These are the tips and tricks I've picked up on my way

Codes on how to type Portuguese characters on a PC (Windows):
| À: [ALT]+0192  | à: [ALT]+0224 |
| Á: [ALT]+0193  | á: [ALT]+0225 |
| Ã: [ALT]+0195  | ã: [ALT]+0227 |
| Â: [ALT]+0194  | â: [ALT]+0226 |
| É: [ALT]+0201  | é: [ALT]+0233 |
| Ê: [ALT]+0202  | ê: [ALT]+0234 |
| Í:  [ALT]+0205  | í: [ALT]+0237  |
| Ó: [ALT]+0211 | ó: [ALT]+0243 |
| Ô: [ALT]+0212 | ô: [ALT]+0244 |
| Õ: [ALT]+0213 | õ: [ALT]+0245 |
| Ú: [ALT]+0218 | ú: [ALT]+0250 |
| Ü: [ALT]+0220 | ü: [ALT]+0252 |
| Ç: [ALT]+0199 | ç: [ALT]+0231 |
Remember to hold down the [ALT] key when typing. If you can't get it to work with the regulary numbers on the top of the keyboard, then use your NumLK keyboard - it might work that way.

Removing Extra Breaks in Word Documents
Have you had this problem: you want to copy text from a PDF to Word, but there are just too many [enter] in your text, so you have to delete them individually? That may take som time. But, luckily, About.com has solved the problem for us. The function that makes the "enter" is called: ^p

Here's how you can get red of them all in one click:

• Use the shortcut Ctrl + H. That will trigger a dialogue box. 
• Type ^p in the first field and type a [space] in the next. This will substitute the [enter] with [space]
• Hit Substitute or what the command is called, and it will have deleted all [enter] you've marked or the entire document, depending on what you've chosen
• To delete two [enter], type ^p^p

Now, when you copy from the internet, this solution probably won't work. Substitute ^p with ^l (small L) and it should work.