
TAB

Select the previous field or button in the e-mail header.
SHIFT+TAB

When the insertion point is in the message header, select the Send button. You can then use the arrow keys to move to the other buttons. To perform the action for the selected button or command, press ENTER.
CTRL+TAB


Working with documents and Web pages
Create, view, and save documents

To do this Press
Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document.
CTRL+N

Open a document.
CTRL+O

Close a document.
CTRL+W

Split the document window.
ALT+CTRL+S

Remove the document window split.
ALT+SHIFT+C

Save a document.
CTRL+S


Find, replace, and browse through text

To do this Press
Find text, formatting, and special items.
CTRL+F

Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window).
ALT+CTRL+Y

Replace text, specific formatting, and special items.
CTRL+H

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location.
CTRL+G

Switch between documents or sections of a document, and between a document and an open e-mail message if you use Word as your e-mail editor.
ALT+CTRL+Z

Open a list of browse options; use the arrow keys to select an option, and then press ENTER to browse through a document by using the selected option.
ALT+CTRL+HOME


Undo and redo actions

To do this Press
Cancel an action.
ESC

Undo an action.
CTRL+Z

Redo or repeat an action.
CTRL+Y


Switch to another view

To do this Press
Switch to print layout view (Print Layout view: A view of a document or other object as it will appear when you print it. For example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.).
ALT+CTRL+P

Switch to outline view (outline view: A view that shows the headings of a document indented to represent their level in the document's structure. You can also use outline view to work with master documents.).
ALT+CTRL+O

Switch to normal view (normal view: A view that shows text formatting and a simplified page layout. Normal view is convenient for most editing and formatting tasks.).
ALT+CTRL+N

Switch to Reading View.
ALT+R

Expand or collapse subdocuments in a master document.
CTRL+\


Outline view

In outline view, press
To do this Press
Promote a paragraph.
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Demote a paragraph.
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Demote to body text.
CTRL+SHIFT+N

Move selected paragraphs up.
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW

Move selected paragraphs down.
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Expand text under a heading.
ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

Collapse text under a heading.
ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN

Expand or collapse all text or headings.
ALT+SHIFT+A

Hide or display character formatting.
The slash (/) key on the numeric keypad

Show the first line of body text or all body text.
ALT+SHIFT+L

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style.
ALT+SHIFT+1

Show all headings up to Heading n.
ALT+SHIFT+n

Insert a tab character.
CTRL+TAB


Printing and previewing documents

To do this Press
Print a document.
CTRL+P

Switch in or out of print preview (print preview: A view of a document as it will appear when you print it.).
ALT+CTRL+I

Move around the preview page when zoomed in.
Arrow keys

Move by one preview page when zoomed out.
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN

Move to the first preview page when zoomed out.
CTRL+HOME

Move to the last preview page when zoomed out.
CTRL+END


Reviewing documents

To do this Press
Insert a comment (comment: A note or annotation that an author or reviewer adds to a document. Microsoft Word displays the comment in a balloon in the margin of the document or in the Reviewing Pane.).
ALT+CTRL+M

Turn track changes (tracked change: A mark that shows where a deletion, insertion, or other editing change has been made in a document.) on or off.
CTRL+SHIFT+E

Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open.
ALT+SHIFT+C


Reading layout view

To do this Press
Go to beginning of document.
HOME

Go to end of document.
END

Go to page number.
Number, then ENTER

Increase the size of selected text by one point.
CTRL+]

Decrease the size of selected text by one point.
CTRL+[

Exit reading layout view.
ESC


References, footnotes, and endnotes

To do this Press
Mark a table of contents entry.
ALT+SHIFT+O

Mark a table of authorities entry (citation).
ALT+SHIFT+I

Mark an index entry.
ALT+SHIFT+X

Insert a footnote.
ALT+CTRL+F

Insert an endnote.
ALT+CTRL+D


Working with Web pages

To do this Press
Insert a hyperlink (hyperlink: Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, a Web page on the World Wide Web, or a Web page on an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.).
CTRL+K

Go back one page.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Go forward one page.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Refresh.
F9


Note To use keys to go back or forward one page or to refresh a page, the Web toolbar must be showing. If the Web toolbar is not showing, press ALT, press V, press T, use the arrow keys to select Web, and then press ENTER.

Editing and moving text and graphics
Delete text and graphics

To do this Press
Delete one character to the left.
BACKSPACE

Delete one word to the left.
CTRL+BACKSPACE

Delete one character to the right.
DELETE

Delete one word to the right.
CTRL+DELETE

Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard.
CTRL+X

Undo the last action.
CTRL+Z

Cut to the Spike (Spike: A special AutoText entry that stores multiple deletions. Microsoft Word appends one item to another until you paste the contents as a group in a new location in your document. You can also use the Microsoft Office Clipboard to get the same result.).
CTRL+F3


Copy and move text and graphics

To do this Press
Copy text or graphics.
CTRL+C

Display the Office Clipboard.
CTRL+C, CTRL+C

Move text or graphics.
F2 (then move the insertion point and press ENTER)

Create AutoText (AutoText: A storage location for text or graphics you want to use again, such as a standard contract clause or a long distribution list. Each selection of text or graphics is recorded as an AutoText entry and is assigned a unique name.).
ALT+F3

Paste the Office Clipboard contents.
CTRL+V

Paste the Spike (Spike: A special AutoText entry that stores multiple deletions. Microsoft Word appends one item to another until you paste the contents as a group in a new location in your document. You can also use the Microsoft Office Clipboard to get the same result.) contents.
CTRL+SHIFT+F3

Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document.
ALT+SHIFT+R


Insert special characters

To do this Press
A field
CTRL+F9

An AutoText (AutoText: A storage location for text or graphics you want to use again, such as a standard contract clause or a long distribution list. Each selection of text or graphics is recorded as an AutoText entry and is assigned a unique name.) entry
ENTER (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)

A line break
SHIFT+ENTER

A page break
CTRL+ENTER

A section break
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

An em dash
ALT+CTRL+MINUS SIGN

An en dash
CTRL+MINUS SIGN

An optional hyphen
CTRL+HYPHEN

A nonbreaking hyphen
CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN

A nonbreaking space
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

The copyright symbol
ALT+CTRL+C

The registered trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+R

The trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+T

An ellipsis
ALT+CTRL+PERIOD

A single opening quotation mark
CTRL+`, `

A single closing quotation mark
CTRL+', '

Double opening quotation marks
CTRL+`, SHIFT+'

Double closing quotation marks
CTRL+', SHIFT+'


Insert characters by using character codes

To do this Press
The Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol (), type 20AC, and then hold down the ALT key and press X.
The character code, ALT+X

The ANSI (ANSI character set: An 8-bit character set used by Microsoft Windows that allows you to represent up to 256 characters (0 through 255) by using your keyboard. The ASCII character set is a subset of the ANSI set.) character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.
ALT+the character code (on the numeric keypad)


Select text and graphics

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point.

Select multiple areas that aren't next to each other

After making your first selection, hold down CTRL, and then select any other items you want.

Extend a selection

To do this Press
Turn extend mode on.
F8

Select the nearest character.
F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Increase the size of a selection.
F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so on)

Reduce the size of a selection.
SHIFT+F8

Turn extend mode off.
ESC

One character to the right
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

One character to the left
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the end of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

To the beginning of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the end of a line
SHIFT+END

To the beginning of a line
SHIFT+HOME

One line down
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

One line up
SHIFT+UP ARROW

To the end of a paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

To the beginning of a paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW

One screen down
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

One screen up
SHIFT+PAGE UP

To the beginning of a document
CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

To the end of a document
CTRL+SHIFT+END

To the end of a window
ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

To include the entire document
CTRL+A

A vertical block of text
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To a specific location in a document
F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode


Tip

If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select the text by using the same key combination while holding down SHIFT. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

Select text and graphics in a table

To do this Press
Select the next cell's contents.
TAB

Select the preceding cell's contents.
SHIFT+TAB

Extend a selection to adjacent cells.
Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly

Select a column.
Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly

Extend a selection (or block).
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

Remove the selection.
SHIFT+F8

Select an entire table.
ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off)


Move the insertion point

To do this Press
One character to the left
LEFT ARROW

One character to the right
RIGHT ARROW

One word to the left
CTRL+LEFT ARROW

One word to the right
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

One paragraph up
CTRL+UP ARROW

One paragraph down
CTRL+DOWN ARROW

One cell to the left (in a table)
SHIFT+TAB

One cell to the right (in a table)
TAB

Up one line
UP ARROW

Down one line
DOWN ARROW

To the end of a line
END

To the beginning of a line
HOME

To the top of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Up one screen (scrolling)
PAGE UP

Down one screen (scrolling)
PAGE DOWN

To the top of the next page
CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the top of the previous page
CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of a document
CTRL+END

To the beginning of a document
CTRL+HOME

To a previous revision
SHIFT+F5

After opening a document, to the location it was in when the document was last closed
SHIFT+F5


Move around in a table

To do this Press
Next cell in a row
TAB

Previous cell in a row
SHIFT+TAB

First cell in a row
ALT+HOME

Last cell in a row
ALT+END

First cell in a column
ALT+PAGE UP

Last cell in a column
ALT+PAGE DOWN

Previous row
UP ARROW

Next row
DOWN ARROW


Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table

To do this Press
New paragraphs in a cell
ENTER

Tab characters in a cell
CTRL+TAB


Character and paragraph formatting
Copy formatting

To do this Press
Copy formatting from text.
CTRL+SHIFT+C

Apply copied formatting to text.
CTRL+SHIFT+V


Change or resize the font

To do this Press
Change the font.
CTRL+SHIFT+F

Change the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+P

Increase the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+>

Decrease the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+<>