Right-Click

You are using the mouse to click, just one click, in Windows Explorer to select a file, or in your spreadsheet to select a cell.

Try clicking with the right-hand button. The right-hand button will pop-up a context-sensitive menu, that is, a menu crafted to meet the situation in which you are.

If you have just left-clicked on a file in Windows Explorer, right-click will throw up a menu that includes Copy, Send To, Delete and Rename, for those are actions you can take on a file.

If you have just left-clicked on a cell in your spreadsheet, right-click will throw up a menu that includes Copy, Paste and Format Cells, for those are actions you can take on a spreadsheet cell.

If you have just left-clicked on a shortcut on your desktop, right-click will throw up a menu that includes Open, Send To, Copy, Rename and Properties, for those are actions you can take on a desktop shortcut.

· Right-click delivers highly relevant information.

Properties?

Sure! If you are really into power and speed, right-click on your desktop shortcut to Windows Explorer, choose the Shortcut tab, and in the Shortcut Key box, hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys while you tap the letter "E". Confirm out of there and see what Ctrl-Shift-E (E for Explorer) does for your productivity.