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From: hanc...
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:14

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On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 9:01:19 PM UTC-4, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Most software these days seems designed to force your hands back and
> forth between keyboard and mouse.  This is a pity for us touch typists,
> for whom a mouse click takes about the same time as 10 keystrokes.

A lot of mouse functions still can be performed pretty quickly by
keyboard shortcuts.  For instance, alt+F,S often saves a file.
CNTRL+arrow selects text, and CNTRL+V pastes.  (Usage varies
by program.)

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