Happy April 1st.

First the tip: When leaving your PC unattended, press WINDOWS KEY + L to lock your screen and keyboard. This will prevent you from falling prey to any seasonal pranks (like these).

Now the tricks: Here is a short list of relatively harmless April Fools’ pranks you could play on a friend’s unlocked PC.

Windows

Change the Double+Click speed

“My mouse is broken”

1. Click Start, type “mouse”, select Settings filter, then click Change Mouse Settings.
2. Select the Buttons Tab.
3. In the Double-Click area move the slider bar to the fastest setting.
4. Click OK.

Flip the Screen

They might need to stand on their heads for a bit

• Press CTRL + ALT + DOWN ARROW to rotate the display 180°
• To return screen to normal press CTRL + ALT + UP ARROW

Excel

Cursor Up on Enter

Gravity will seem to have taken a holiday as Enter moves the cursor up instead of down.

1. File/ Options / Advanced.
2. In the Editing section, check After Pressing Enter move selection,
3. For Direction select Up.
4. Ok.

Ribbonus-Interruptus

Formula entry is problematic when pressing = moves the focus from the sheet to the Ribbon.

1. File/ Options / Advanced.
2. In the Lotus Compatibility section, in the Microsoft menu key field type  =.
3. Ok.

 

Cheers!

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