The Benefits of PC Shortcut Keys and Purposeful Design

I believe that people who are smart at office work using a PC 💻 are not necessarily those who have fast key-touching skills, but rather those who have no wasted movement in their hands to begin with. In other words, while the 'pursuit of speed' is effective, there are many benefits to be gained by focusing on and striving for 'waste reduction,' which is a more accessible and lower-hurdle approach.

I have just quoted the opening paragraph from a past article as it was (^^ゞ

However, today's discussion will be from a slightly different angle 🤔

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I think everyone has heard the PC term 'shortcut key' at least once. And I imagine that a certain number of people use them frequently, while others, even if their usage frequency is near zero, at least know that 'such things exist.'

Furthermore, with the rise in [ambition] for self-improvement, many people are thinking, 'I want to know ⤴,' and although this is just my personal feeling, I think that even in online articles including those on note, people have become more inclined to pay attention to them (more so than 5 or 10 years ago 💦).
Aren't they also likely to get a lot of 'likes' and 'skis' 🤩
※The dissemination of knowledge and information is not the main pointon my notesimplywriting out 'second-hand' information will not be the focus of the article, is something I say every time 🙇

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Now, the point I want to raise in this article is, simply put...

◆Are you finding joy in just 'knowing'?

That is the point.

With the growing momentum for pursuing 'time-saving,' they have gained more attention than before as mentioned above, but there are times when the way people evaluate and show interest in that information feels like, 'Oh, is that so? 🙄'...

※I am exclusively a Windows user🖥 Please understand that the following discussion is limited in scope and does not take into account (or consider) Macs, smartphones, etc. 🙇

Since I think there are quite a few people who are not familiar with 'shortcut keys,' I would like to state my views on their significance.

Even though 'typing text on a keyboard' accounts for most of the [actions] in text-based work, the 'fiddly' process of frequently switching your right hand to the mouse in the middle of it—delicately moving the pointer to a small button on the screen—clicking—and then returning your right hand to the keyboard when finished—is inefficient/troublesome, sothe main motivation should be to finish it with keyboard operations (combinations) instead!This is applied with the goal of avoiding 'sluggishness' and wanting to work smartly and smoothly.
※I will set aside the existence of touchpads

　As those with a keen sense may have already noticed, there is the issue of missing the point in developments like
◆Even though there is no point in knowing (or trying to memorize) shortcut keys for actions that are not frequent for you, people still rejoice or are impressed by that information😞
…but what do you think about the following development as a concrete example?

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When you are mainly working and have various applications open, there are times when you want to display the desktop for some reason—the approach many beginners and intermediate users take for that is to "minimize windows one by one..."—the key operation to do that all at once is "Windows key" & "D"
*Same effect as placing this as a "Quick Launch" on the taskbar

　Many people who learn this for the first time are impressed😲 and, coupled with the fact that it is relatively frequent, it tends to be welcomed and remembered for execution.
　Perhaps you, who might be learning it for the first time in this article(?), are the same.

　But, in the first place,

what is it that you want to do after that?

　Isn't it to switch back to the mouse and double-click (= open) one of the icons lined up on the desktop?

　If you follow that purpose, "Windows key" & "E" is a better way to display a small window and head toward [Desktop] inside it...🤣

　What is displayed by this operation is called "Explorer" or "My Computer," but furthermore, where do you want to return to after you are done there?

　It's the application or folder you were in just a moment ago, right?

　Isn't it the case that by closing the window you just called up after you are done with it, the things that were underneath it will come to the front?

Fumbling when restoring a minimized window to its original size is a characteristic of beginner-to-intermediate users and a common hurdle in the pursuit of time efficiency. *This is especially true if you are not accustomed to using 'Alt' (or 'Windows key') & 'Tab' to switch between applications ☝

"I want to open a file. To do that, I first have to show the desktop..." is just a misconception 🙅 *Setting aside the question of why you are using the desktop as a storage location in the first place 💧

If you have made "showing the desktop" a primary task until now, it means you have been wasting a significant amount of time every day, and that needs to be improved.

Well, that is unless you also have the goal of wanting to be soothed by looking at the image you set as your desktop background 👀 🤣

In summary, even in small PC operations,
・Be conscious of the [purpose] in everything you do! And
・Prioritize essential thinking over "being impressed by information" or "just knowing things"(^.^)/~~~
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