

The big difference between the two appears to be the fact that we have better control over window placement using our mouse in Hookshot. At the time of this writing, there’s a 10-day free trial and then it’s $7.99 USD for a license. Ryan also develops Hookshot which is a utility built on Rectangle with some additional bells and whistles.

Rectangle allows us to manage our application windows using keyboard shortcuts and mouse hotspots. Rectangle is a free and open source application built by Ryan Hanson and distributed on. By using Rectangle we can operate more effectively and in turn generate code faster. This can take up a lot of time during our day and can be compounded if we have large or multiple monitors. Looking for more help with Word for Windows? If you have an Office subscription, see " Word for Office 365/Microsoft 365 cheat sheet." If you have a non-subscription version of Office, see " Word 20 cheat sheet." We've also got cheat sheets for an array of other Microsoft products, including older versions of Office.As knowledge workers, we spend a lot of time managing windows on our computers. Split the document window or remove the split Switch among the last four places in the document you edited Open the Search and Replace dialog box (Windows) / Find and Replace pane (Mac) Open the Navigation pane to search for text, images, more (Windows) / use the search box (Mac) Useful Word keyboard shortcuts Source: Microsoft Actionĭelete selection and copy it to the clipboard Note: On Macs, the ⌘ key is the same as the Command or Cmd key.

For even more shortcuts, see Microsoft's Office site. Most work whether you’re using a subscription (Microsoft 365/Office 365) or non-subscription version of Word. We've listed the shortcuts we've found the most useful below.
