The WIN Key is a winner.

Here’s a Tuggie the Techno-Owl tip for you. (You know that Tuggie’s smart enough to know that nobody knows everything, and discrete enough to teach you things you can claim to have always known.)

“The Windows logo key is a keyboard key which was originally introduced on the Microsoft Natural keyboard in 1994. [Golly, that means that Tuggie’s been avoiding it for almost 3 decades] . In Windows tapping the key brings up the start menu.” And so much more, Tuggie hoots….

But do you know the many other uses for the Win-key? My favorite is: it can hold a whole bunch clip-board items. Try using Win + V. It’s a, as they say, game-changer!

Yup, and I am SO thrilled at this.. it’s so helpful to “stack up” a bunch of clipboard items, whether URLs or blocks of text, and then be able to paste as needed. That’s actually how I saved the list of sites below. You can even permanently save things you’ve copied, by pinning them.

Maybe you learn better by watching? Or maybe your win key doesn’t work this way and you need to enable it? Or maybe you just love a man with a burly accent?

Here’s some resources about the multiple uses of the Win key. Be sure to make note of the functions that will make your keyboard time more effective!

• Computer Hope starts from scratch, like “where is the Win key?”
• PC Mag’s basic listing of Win key functions.
• Tech Republic has a listing too.