Ongoing list of Tips and Tricks by Operating System

Lock your computer before leaving your desk

This is something you should do EVERY time you leave your computer (this is good practice even at home; especially if you have kids or pets).

Windows: Windows Key + L
macOS: Control + Command + Q

Paste from your clipboard history

Remember a few copies ago when you copied someone's name and you want to paste it again but you already copied something else that is in the clipboard? No worries, paste from the clipboard history.

Windows: Windows Key + V
macOS: You will have to use a third party like Clipy to get this functionality.

Take a screenshot of a section of your screen and save to the clipboard

Windows: Windows Key + Shift + S
macOS: Shift + Command + 4 (Note: this saves the screenshot to the desktop)

Take advanced screenshots (gif, screencasts, annotations, arrows, etc)

Windows: ShareX is the best free screenshot software I have found for Windows.
macOS: Flameshot might be your best free option but it is nowhere near as powerful as ShareX. Sorry Mac users.

Create a new Google Docs file without opening Google Docs

Document: https://document.new
Spreadsheet: https://spreadsheet.new
Presentation: https://presentation.new

Desktop window snapping

Windows: Windows Key + Right/Left arrow - Snaps the window to the right or left of screen. Can move window across multiple monitors. Windows Key + Up/Down arrow - Maximize or minimize windows. (Note; Windows 11 handles this much better than Windows 10 and is one reason you may want to consider upgrading.

macOS: In the top left of the window you want to snap, hover over the green icon and select one of the snapping options.

Safely check links for phishing attempts

There are many services that will allow you to paste a link and they will check the link for malicious content so you don't have to click on it. Here are a handful of services:

https://easydmarc.com/tools/phishing-url
https://www.emailveritas.com/url-checker
https://checkphish.ai/
https://www.psafe.com/dfndr-lab/

Useful Google Sheet shortcuts

Windows
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + : - Inserts the current date and time
Ctrl + Shift + : - Inserts the current time
Ctrl + Shift + V - Paste values only

macOS

Improve how you copy, paste, and highlight

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Google Sheets Shortcuts - Dates - Alt Enter

Copy Pasting - Home End Shift and Control

Ctrl Shift V