Neowin News Feed for: Shortcuts

Microsoft explains how difficult it is to manage keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2026

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has claimed that changing keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2026 is a "high-stakes juggling act", in which even telemetry isn't enough. Read more...

Top 10 useful Microsoft Edge keyboard shortcuts that increase your productivity

Taras Buria — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:58:01 +0000

Here are 10 cool and useful Microsoft Edge keyboard shortcuts that will boost your productivity and make you a true keyboard warrior (in a good sense). Read more...

Microsoft quietly added couple new Windows 11 shortcuts for your help

Sayan Sen — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:16:02 +0000

Windows is a user-friendly OS as it can be used conveniently with keyboard-mouse which is why it remains so popular. There are plenty of keyboard shortcuts too, and two more have been added. Read more...

Windows 11 installer source code just got dissected revealing secret OOBE shortcut

Sayan Sen — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:34:24 +0000

Windows has many cool shortcuts and hotkeys that many are probably not even aware of. Interestingly, the OOBE, that helps set up Windows, also comes with a few, including a secret one. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Edgehog, a new antitrust investigation, fresh Windows 11 builds, and more

Taras Buria — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:00:02 +0000

Tonight on Microsoft Weekly: Microsoft reports its finances and gets slapped with an antitrust investigation from the EU; Windows 11 receives new builds and features; and Edge has a new mascot. Read more...

Free Download: Ultimate Excel Resource Guide & Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

Sponsored — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:00:01 +0000

Thanks to our partners we can offer two guides on Microsoft Excel. Learn 50+ keyboard shortcuts with the free template and bag 80 pages of insight and skyrocket your professional development. Read more...

Google Assistant getting Siri Shortcuts-like functionality

Rajesh Pandey — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 04:34:01 +0000

Google is rolling out a new Shortcuts feature in Assistant for Android that will allow users to link in-app behavior with custom voice commands. The feature is being rolled out slowly to all. Read more...

Microsoft releases PowerToys 0.13 addressing a range of bugs

Boyd Chan — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 21:54:02 +0000

Hot on the heels of the last version released in the last few days, Microsoft has pushed out PowerToys 0.13 that squashes a number of bugs relating to the new PowerRename tool and the Shortcut Guide. Read more...

The Ultimate Excel Resource Guide & Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcuts - Free

News Staff — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:46:01 +0000

Microsoft to reboot PowerToys for Windows 10 in open source form

Boyd Chan — Wed, 08 May 2019 10:02:01 +0000

PowerToys are making a comeback with the aim to help power users "squeeze more efficiency out of the Windows 10 shell" with source code to be made available with previews of the first two utilities. Read more...

Windows 8: A complete list of keyboard shortcuts

Brad Sams — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:19:12 +0000

Microsoft has posted up a complete list of keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8. If you have been looking for a complete list, look no further. Read more...

Google adds More Shortcuts to Gmail, trick to check them all

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:07:23 +0000

Everyone loves things that save them time. Seeing the success of the current shortcuts, Google has decided to add even more Gmail shortcuts to its email service - the only problem now is remembering them... Read more...

Microsoft changes middleware shortcuts

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:17:31 +0000

Microsoft has agreed to limit the number of shortcuts to its middleware applications in Windows when a computer user designates competing products as defaults, according to antitrust compliance documents released Wednesday. Microsoft changed... Read more...

Favorite Shortcuts 1.1 Beta 1

Brad Wardell — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 04:43:31 +0000

Favorite Shortcuts is a launcher that provides quick access to the hierarchical list of favorite programs, documents and folders. It is available as an additional submenu in a folder background context menu. To invoke it,... Read more...