KLUB 106.9 The Rock » tips and tricks http://1069therock.com The Best Classic Rock & The Best New Rock Wed, 22 May 2013 01:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Tech Thursday: Tips and Tricks for the iPad http://1069therock.com/tech-thursday-tips-and-tricks-for-the-ipad/ http://1069therock.com/tech-thursday-tips-and-tricks-for-the-ipad/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:00:34 +0000 wcampise http://1069therock.com/?p=2280 Last Thursday, I mentioned a few tips for Windows 7. So, this week thanks to PCMag.com, I thought I would give equal time to Apple and the IPad. So, here you go…
Yes, you can reveal hidden keyboard characters
Holding down certain keys provides additional character options. A long tap on the Comma key brings an apostrophe. Next door, the Period key offers up a quote mark too. On the numeric keyboard, shown here, the Quote Mark key hides smart quotes and other symbols if you hold it down for a second. Did you know hitting the spacebar twice inserts a period?

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Have a laptop that you connect to your home network and other times to another network? You would like to use the same IP address on your home network, but the other assigns addresses via DHCP. Well, now you don’t have to go in and change the TCP/IP properties each time to switch networks.

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