On a tangent of November's theme of Remembrance, it's easy to forget where we saved our files, especially as we get older. Fortunately, computers have some shortcut keys to help us find documents. First and foremost is the shortcut key, Ctrl-F
Holding these 2 keys down when browsing a web page will help you find any given word that you're looking for. Other shortcut keys like Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for copying and pasting you may be familiar with. Here's a glimpse of other shortcuts available for our use.
When looking for a file on your computer (H: drive), there's the search box that you can type the file name or a fragment of the filename:
If the file is found on Google Drive, advanced search will find all files that contain words embedded into the document!
Click on the triangle in the search box for this drop-down to appear.
A more thorough explanation of searching drive is found at this YouTube clip.
Now, if only it would be this easy to find my keys!
Good find!
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