#11 - Useful app and Keyboard shortcuts on OSX

Weaving Workflow for Knowledge Workers #1

Changelog:

• November 21st, 2020. First updated.

Google Mail

- When you need to search something but don't want to get distracted by your inbox: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/{keyword to search for} 

Google forms

- /viewform to fill in
- /viewanalytics to see responses
- /edit 

Google sheet

- /copy 
- /export?format=[one_of_the_option_below]
     possible formats: xlsx|csv|tsv|pdf|zip|ods 

Google docs

- Go to https://docs.new to create a new Doc 
- /edit 
- /create 
- /copy 
- /preview 
- /export?format=[one_of_the_option_below]
     possible formats: docx|pdf|txt|zip|epub|rtf|odt 

Zoom (on OSX)

- Copy chat: select all, drag it to a text editor 
- Sometimes it allows you to "save chat" by right clicking on the chat area. Free vs paid plans? Webinar x conference call? 

Google Meet

- You can activate caption by going to Settings 

Twitter

- Save a thread without replying to the tweet: go to https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/[TWEET_ID].html 

Google chrome

- Cycling through open tabs
     Method 1: cmd + shift + [ or ]
     Method 2: cmd + option + arrow 
- cmd + N for new window 
- cmd + T for new tab 
- cmd + click link to open in background tab 
- cmd + shift + N for incognito window (bye bye Medium.com's and news sites' paywall) 
- cmd + shift + T to reopen last closed tabs 
- cmd + option + I for developer tools 

Any app on OSX

- cmd + M to minimise 
- cmd + ` to cycle through different windows of the app 
- cmd + tab cycle through different apps, forward 
- cmd + tab + shift cycle through different apps, backward 
- open emoji selector: cmd + option + space
- on text editors: highlight text, then cmd + K to add link to the highlighted text

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Originally published on Proses.ID and Medium.com

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About this series (Weaving Workflow for Knowledge Workers)

I’m a workflow nerd. I love finding ways to work more efficiently in different tools and apps. In this series I will share different shortcuts, tips, and tricks to have smooth workflow.

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