Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that perform actions that are otherwise done with a mouse. Although some of these shortcuts are specific to your operating system or program-based, most of them are universal. For example, in a Mac device, you would be able to use most of the same shortcut keys as in Windows by switching ‘Ctrl’ with ‘Command’ (⌘).
Even though you may think that saving a couple of seconds per action is not important, you will see how the keyboard shortcuts can make your life much easier once you get familiar with them.
Some of the Most Common or Useful Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + C: Copy
- Ctrl + X: Cut
- Ctrl + V: Paste
- Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste without formatting
- Ctrl + A: Select all
- Ctrl + Z: Undo
- Ctrl + Y: Redo
- Ctrl + F: Opens a find box to locate a specific character, word, or phrase
- Ctrl + S: Save
- Ctrl + O: Open
- Ctrl + P: Print
- Ctrl + Q, Ctrl + W, Alt + F4: Close
- Ctrl + N: Create or launch a new document, file, or window
- Ctrl + R, F5: Refresh
- Ctrl + Right arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
- Ctrl + Left arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
- Ctrl + Down arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
- Ctrl + Up arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
- Ctrl + B: Toggles ‘Bold’ on and off
- Ctrl + I: Toggles ‘Italic’ on and off
- Ctrl + U: Toggles ‘Underline’ on and off
- Ctrl + Shift + L: Text left aligned
- Ctrl + Shift + R: Text right aligned
- Ctrl + Shift + E: Text center aligned
- Ctrl + Shift + J: Text justify
- Ctrl + ‘+’: Zoom in
- Ctrl + ‘-’: Zoom out
- Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Opens task manager
- Ctrl + Alt + Tab: Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps
- Alt + Tab: Switch between open programs or tabs
- PrtScn: Takes a screenshot
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