Tim Butler

Service Desk Manager for the David Ross Education Trust (DRET). Tips are aimed at DRET employees, jokes are for everyone. Views are my own.

[★ IT & Data Support Team @ITTeamDRET]

📶✅Brand new Wi-Fi and Network Infrastructure for @ThomasHinPri completed this week ✅📶

#ConnecttheClassroom @educationgovuk Funding making a big impact for our Children in Scarborough.

Superb support as always from @Switchshop

Onto our next Academies next week #ITStrategy

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Tip IT Tip:

You can right-click twice on a YouTube video to get a picture-in-picture option.

This will pop out the video into a mini window so you can continue watching it while you do other things 👍

[★ IT & Data Support Team @ITTeamDRET]

Due to internal opportunities and promotion, a rare opportunity to join the team ⁦@HavelockAcademy⁩ as our next Academy IT Manager.

Great opportunity in Great Grimsby.
#opportunities #career #edtech https://t.co/JIRP2sQK5U

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

Temporarily unmute yourself in a @MicrosoftTeams meeting by holding CTRL + Spacebar

[★ IT & Data Support Team @ITTeamDRET]

Our next voluntary Staff IT Workshops, available to all @DRETnews colleagues.

📅 Wednesday 19th January
💡 ' Microsoft Forms and Surveys '
💡 ‘ Microsoft Forms for Class Quizzing ‘

🎟 https://t.co/ctUuYUVP7V

#CPD #MicrosoftEDU

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

Your mouse/trackpad doesn't actually 'click' until you release the button.

If you accidentally click on something, chances are you can move your cursor away and release the button without it 'clicking'.

[Ellis J @teamjacklin]

Brilliant Strategy and CPD Day with all @ITTeamDRET today.
Absolute passion from all to keep rowing forward. New technologies, new ideas, constant drive to improve children outcomes.
⭐️ #TeamSpirit ⭐️

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

I met a network engineer from Australia.

He came from a LAN down under.

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

@dave_spice @rdhayler Thanks for getting back to me. I got the answer from someone in the forums so I'm all set. Thank you.

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

@dave_spice I don't suppose you've got the instructions for the Pi Weather Station for schools, do you? Found one that needs assembling and all the links I've found redirect me to the generic projects page

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

To take a screenshot of the whole screen on a Chromebook press: CTRL + Show windows

To take a partial screenshot on a Chromebook press: CTRL + Shift + Show windows and drag to select

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[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

To quickly get back to your desktop click at the very right of your taskbar or press Windows key + D

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[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

In your internet browser quickly open a link in a new tab by holding CTRL when you click on it.

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[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

If you've got a long way to scroll, you can hold Shift and click on the scroll bar to jump to that position.

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[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

If you have a frequently used folder you can pin it to the Quick Access area at the top of each file explorer window.

Navigate to the folder then right-click on Quick Access. From there click Pin current Folder to Quick Access.

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Also works with the 2 finger scroll on your trackpad

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[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

Want to scroll horizontally (maybe across a spreadsheet) but the wheel on your mouse only goes up and down?

Hold Shift

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

You can also use your mouse wheel to Zoom in and out by holding CTRL while you scroll

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[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

Tim's Top IT Tip:

To switch between text fields (username, password, name, address, etc) press Tab (above Caps Lock) to cycle down the fields and Shift + Tab to cycle up the fields.

Username -> Tab -> Password -> Enter

You don't even need the mouse.

[Tim Butler @ITTimB]

*Tim's 🤦‍♂️

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Tims Top IT Tip:

In Google Chrome you can create a folder of bookmarks. Right clicking on the folder will allow you to open all of the bookmarks inside with one click. Great for sites you use all the time or groups of sites: