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Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know

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Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert

 

 

Copy the highlighted text or selected item.

 

 

Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert

 

 

Paste the text or object that's in the clipboard.

 

 

Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y

 

 

Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.

 

 

Ctrl + F

 

 

Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.

 

 

Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc

 

 

Quickly switch between open programs moving forward.

Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program.

Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab will move backwards. For example, if you are pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want to switch to, press Alt + Shift + Tab to move backwards to that program.

 

 

Windows Vista and 7 users can also press the Windows Key + Tab to switch through open programs in a full screenshot of the Window.

 

 

Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow

 

 

Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.

Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow will move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word.

 

 

Ctrl + S

 

 

While working on a document or other file in almost every program pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. This shortcut key should be used frequently anytime you're working on anything important.

 

 

Ctrl + Home / End

 

 

Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.

 

Ctrl + P

 

 

Print the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.

 

 

Page Up / Space bar and Page Down

 

 

Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.

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i know most of them though thanks... :)

a little add up for win7 users -

 

windows + E = Opens explorer

windows + D = Minimize ongoing programs and take you on desktop

windows + Space Bar = Transparent window that shows desktop

Alt + P = Opens a preview pane while you're browsing through pictures

windows + down = minimizes the current window

windows + R = run

 

and there are many.. these are a few that i commonly use.. :)

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