# Microsoft 2010 grrrrr!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771 "2010-10-20T13:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/1 "2010-10-20T13:55:27Z")
the shortcut (right click over a highlighted passage) for cut, paste, copy is more complicated than in Microsoft 2003, which I was forced to give up. Instead of “paste” it gives you “paste options,” which are a bunch of icons I don’t need or understand. So instead of just pasting something, I’m compelled to pick one of these fucking options, adding a step to the process every time I want to use it. I’m so fucking sick of MS adding idiotic bells and whistles I could care less about. Grrrrr!!! If I could get rid of this "option " I so gladly would. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/2 "2010-10-20T16:30:41Z")
The shortcut is CTRL-V. Am amazed how few people use them and resort to right-clicking. CTRL-C copy CTRL-X cut Etc. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/3 "2010-10-20T16:37:24Z")
And my personal favorite, CTRL-Z, “undo that boneheaded last move.” ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/4 "2010-10-20T16:55:02Z")
Odd, I actually really like this, especially in Excel, where the default was to paste everything with equations and formatting and I usually only want to paste the values. Having that option as an immediate choice is better than the former Paste Special… window. The very first icon in the choice list (the one of a clip board in Excel and with a paintbrush and clip board in Word) is the Paste function you are used to, so you don’t really have to learn the other ones if you don’t use them. Or use keyboard shortcuts as already mentioned! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/5 "2010-10-20T16:57:30Z")
And I like CTRL-A, “highlight all”. Works well when I want to make the whole damn document 12 point and Times New Roman, or to nix any and all bold, italics, underlining throughout. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/6 "2010-10-20T18:04:26Z")
Also other common ones: CTRL-S save CTRL-SHIFT-S save as (not MS programs) CTRL-W close file CTRL-Q quit (some MS programs only) I teach this to all of my underlings and it increases their productivity greatly. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/7 "2010-10-20T18:07:41Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And my personal favorite, CTRL-Z, “undo that boneheaded last move.” It’s great holding it down on a file of code, and watching the changes go away like an animation ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/8 "2010-10-20T21:10:58Z")
To remove that do thge following: At the ribbon at the top of the screen click File Click Options Go to Advanced Inside Cut, Copy,Paste remove the check for Show Paste Options button when content is pasted ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/9 "2010-10-21T06:44:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > It’s great holding it down on a file of code, and watching the changes go away like an animation In that case, you probably want Ctrl-Y as well, which will redo an undo in pretty much every program that can undo multiple things. The only exception I’ve seen was Photoshop (at least, the CS2 version.) Ctrl-Z would do the normal undo redo cycle of, say, Notepad, while you had to use Ctrl-Shift-Y and Ctrl-Shift-Z for the other functionality. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/10 "2010-10-21T07:34:21Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > CTRL-SHIFT-S save as (not MS programs) F12 in MS programs. > [@](#): > > CTRL-Q quit (some MS programs only) Which ones don’t? > [@BigT](#): > > In that case, you probably want Ctrl-Y as well, which will redo an undo in pretty much every program that can undo multiple things. > > The only exception I’ve seen was Photoshop (at least, the CS2 version.) Ctrl-Z would do the normal undo redo cycle of, say, Notepad, while you had to use Ctrl-Shift-Y and Ctrl-Shift-Z for the other functionality. Visual Basic is a sadistic. Ctrl-Z undos, fine. Ctrl-Y deletes the current frigging line, so you end up doing more damage. Redo is some weird combination. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/11 "2010-10-21T19:43:16Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I’m so fucking sick of MS adding idiotic bells and whistles I could care less about. COULDN’T care less about. Right? I kinda miss Win3.1 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/12 "2010-10-23T16:03:57Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > COULDN’T care less about. Right? > > I kinda miss Win3.1 Ha. I recently discovered these mini podcasts by David Mitchell. In one of them he rants about the use of “Could care less” in place of “Couldn’t care less”. If you _Could_ care less then surely that means you care _at least a bit_, if not _a lot_. If you don’t care then you _couldn’t_ care less. Because caring less would require there to be an amount of care. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-2010-grrrrr/557771/13 "2010-10-23T16:05:52Z")
Microsoft 2010? Are you sure it’s not Adobe 8?