Windows 7 seems to have an endless number of ways to easily launch your most common programs. Not only can you pin apps to the Start menu, for example, but there's the ability to pin to the Task bar.

Making its appearance again in Mountain Lion is the ability to assign a keyboard shortcut that'll enter an outgoing email account for a message you are composing in Mail. This feature was available in ...

As someone who prefers using the keyboard over the mouse, the Finder’s color labels annoy me to no end—there’s simply no way to use the keyboard to assign them. You can open the Get Info window by ...

MS Office makes it easy to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to any Word menu item using the Customize dialog box. Here are the steps to take. Unfortunately, the method varies somewhat by which version ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Want to add elements to a GarageBand composition by playing a piano, but don't have access to a MIDI keyboard? Save money on buying a new instrument by taking advantage of the built-in Musical Typing ...