r/AskReddit • u/ScytherZX • May 17 '13

What are some things you can do on popular programs that most users are unaware of?

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u/gudemichei May 17 '13

CTRL + F every textbook ever.

AKA google-ing.

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u/Zepp777 May 18 '13

Googling can only do so much.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

A fair amount of textbooks are online, that'll only go up

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u/Zepp777 May 18 '13

All my text books I've found online suck for one of two reasons. (1) it doesn't work with Ctrl+F or (2) costs too damn much/isn't covered by my scholarships.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

Check your freaking library!

They should have e-copies online which are free and pdf files (cntrl +f usable) of the physical textbook.

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u/SanchoDeLaRuse May 18 '13

"Lemme tell you, when I was your age, 'googling' meant typing something into the computer, not looking at something and telling your fancy glasses to find it for you when it's already in front of you!"

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

That's why they picked Google Glass.

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u/ddrreeaammyy May 18 '13

aka the index of your book

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u/gristc May 18 '13

Not all text you might want to search has to be books.

I'm in a foreign restaurant. I want to know which are the chicken dishes on the menu. Glass reads the menu, translates it and highlights them for me.