There are many tricks and hot keys that can improve your experience with computers. For example, when you want to highlight a single word text on a web page, try double-clicking the word instead of clicking and dragging the mouse across all of the letters of the word. Increase or decrease the size of text by pressing the Ctrl key in Windows or the Command key on Mac and then the plus or minus keys. The space bar can be used to scroll down a web page one screen full at a time. Pressing the Shift key and the space bar at the same time will scroll up. While filling multiple boxes on a web page in with information like your name, address and so on, the tab key can be pressed to move to the next field instead of using the mouse and clicking.
If you are running multiple applications on a computer, use the combination of Alt and Tab on Windows or Command and Tab on Mac to scroll from one app to the next. When you delete a file, it does not actually go away but instead goes into the Trash or Recycle Bin. This allows you recover the deleted file if you need to. Ultimately, you will have to empty the Trash or Recycle Bin to permanently delete files from your hard drive.
If an email is received from an unknown bank or other financial institution regarding a supposed problem with your account, it is probably a “phishing” where the sender is trying get the password to your account. This can lead to greater problems of identity theft and should be ignored. You should also ignore messages from someone wants to give $5 million from a deceased millionaire as both of these antics are scams.
These simple practices can make using a computer easier and more efficient.