1st November 2000

Today's Sponsor Coming from the "Field Trips You Shouldn't Need to Chaperone" department, Lockergnomies Lee Holmes and Lori Shotts have uncovered alternative uses for the SHIFT key. We often encounter forms on Web pages. With data fields, "the more, the merrier" doesn't apply. When faced with a multiple-choice listbox, you may be able to highlight more than one entry by pressing the SHIFT key during the selection process. Done. What about the next field? Just hit the TAB key to jump there. Whoops! I wasn't finished. No worries; simply hold down SHIFT and tap the TAB key to jump back a field. These two shortcuts will work in most Windows programs, too. Ever use a form in an HTML e-mail message? The backspace key doesn't seem to work. However, if you use SHIFT in conjunction with the backspace key, you may delete your text entry without breaking a sweat (or your keyboard).