Useful+Tools

=Video Tutorials:=

Setting default homepages on your school laptop - media type="file" key="Changing Hompage Defaults.wmv" width="510" height="510"

Accessing the VPN from home - =__Keyboard Shortcuts:__=

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These are essential tools which help to ensure that you are able to make the best use of your laptops. As you get used to them it becomes much quicker and easier to move around your computer and complete common tasks.=====


 * ===**Control+Scroll**===

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For this shortcut you hold the control key while sliding your finger up or down the scroll area on the right side of the mouse touch pad. This will ** ZOOM **in or out on any document or website. ===== ||
 * ===**Alt+Tab**===

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For this shortcut hold the alt key and press the tab key. This allows you to quickly ** SWITCH BETWEEN **your open windows or programs. Keep holding alt and pressing tab to skip through several windows. ===== ||
 * ===**CTRL+ C : Copy**===

These are some fantastic shortcut key combinations which can be used in all Windows programs. They save you looking up in the toolbar menus.
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 * ===**Fn + F5**===

Press the function (Fn) key and F5 key to swich between display modes. This is needed to extend your desktop display through a projector or on another monitor.
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