Keyboard Shortcuts or Hot-Keys can save you time and speed up whatever you are working on.  I learned early on that the less keystrokes or mouse/trackball clicks you have to do, the more time you will save.  So, I wanted to present to you some handy tips that you can use to help save you some time.

Hot Key Menu

Keyboard Shortcuts or Hot-Keys work by using a combination of keys, usually the Control key and the letter of the key that you need to execute the desired command. Hot-Keys can be found in the menus of many programs. When you activate the menu, to the right of the command, you will usually see the keyboard shortcut that you are looking for. So, for instance, in the case of needing to cut something out of a document you are working on, instead of having to highlight the area, right-clicking your mouse/trackball, and clicking on Cut, you can simply highlight the area (and if it’s just one word you can double click on that word to highlight the whole word – another nice shortcut), and press the Control Key and then X. This may not seem very short, but in the instances of copying and pasting, it’s very handy not to have to open the menu up several times. Using the keyboard shortcuts makes the process a lot quicker. Highlight the area to be copied (or you can cut it if you no longer need it there) and press Control-C (or X for cut) and then place your cursor where you want the text to go now and press Control-V.

These tips will work in Windows on the PC (sorry Mac users, I’m not familiar with Macs so I’m not sure if these will work on a Mac as well.  Although from the little bit of research I did, they might, instead of the Control Key, I think it’s the Command Key on a Mac.)

Some of my favorite and most useful keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl-X = Cut (places the cut portion into the clipboard so that it can be pasted if need be)
Ctrl-A = Select All
Ctrl-C = Copy
Ctrl-V = Paste
Ctrl-Z = Undo
Ctrl-F = Find
Alt-Tab = Switch between open windows
DEL = Delete selection or whatever is to the right of the cursor
HOME = Go to the beginning of the line
END = Go to the end of the line

I hope these tips have been helpful.

Cell Phone Unlimited Plan Review

Today I began researching options to upgrade my phone and plan.  Boy did I get an education!  I knew, based on my current call load, that I would need to upgrade to an unlimited plan, as I would go over most of the highest anytime minute plans out there.

Let me tell you, I found that Cell Phone plans are not created equal.  What one company includes in their “unlimited” plan, may not be what the next company includes.  Here’s a review of what I found.

Sprint, in my opinion, has the best unlimited plan.  Their Simply Everything^SM plan is top notch.  This plan includes:

• Unlimited talk: Unlimited anytime minutes, nationwide long distance and no roaming charges
• Unlimited data: Web surfing, email, BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS), GPS Navigation, Music Premier, TV Premier, NFL Mobile Live, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile^SM
• Unlimited Direct Connect: Direct Connect and Group Connect (for capable phones)
• Unlimited messaging: Text, pictures and video

So, not only does it include unlimited minutes, but data, GPS, and messaging as well.  You get all that for one fee: $99.99 per month.  Not so with the following Cell Phone companies, this is very disappointing.

Verizon has the next best plan, but it’s more expensive.  For $139.99 per month you get:

• Unlimited calling with anyone on any network in the U.S.
• Unlimited Text, Picture, Video & Instant Messaging
• Mobile Email
• VCAST VPak (for hours of content streaming right to your phone anywhere within the V CAST Coverage Area and access to over 2 million songs to download.)
• VZ Navigator (for the power of a GPS navigation system on your phone.)
• Unlimited Mobile Web

Then comes T-Mobile and AT&T Wireless, which start off at $99.99 per month for the unlimited voice calls, but then start the extra charges for Data (which is required with certain phones), GPS, etc…

T-Mobile’s $99.99 unlimited plan covers:

• Unlimited Whenever Minutes®
• Unlimited domestic messages: Text, picture, video, and IM

With T-Mobile, if you want Data, it can cost up to $34.99 per month extra, based on the phone you select.  I did not see any packages for GPS.  So, I’m unsure if that would be an additional charge or not.

And last, comes AT&T, who loves to pile on the charges.  AT&T’s $99.99 per month unlimited plan covers:

• Unlimited Anytime Minutes

If you want Data, expect to pay as much as $30.00 per month (based on the phone – some phones have a requirement of the Data packages).  For unlimited text messaging, that will be another $20.00 per month.  GPS will be an additional $9.99 per month.  Oh, and if you’d like detailed billing so you can see what phone numbers where called, when, and for how long, that will be an extra $1.99 per month.

So, to summarize all of this.

Sprint gives you everything you need, for $99.99 per month, no extra charges for anything.

Verizon will give you everything you need, but for almost $40.00 more, at $139.99 per month.

T-Mobile can cost you up to $134.98 per month for everything.

And AT&T will cost you a whopping $161.97 to get all the bells and whistles.

Now, some people may not mind the extra charges to get possibly better service and whatnot.  But if you are looking for the overall least expensive option, Sprint is the way to go.

I hope you have found this Cell Phone Unlimited Plan review helpful.

It was Valentine’s Day 2009 and my husband and I had gone out to an early dinner, gone over and gotten our movie tickets, but still had time to spare. So, we walked over to the bookstore and I immediately went to the New Age section to just browse. I never buy books in a bookstore because I can always go home and get on Amazon.com and get them cheaper. However… this day was different.

I was browsing all the books in the section and my eyes kept coming back to The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. I looked at it, and it seemed interesting. I would put it down and look at some of the other books… but I kept getting drawn back to this particular book. I couldn’t put it down. It wouldn’t let me put it down. Something in my gut was saying buy this book… buy it now… you can not wait… you must buy it now. I’m one to pay attention to my instincts… so, I bought the book. We put it in the car and then went to enjoy our movie.

I got home and sometimes, when I buy books, I’ll just put them on the overloaded bookshelves to pick up later… sometimes I think I buy books just to have them in our self-imposed library… But, this time, I delved right in that night. Not only was I enthralled with the book… I was also compelled to buy the book for a few of my friends before I had even finished reading my copy.

I’ve never done this before. I was never so compelled to share something with my friends like this in my life. But this was important. My gut was just telling me I had to do this. So, I got on Amazon.com (the smart way) and bought 3 copies, along with a copy of the DVD for myself. As soon as I got them in, I composed a letter explaining my madness and mailed them off. They both ended up thanking me. And a third friend I actually hand delivered the copy. She was very thankful.

This book has changed my life… It can change yours too. I can’t recommend this book enough. It’s not the end all… it’s a starting point… but it’s a great starting point on your journey to personal freedom!