Tips and Tricks From A Lazy DBA Chuck Hieber GreatAmerica Financial Services chuck@ichuckles.com @SQLchuckles www.linkedin.com/in/chuckhieber Blog coming

About Me DBA for 5 years IT for 18 years With current company for over 20 years

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Agenda Windows shortcuts SQL Server Management Studio Shortcuts SQL Server Management Studio tips SQL Server Management Studio tricks

Windows Shortcuts Shift key-Select Alt+Tab-Switch Active Program Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+P, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+S-Copy, Cut, Paste, Undo, Print, Select All And Save Windows Key functions Win+Tab-Switch Active Program Win+M-Minimize All (‘Show Desktop’) Win+E-Open Windows Explorer Win+L-Lock Computer Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-End-Beginning Of Document, End Of Document

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Management Studio 2008 Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl+R Hide Results Pane Ctrl+T, Ctrl+Shift+F, Ctrl+D-Results To Text, File or Grid Ctrl+N-New Query Window With Current Connection Ctrl+K+Ctrl+C, Ctrl+K+Ctrl+U-Comment And Uncomment Lines CTRL+M-Include Actual Execution Plan Multiple ways to do the same thing! F5-Execute Ctrl+E-Execute Alt+X--Execute <ctrl><tab> F6 Custom Shortcuts-Tools, Options, Environment, Keyboard

Management Studio 2012 Keyboard Shortcuts Added built-in shortcuts Improvement in custom Keyboard shortcuts Create Custom Shortcuts For Menu Items View Key Combinations For Built-In Shortcuts Query shortcuts

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