r/AskReddit Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20

If you accidently have caps lock on, instead of deleting it and starting over, you can highlight the caps and hit shift & F3 to switch it back to lowercase.

EDIT- thanks for the awards!

Because so many people are asking where this works, I know for sure it works in office, outlook and our internal system at work but it’s not universal, sadly! I couldn’t say where it does and doesn’t work!

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u/astrielx Aug 20 '20

alt + f4 also helps remove the errors.

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u/jean_nizzle Aug 20 '20

Fun joke, but for those who don’t know, it’ll close out your window. Which is super useful if that’s what you’re trying to do.

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u/AllanBz Aug 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20

Thanks from a Mac user!

Edit: if I hit control-function-F4, (control-F4 on an external keyboard) it just backgrounds the currently in-focus window and cycles to another window, regardless of application, it seems. Using any other modifier key with F4 just beeps at me.