Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:34:50 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS?
At 05:30 AM 23/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 07:20:31 -0600 >From: "phillip ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS? > >Whats the utlity you are using?? AFAIK thats just the standard Windows shortcut keyboard combo (right-click on any shortcut and go 'properties' ... it gives you the option to assign a keyboard combo to it). You DO need to press ctrl or alt whilst that shortcut field is highlighted to type anything in it. - Raymond >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:16 AM >To: Libretto >Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS? > > >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:12:12 +0700 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS? > >> Best I can suggest is make a shortcut on your desktop to "Blank >> Screen.scr" WITH the quotes, or browse to the file Blank Screen.scr in > >> windows. Then modify the shortcut properites with a hotkey like >> Ctrl+Alt+B to activate it now. Then somehow get Windows to fully blank >> ( power off ) your screen. I think it does if Windows is in charge of > >> the monitor but not if the hairy light bulb is... > >I've done an entire HDD 'Find Files' for "blank" but there's no .scr >amongst the finds. Any suggestions? l110 with Win'98 (Win'2k by next >week though, I hope) > >> Street Atlas is hotkey Ctrl+Alt+S in my machine! > >I'm using a utility which allows you to create keyboard shortcuts with >the Windows Key, so for example Win+F opens the Find window by default, >this allows you to set up your own, so Win+G could be for your >GPS/mapping software. > >For you guys using Librettos in a car, don't forget you can create >keyboard shortcuts for single keys, such as the Function keys. For >example, F2 on my Libretto pops up the calculator. > >I have a whole stack of "Ctrl+Alt+somethingelse" keyboard shortcuts, and >the way I do it is that I have a folder called "Quickeys" on the Start >menu. Anything I want to have a keyboard shortcut to, I never never >never set the keyboard shortcut properties anywhere else on the Start >Menu tree, I >*always* duplicate the shortcut and move the copy to my Quickeys folder >- much easier to keep track of. > >I name the shortcuts something like "K = address booK" > >The way I use it is - with two hands:- > - Ctrl+Alt+K > >And using one finger:- > - Windows key (ie Start menu) > - Q key (ie Quickeys folder) > - K (ie "K = address booK") > >Works a treat provided "Quickeys" is the only item on the Start menu >with a name beginning in Q, and you just have one shortcut per letter of >the alphabet in the Quickeys folder. > >Of course, viewing the Quickeys sub-menu also serves as a pop-up "help" >or visual reminder of what keyboard shortcuts are already set up - and >it makes it very easy for someone else (who is not familiar with what >you've set up) to use and learn. > >I also use duplicate shortcuts for all my non-Ctrl+Alt keyboard >shortcuts (such as F2) and they go in a sub-folder within my "Quickeys" >folder. > >Hope that makes sense... > > > > >************************************************************** >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- >Reply to any of the list messages. 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