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Microsoft uses Technology Conference as a new way of Marketing

Technology companies, now a days are using different ways to market their products and brand, but Microsoft started entirely new way to market their products to cope up with their direct competition with Open Source world such as Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP.

A couple of days back I received an invitation from Microsoft to attend a Conference in my City and I registered for the same thinking I would know something better which I already don’t know. The subject of the conference was energy efficiency using new technology. When I attend the conference, the truth was entirely different from the subject. I also thought that the conference would open the new doors to meet the CEOs and CTOs of the IT companies in the city and act as a platform to exchange new ideas and technology.

But the fact was quite a bit different from my usual expectations. I am not sure whether it was positive or !@#$%^&*() ? Most of the conferences have less time dedicated to the marketing of the products of the sponsors of it but this time Microsoft used this way to market their newly launched products such as Windows 7, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and so on.

Most of the time spent by the speakers, were to explain what their product does and how they help you which was very painful when we especially spend our quality time to attend this kind of conferences. The conference did not serve the purpose of the title given to it.

I found that the conference was not meant to provide a platform but to fill the gap for the competition they are facing with the other companies and corporates. This should never be a way to market the products at least from a company like Microsoft.

The audience was mostly filled with developers and junior level staff of the companies which was never expected by the management staff of the IT companies attending this conference. This certainly helps Microsoft to spread the name of their newly launched product but never help them attract technology innovators participate in their ideas.

I personally am not against Microsoft Technology but do not expect to waste my time attending such conferences which do not serve the purpose of its own title.

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221 Shortcuts to use Microsoft Word effectively

No. Key Press Result Description
1 Ctrl + Shift + A AllCaps Makes the selection all capitals (toggle)
2 Alt + Ctrl + 1 ApplyHeading1 Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text
3 Alt + Ctrl + 2 ApplyHeading2 Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text
4 Alt + Ctrl + 3 ApplyHeading3 Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text
5 Ctrl + Shift + L ApplyListBullet Applies List Bullet style to the selected text
6 Alt + F10 AppMaximize Enlarges the application window to full size
7 Alt + F5 AppRestore Restores the application window to normal size
8 Ctrl+B Bold Makes the selection bold (toggle)
9 Ctrl + PgDn BrowseNext Jump to the next browse object
10 Ctrl + PgUp BrowsePrev Jump to the previous browse object
11 Alt + Ctrl + Home BrowseSel Select the next/prev browse object
12 Esc Cancel Terminates an action
13 Ctrl+E CenterPara Centers the paragraph between the indents
14 Shift+F3 ChangeCase Changes the case of the letters in the selection
15 Left arrow CharLeft Moves the insertion point to the left one character
16 Shift + Left arrow CharLeftExtend Extends the selection to the left one character
17 Rt arrow CharRight Moves the insertion point to the right one character
18 Shift + Rt arrow CharRightExtend Extends the selection to the right one character
19 Alt + Shift + C ClosePane Closes the active window pane (if you are in Normal View and have, for example, the Footnote pane open)
20 Alt+Drag (or press Ctrl + Shift + F8 and drag, but Alt + Drag is far easier!) ColumnSelect Selects a columnar block of text
21 Ctrl +Shift+C CopyFormat Copies the formatting of the selection
22 Shift + F2 CopyText Makes a copy of the selection without using the clipboard (press Return to paste)
23 Alt + F3 CreateAutoText Adds an AutoText entry to the active template
24 Ctrl+ Backspace DeleteBackWord Deletes the previous word without putting it on the Clipboard
25 Ctrl + Del DeleteWord Deletes the next word without putting it on the Clipboard
26 Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 DocClose Prompts to save the document and then closes the active window. (But doesn't intercept the menu command)
27 Ctrl + F10 DocMaximize Enlarges the active window to full size
28 Ctrl + F7 DocMove Changes the position of the active window
29 Ctrl + F5 DocRestore Restores the window to normal size
30 Ctrl + F8 DocSize Changes the size of the active window
31 Alt + Ctrl + S  DocSplit  Splits the active window horizontally and then adjusts the split 
32 Alt + Shift + F9  DoFieldClick  Executes the action associated with macrobutton fields 
33 Ctrl + Shift + D  DoubleUnderline  Double underlines the selection (toggle) 
34 Alt R, G  DrawGroup  Groups the selected drawing objects 
35 Alt R, I  DrawSnapToGrid  Sets up a grid for aligning drawing objects 
36 Alt R, U  DrawUngroup  Ungroups the selected group of drawing objects 
37 Ctrl+Shift+F5 (Or: Alt I, K)  EditBookmark  Brings up the bookmark dialog 
38 Del  EditClear  Performs a forward delete or removes the selection without putting it on the Clipboard 
39 Ctrl+C  EditCopy  Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard 
40 Ctrl+X  EditCut  Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard 
41 Ctrl+F  EditFind  Finds the specified text or the specified formatting 
42 F5, Ctrl+G  EditGoTo  Jumps to a specified place in the active document 
43 Alt E, K  EditLinks  Allows links to be viewed, updated, opened, or removed 
44 Ctrl+V  EditPaste  Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point 
45 Alt E, S  EditPasteSpecial  Inserts the Clipboard contents as a linked object, embedded object, or other format 
46 Alt + Shift + Backspc  EditRedo  Redoes the last action that was undone 
47 F4  EditRedoOrRepeat  Repeats the last command, or redoes the last action that was undone (unfortunately, doesn't work for as many commands in Word 2000 as in Word 97 and below, but this is still one of Word's most useful shortcuts, if not the most useful) 
48 Ctrl+H  EditReplace  Finds the specified text or the specified formatting and replaces it 
49 Ctrl+A  EditSelectAll  Selects the entire document 
50 Ctrl+Z  EditUndo  Reverses the last action 
51 Alt + PageDn (to select to end of column, use Alt + Shift + PgDn)  EndOfColumn  Moves to the last cell in the current table column 
52 Ctrl+Shift+End  EndOfDocExtend  Extends the selection to the end of the last line of the document 
53 Ctrl+End  EndOfDocument  Moves the insertion point to the end of the last line of the document 
54 End  EndOfLine  Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line 
55 Shift+End  EndOfLineExtend  Extends the selection to the end of the current line 
56 Alt+End  EndOfRow  Moves to the last cell in the current row 
57 Alt + Ctrl + PgDn  EndOfWindow  Moves the insertion point to the end of the last visible line on the screen 
58 Shift + Alt + Ctrl + PgDn  EndOfWindowExtend  Extends the selection to the end of the last visible line on the screen 
59 F8 (press Esc to turn off)  ExtendSelection  Turns on extend selection mode and then expands the selection with the direction keys 
60 Alt + F4 (<9>)  FileCloseOrExit  Closes the current document, or if no documents are open, quits Word. Horrible command, as it makes it a long winded business to quit Word. But there's a simple solution – assign Alt+F4 to FileExit instead.
61 Alt + F4 (Word 97)  FileExit  Quits Microsoft Word and prompts to save the documents (does intercept the menu item, but not the keyboard shortcut, or the x button. An AutoExit macro is usually a better way of intercepting this). 
62 NOT Ctrl+N!!  FileNew  Creates a new document or template (brings up the dialog). Note that: Word pretends that Ctrl+N is assigned to FileNew but it isn't, it's assigned to FileNewDefault You can fix this in Word 2000 by assigning Ctrl+N to the FileNewDialog command. In Word 97 the only way to fix it is to create a macro called FileNew (to do this, press Alt + F8, type "FileNew" without the quotes and Click "Create". The macro will automatically contain the code needed to make it work). 
63 Ctrl+N  FileNewDefault  Creates a new document based on the Normal template. 
64 Ctrl+O  FileOpen  Opens an existing document or template 
65 Alt F, U  FilePageSetup  Changes the page setup of the selected sections 
66 Ctrl + P  FilePrint  Prints the active document (brings up the dialog) 
67 Ctrl+F2  FilePrintPreview  Displays full pages as they will be printed 
68 Alt F, I  FileProperties  Shows the properties of the active document 
69 Ctrl+S  FileSave  FileSave 
70 Alt F, A (or F12)  FileSaveAs  Saves a copy of the document in a separate file (brings up the dialog) 
71 Ctrl+Shift+F  Font  Activates the Fonts listbox on the formatting toolbar 
72 Ctrl+Shift+P  FontSizeSelect  Activates the Font Size drop-down on the formatting toolbar 
73 Alt + Ctrl + K  FormatAutoFormat  Automatically formats a document (or sometimes, automatically screws it up) 
74 Alt O, B  FormatBordersAndSha ding  Changes the borders and shading of the selected paragraphs, table cells, and pictures 
75 Alt O, E  FormatChangeCase  Changes the case of the letters in the selection 
76 Alt O, C  FormatColumns  Changes the column format of the selected sections (brings up the dialog) 
77 Alt O, D  FormatDropCap  Formats the first character of current paragraph as a dropped capital (must select it first) 
78 Ctrl+D  FormatFont  Brings up the Format + Font dialog 
79 Alt + Shift + R  FormatHeaderFooterL ink  Links the current header/footer to the previous section (but does not intercept the button on the Header Footer toolbar) 
80 Alt O, P  FormatParagraph  Brings up the Format Paragraph dialog 
81 Alt O, S  FormatStyle  Applies, creates, or modifies styles 
82 Alt O, T  FormatTabs  Brings up the Format Tabs dialog 
83 Shift + F5  GoBack  Returns to the previous insertion point (goes back to up to 3 points, then returns to where you started; this is one of the most useful shortcuts of them all. Also useful when opening a document, if you want to g straight to where you were last editing it) 
84 Ctrl + >  GrowFont  Increases the font size of the selection 
85 Ctrl + ]  GrowFontOnePoint  Increases the font size of the selection by one point 
86 Ctrl + T (or drag the ruler)  HangingIndent  Increases the hanging indent 
87 F1  Help  Microsoft Word Help 
88 Shift + F1  HelpTool  Lets you get help on a command or screen region or examine text properties 
89 Ctrl + Shift + H  Hidden  Makes the selection hidden text (toggle) 
90 Click on it  HyperlinkOpen  Connect to a hyperlink's address 
91 Ctrl + M (or drag the ruler)  Indent  Moves the left indent to the next tab stop 
92 Alt + Ctrl + M (or Alt I, M)  InsertAnnotation  Inserts a comment 
93 F3  InsertAutoText  Replaces the name of the AutoText entry with its contents 
94 Alt I, B  InsertBreak  Ends a page, column, or section at the insertion point 
95 Alt I, C  InsertCaption  Inserts a caption above or below a selected object 
96 Ctrl + Shift + Return  InsertColumnBreak  Inserts a column break at the insertion point 
97 Alt + Shift + D  InsertDateField  Inserts a date field 
98 Alt + Ctrl + D  InsertEndnoteNow  Inserts an endnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the dialog 
99 Alt I, F  InsertField  Inserts a field in the active document 
100 Ctrl+F9  InsertFieldChars  Inserts an empty field with the enclosing field characters 
101 Alt I, L  InsertFile  Inserts the text of another file into the active document 
102 Alt I, N  InsertFootnote  Inserts a footnote or endnote reference at the insertion point 
103 Alt + Ctrl + F  InsertFootnoteNow  Inserts a footnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the dialog 
104 Ctrl + K  InsertHyperlink  Insert Hyperlink 
105 Alt I, D  InsertIndexAndTable s  Inserts an index or a table of contents, figures, or authorities into the document 
106 Alt + Ctrl + L  InsertListNumField  Inserts a ListNum Field 
107 Alt + Shift + F  InsertMergeField  Brings up a dialog to insert a mail merge field at the insertion point. (It does not intercept the button on the Mail merge. toolbar) 
108 Ctrl + Return  InsertPageBreak  Inserts a page break at the insertion point 
109 Alt + Shift + P  InsertPageField  Inserts a page number field 
110 Ctrl + Shift + F3  InsertSpike  Empties the spike AutoText entry and inserts all of its contents into the document 
111 Alt + Shift + T  InsertTimeField  Inserts a time field 
112 Ctrl + I  Italic  Makes the selection italic (toggle) 
113 Ctrl + J  JustifyPara  Aligns the paragraph at both the left and the right indent 
114 Ctrl + L  LeftPara  Aligns the paragraph at the left indent 
115 Down arrow  LineDown  Moves the insertion point down one line 
116 Shift + down arrow  LineDownExtend  Extends the selection down one line 
117 Up arrow  LineUp  Moves the insertion point up one line 
118 Shift + up arrow  LineUpExtend  Extends the selection up one line 
119 Ctrl + F11  LockFields  Locks the selected fields to prevent updating 
120 Alt + Shift + K  MailMergeCheck  Checks for errors in a mail merge 
121 Alt+Shift+E  MailMergeEditDataSo urce  Lets you edit a mail merge data source 
122 Alt + Shift + N  MailMergeToDoc  Collects the results of the mail merge in a document 
123 Alt Shift + M  MailMergeToPrinter  Sends the results of the mail merge to the printer 
124 Alt + Shift + I  MarkCitation  Marks the text you want to include in the table of authorities 
125 Alt + Shift + X  MarkIndexEntry  Marks the text you want to include in the index 
126 Alt + Shift + O  MarkTableOfContents Entry  Inserts a TC field (but it is far better to use Heading Styles to generate your Table of Contents instead) 
127 Alt or F10  MenuMode  Makes the menu bar active 
128 Alt + Shift + F11  MicrosoftScriptEdit or  Starts or switches to Microsoft Development Environment application, allowing you to view the HTML/XML source code that would be behind the document if it were in ..htm format (or that is behind it if it already is in .htm format). 
129 Alt + Ctrl + F1  MicrosoftSystemInfo  Execute the Microsoft System Info application 
130 F2  MoveText  Moves the selection to a specified location without using the clipboard (press Return to execute the more) 
131 Tab  NextCell  Moves to the next table cell 
132 F11  NextField  Moves to the next field 
133 Alt + F7  NextMisspelling  Find next spelling error 
134 Alt + down arrow  NextObject  Moves to the next object on the page 
135 Ctrl + F6  NextWindow  Switches to the next document window, equivalent to selecting a document from the Window menu. 
136 Ctrl+Shift+N  NormalStyle  Applies the Normal style 
137 Ctrl + 0  OpenOrCloseUpPara  Sets or removes extra spacing above the selected paragraph 
138 F6  OtherPane  Switches to another window pane in Normal View (for instance, if you have if you have a Footnotes pane open in Normal view and want to switch to the main document and back without closing the pane). 
139 Alt + _  OutlineCollapse  Collapses an Outline in Outline View by one level 
140 Alt+Shift+rt arrow  OutlineDemote  Demotes the selected paragraphs one heading level 
141 Alt + +  OutlineExpand  Expands an Outline in Outline View by one level 
142 Alt+Shift+down arrow  OutlineMoveDown  Moves the selection below the next item in the outline 
143 Alt+Shift+up arrow  OutlineMoveUp  Moves the selection above the previous item in the outline 
144 Alt+Shift+left arrow  OutlinePromote  Promotes the selected paragraphs one heading level 
145 Alt + Shift + L  OutlineShowFirstLin e  Toggles between showing the first line of each paragraph only or showing all of the body text in the outline 
146 Ins  Overtype  Toggles the typing mode between replacing and inserting 
147 PgDn  PageDown  Moves the insertion point and document display to the next screen of text 
148 Shift+ PgDn  PageDownExtend  Extends the selection and changes the document display to the next screen of text
149 PgUp  PageUp  Moves the insertion point and document display to the previous screen of text 
150 Shift + PgUp  PageUpExtend  Extends the selection and changes the document display to the previous screen of text 
151 Ctrl + down arrow  ParaDown  Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph 
152 Shift + Ctrl + down arrow  ParaDownExtend  Extends the selection to the beginning of the next paragraph 
153 Ctrl + up arrow  ParaUp  Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph 
154 Shift + Ctrl + up arrow  ParaUpExtend  Extends the selection to the beginning of the previous paragraph 
155 Ctrl+Shift+V  PasteFormat  Applies the previously copied formatting to selection 
156 Shift + Tab  PrevCell  Moves to the previous table cell 
157 Shift + F11  PrevField  Moves to the previous field 
158 Alt + up arrow  PrevObject  Moves to the previous object on the page 
159 Ctrl + Shift + F6  PrevWindow  Switches back to the previous document window 
160 Sfift+F4  RepeatFind  Repeats Go To or Find to find the next occurrence 
161 Ctrl+Spacebar  ResetChar  Makes the selection the default character format of the applied style 
162 Ctrl+Q  ResetPara  Makes the selection the default paragraph format of the applied style 
163 Ctrl +R  RightPara  Aligns the paragraph at the right indent 
164 Ctrl + *  ShowAll  Shows/hides all nonprinting characters 
165 Alt + Shift + A  ShowAllHeadings  Displays all of the heading levels and the body text in Outline View 
166 Ctrl + <  ShrinkFont  Decreases the font size of the selection 
167 Ctrl + [  ShrinkFontOnePoint  Decreases the font size of the selection by one point 
168 Ctrl + Shift + K  SmallCaps  Makes the selection small capitals (toggle) 
169 Ctrl + 1  SpacePara1  Sets the line spacing to single space 
170 Ctrl + 5  SpacePara15  Sets the line spacing to one-and-one- half space 
171 Ctrl + 2  SpacePara2  Sets the line spacing to double space 
172 Ctrl + F3  Spike  Deletes the selection and adds it to the "Spike" AutoText entry (which allows you to move text and graphics from nonadjacent locations) 
173 Alt + PgUp  StartOfColumn  Moves to the first cell in the current column 
174 Ctrl+Shift+Home  StartOfDocExtend  Extends the selection to the beginning of the first line of the document 
175 Ctrl +Home  StartOfDocument  Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the first line of the document 
176 Home  StartOfLine  Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the current line 
177 Shift+Home  StartOfLineExtend  Extends the selection to the beginning of the current line 
178 Alt+Home  StartOfRow  Moves to the first cell in the current row 
179 Alt+Ctrl+PgUp  StartOfWindow  Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the first visible line on the screen 
180 Shift+ Alt+Ctrl+PgUp  StartOfWindowExtend  Extends the selection to the beginning of the first visible line on the screen 
181 Strl + Shift + S  Style  Activates the Style drop-down on the Formatting toolbar 
182 Ctrl + =  Subscript  Makes the selection subscript (toggle) 
183 Ctrl + +  Superscript  Makes the selection superscript (toggle) 
184 Ctrl + Shift + Q  SymbolFont  Applies the Symbol font to the selection 
185 Alt A, F  TableAutoFormat  Applies a set of formatting to a table 
186 Alt A, H  TableHeadings  Toggles table headings attribute on and off 
187 Alt + click  (Alt + drag to select several)  TableSelectColumn  Selects the current column in a table 
188 Click in left margin  TableSelectRow  Selects the current row in a table 
189 Alt + double-click  TableSelectTable  Selects an entire table 
190 Alt + Ctrl + U  TableUpdateAutoForm at  Updates the table formatting to match the applied Table Autoformat settings 
191 Shift + F9 (Alt + F9 toggles all field codes on or off)  ToggleFieldDisplay  Shows the field codes or the results for the selection (toggle) 
192 Alt T, C  ToolsCustomize  Allows you to customizes the Word user interface (menus, keyboard and toolbars) and store the customizations in a template (defaults to Normal.dot, so be careful!) 
193 Alt + F8  ToolsMacro  Runs, creates, deletes, or revises a macro 
194 F7  ToolsProofing  Checks the spelling and grammar in the active document 
195 Ctr.l + Shift + E  ToolsRevisionMarksT oggle  Toggles track changes for the active document 
196 Shift + F7  ToolsThesaurus  Finds a synonym for the selected word 
197 Ctrl+U  Underline  Formats the selection with a continuous underline (toggle) 
198 Ctrl + Shift + T  (or drag the ruler)  UnHang  Decreases the hanging indent 
199 Ctrl + Shift + M  (or drag the ruler)  UnIndent  Moves the left indent to the previous tab stop 
200 Ctrl+Shift+F9  UnlinkFields  Permanently replaces the field codes with the results 
201 Ctrl + Shift + F11  UnlockFields  Unlocks the selected fields for updating 
202 F9  UpdateFields  Updates and displays the results of the selected fields 
203 Ctrl + Shiift + F7  UpdateSource  Copies the modified text of a linked file back to its source file 
204 Hover over comment  ViewAnnotations  Show or hide the comment pane 
205 Dbl-click the endnote reference  ViewEndnoteArea  If in Normal View, opens a pane for viewing and editing the endnote (toggle). If in Page/Print Layout View, switches from the body text to the endnote or vice versa 
206 At + F9  ViewFieldCodes  Shows the field codes or results for all fields (toggle) 
207 Dbl-click the footnote reference  ViewFootnoteArea  If in Normal View, opens a pane for viewing and editing the footnote (toggle). If in Page/Print Layout View, switches from the body text to the footnote or vice versa. 
208 Alt V, F  ViewFootnotes  If in Normal View, opens a pane for viewing and editing footnotes and endnotes (toggle). If in Page/Print Layout View, switches from the body text to the footnotes/endnotes or vice versa. 
209 Alt V, H  ViewHeader  Displays header in page layout view 
210 Alt V, N  (or Alt + Ctrl + N)  ViewNormal  Changes the editing view to normal view 
211 Alt V, O  (or Alt + Ctrl + O)  ViewOutline  Displays a document's outline 
212 Alt V, P  (or Alt + Ctrl + P)  ViewPage  Displays the page more-or-less as it will be printed, and allows editing (In Word 2000 the menu item is called Print Layout, but fortunately the command hasn't changed. 
213 Alt + F11  ViewVBCode  Shows the VB editing environment (Tools + Macro + Visual Basic Editor) 
214 Alt + left arrow  WebGoBack  Backward hyperlink (useful if you clicked on a page number hyperlink in the table of contents and then want to return to the TOC) 
215 Alt + rt arrow  WebGoForward  Forward hyperlink 
216 Alt W, A  WindowArrangeAll  Arranges windows as non-overlapping tiles 
217 Ctrl + left arrow  WordLeft  Moves the insertion point to the left one word 
218 Shift + Ctrl + left arrow  WordLeftExtend  Extends the selection to the left one word 
219 Ctrl + rt arrow  WordRight  Moves the insertion point to the right one word 
220 Shift + Ctrl + rt arrow  WordRightExtend  Extends the selection to the right one word 
221 Ctrl + Shift + W  WordUnderline  Underlines the words but not the spaces in the selection (toggle)


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