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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 11.02.21 It may not seem like a second or two would make a big difference in your workday. But seconds add up to minutes, minutes add up to hours, and so forth. When it comes to turning thoughts in your brain into actions on your keyboard, the ability to perform tasks without relying on a clunky mouse can be a real time-saver. Enter keyboard shortcuts. You probably know a few already (Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste, for example), but there are dozens of others that can replace the clicks you make all day long. We broke down a few of our favorites, providing options for both Windows and Mac users, and included a section for the maverick types who want to create their own hotkeys. Read our guide to keyboard shortcuts, plus a few other tips and tricks, below. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more.     Do Everything Faster With These Keyboard Tricks Wanna see me cut and paste a large block of text without formatting? Wanna see me do it again? 10 Productivity Tips and Tricks From WIRED Staff Our journalism machine works best when we hit our deadlines. Here are some of the WIRED ones' tips and tricks for optimizing their work/time ratio. How to Use Airtable, Trello, and Other Apps to Fix Your Life WIRED staffers on using Airtable for wedding planning, hacking Google Sheets to make playlists, and furthering their career goals on a dating app.  How to Save Yourself From Notification Overload You get too many rings and blips and squawks on your smartphone. Here's how to shut them up. The Best Apps to Build Better Habits (and Stick to Them) Don't let your resolutions flame out. These tech tools help keep you on track. GET WIRED Fall Sale: Get WIRED for just $10 $5. Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only content. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.       When you buy something using the retail links in this email, we earn a small affiliate commission. Read more about how this works.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions

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