Most of us have learned our IT skills as we go along, without formal coaching, which means there are always things we might be unaware of that could make life just that little bit easier.

For example - most people know that the wheel on many computer mice is used to scroll up and down on a page. However, within Windows, this wheel can also do other things....

Need to examine the small print?
You can quickly zoom in and out on a web page, word document, excel spreadsheet, etc. by holding down the 'Ctrl' key and scrolling up to zoom in and down to zoom out.

Need to check back quickly?
Also, you can move forward and backwards through pages you've accessed while browsing the Internet by holding down the 'Shift' key and scrolling up and down. Scrolling down goes back and scrolling up goes forward.

These are very simple illustrations - to make our point. There are many areas in business that can be helped by technology if you know how. IT Accessed exists to help businesses get more from IT - and always from the point of view of making the business more efficient and profitable.

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