All the necessary shortcuts of the computer that everyone should know…

The computer is a necessary device in our life. Today we will look at how many shortcuts a computer can have that will be useful for your computer usage.

First we will start with some basic shortcuts:

• Alt + F–File menu options in the current program.
• Alt + E–Edits options in the current program.
• F1–Universal help (for any sort of program).
• Ctrl + A–Selects all text.
• Ctrl + X–Cuts the selected item.
• Ctrl + Del–Cut selected item.
• Ctrl + C–Copy the selected item.
• Ctrl + Ins– Copy the selected item.
• Ctrl + V–Paste the selected item.
• Shift + Ins — Paste the selected item.
• Home — Takes the user to the beginning of the current line.
• Ctrl + Home–Go to the beginning of the document.
• End — Go to the end of the current line.
• Ctrl + End — Go to the end of a document.
• Shift + Home — Highlight from the current position to beginning of the line.
• Shift + End — Highlight from the current position to end of the line.
• Ctrl + (Left arrow) — Move one word to the left at a time.
• Ctrl + (Right arrow) — Move one word to the right at a time.

Some Windows Shortcuts:

• Alt + Tab — Switch between open applications.
• Alt + Shift + Tab — Switch backward between open applications.
• Alt + Print Screen — Create a screenshot for the current program.
• Ctrl + Alt + Del — Reboot/Windows task manager.
• Ctrl + Esc — Bring up the start menu.
• Alt + Esc — Switch between applications on the taskbar.
• F2 — Rename selected icon.
• F3 — Start to find from the desktop.
• F4 — Open the drive selection when browsing.
• F5 — Refresh contents.
• Alt + F4 — Close current open program.
• Ctrl + F4 — Close window in program.
• Ctrl + Plus Key– Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows Explorer.
• Alt + Enter — Open the properties window of selected icon or program.
• Shift + F10 — Simulate right-click on selected item.
• Shift + Del — Delete programs/files permanently.
• Holding Shift During Boot up — Boot safe mode or bypass system files.
• Holding Shift During Boot up — When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing.

Some MS-Word Shortcuts:

• Ctrl + A — Select all contents of the page.
• Ctrl + B — Bold highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + C — Copy selected text.
• Ctrl + X — Cut selected text.
• Ctrl + N — Open new/blank document.
• Ctrl + O — Open options.
• Ctrl + P — Open the print window.
• Ctrl + F — Open find box.
• Ctrl + I — Italicise highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + K — Insert link.
• Ctrl + U — Underline highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + V — Paste.
• Ctrl + Y — Redo the last action performed.
• Ctrl + Z — Undo last action.
• Ctrl + G — Find and replace options.
• Ctrl + H — Find and replace options.
• Ctrl + J — Justify paragraph alignment.
• Ctrl + L — Align selected text or line to the left.
• Ctrl + Q — Align selected paragraph to the left.
• Ctrl + E — Align selected text or line to the center.
• Ctrl + R — Align selected text or line to the right.
• Ctrl + M — Indent the paragraph.
• Ctrl + T — Hanging indent.
• Ctrl + D — Font options.
• Ctrl + Shift + F — Change the font.
• Ctrl + Shift + > — Increase selected font +1.
• Ctrl + ] — Increase selected font +1.
• Ctrl + [ — Decrease selected font -1.
• Ctrl + Shift + * — View or hide non printing characters.
• Ctrl + (Left arrow) — Move one word to the left.
• Ctrl + (Right arrow) — Move one word to the right.
• Ctrl + (Up arrow) — Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
• Ctrl + (Down arrow) — Move to the end of the paragraph.
• Ctrl + Del — Delete word to the right of the cursor.
• Ctrl + Backspace — Delete word to the left of the cursor.
• Ctrl + End — Move cursor to end of the document.
• Ctrl + Home — Move cursor to the beginning of the document.
• Ctrl + Space — Reset highlighted text to default font.
• Ctrl + 1 — Single-space lines.
• Ctrl + 2 — Double-space lines.
• Ctrl + 5 — 1.5-line spacing.
• Ctrl + Alt + 1 Change text to heading 1.
• Ctrl + Alt + 2 Change text to heading 2.
• Ctrl + Alt + 3 Change text to heading 3.
• F1 — Open help.
• Shift + F3 — Change case of selected text.
• Shift + Insert — Paste.
• F4 — Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).
• F7 — Spell check selected text and/or document.
• Shift + F7 — Activate the thesaurus.
• F12 — Save as.
• Ctrl + S — Save.
• Shift + F12 — Save.
• Alt + Shift + D — Insert the current date.
• Alt + Shift + T — Insert the current time.
• Ctrl + W — Close document.

Some Excel Shortcuts:

• F2 — Edit the selected cell.
• F5 — Go to a specific cell.
• F7 — Spell check selected text and/or document.
• F11 — Create chart
• Ctrl + Shift + ; — Enter the current time.
• Ctrl + ; — Enter the current date
• Alt + Shift + F1 — Insert new worksheet.
• Shift + F3 — Open the Excel formula window.
• Shift + F5 — Bring up the search box
• Ctrl + A — Select all contents of a worksheet.
• Ctrl + B — Bold highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + I — Italicize highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + C — Copy selected text.
• Ctrl + V — Paste
• Ctrl + D — Fill
• Ctrl + K — Insert link
• Ctrl + F — Open find and replace options.
• Ctrl + G — Open go-to options.
• Ctrl + H — Open find and replace options.
• Ctrl + U — Underline highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + Y — Underline selected text.
• Ctrl + 5 — Strikethrough highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + O — Open options.
• Ctrl + N — Open new document.
• Ctrl + P — Open print dialog box.
• Ctrl + S — Save.
• Ctrl + Z — Undo last action.
• Ctrl + F9 — Minimize current window.
• Ctrl + F10 — Maximize currently selected window.
• Ctrl + F6 — Switch between open workbooks/windows.
• Ctrl + Page up & Page Down — Move between Excel worksheets in the same document.
• Ctrl + Tab — Move between two or more open Excel files
• Alt + = — Create the formula to sum all of the above cells.
• Ctrl + — Insert the value of above cell into the current cell.
• Ctrl + Shift + ! — Format number in comma format.
• Ctrl + Shift + $ — Format number in currency format.
• Ctrl + Shift + # — Format number in date format.
• Ctrl + Shift + % — Format number in percentage format.
• Ctrl + Shift + ^ — Format number in scientific format.
• Ctrl + Shift + @ — Format number in time format.
• Ctrl + (Right arrow) — Move to next section of text.
• Ctrl + Space — Select entire column.
• Shift + Space — Select entire row.
• Ctrl + W — Close document.

WINKEY Shortcuts:

• WINKEY + D — Bring desktop to the top of other windows.
• WINKEY + M — Minimize all windows.
• WINKEY + SHIFT + M — Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D.
• WINKEY + E — Open Microsoft Explorer.
• WINKEY + Tab — Cycle through open programs on the taskbar.
• WINKEY + F — Display the Windows Search/Find feature.
• WINKEY + CTRL + F — Display the search for computers window.
• WINKEY + F1 — Display the Microsoft Windows help.
• WINKEY + R — Open the run window.
• WINKEY + Pause /Break — Open the system properties window.
• WINKEY + U — Open utility manager.

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