Opening Multiple Worksheets Quickly *TIP

Have you ever felt the need to open a number of math worksheets all at once from Math-Drills.com?

When you click on a worksheet link, the worksheet opens in a new tab in your browser. To open a subsequent worksheet, you need to click on the tab that contains the worksheet links then click on the next worksheet that you want. These extra clicks are quite unnecessary as there is an easier way to open all of the worksheet that you want at once.

This takes a little bit of coordination, but after you get the hang of it, you will be opening math worksheets like crazy! With your free hand (i.e. the one that isn't controlling the mouse) hold the "CTRL" key on your keyboard while you click. If you aren't clicking, you might want to let the key go as it may cause other odd things to happen (e.g. holding the CTRL key and spinning the wheel on your mouse will zoom in and out).

If you've gone and tried this already, you will note that the worksheets still open in a new tab, but they open behind the active window. You won't lose your place and you can continue clicking until you've opened all the worksheets that you want.

One word of warning ... if you have a "slow" computer opening too many tabs may cause some performance issues. In this case, try not to open more than 5 to 10 tabs at a time.

A screen capture of the Safari browser showing multiple worksheets opened in a matter of seconds. The addition page remains on top while all the worksheets open in behind.

Once you have all of those tabs open, you can visit each one and print, save, or display the worksheet, or you can close the tab if you changed your mind.

An extension of this would be to open multiple index pages. For example, say you wanted to print addition, subtraction, multiplication and division worksheets. When you visit Math-Drills.com, hold down the CTRL key while you click on each of those pages from the navigation menu at the top of the page. Each page will load in its own tab for quick use.

This is not limited to Math-Drills.com, of course, this trick works anywhere you want to open multiple pages quickly. For example, you can open all of the news stories you want to read quickly from Google News using this method.

Happy Clicking!