Below are some Keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize
and use.
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert and Ctrl + X
Both Ctrl
+ C and Ctrl + Insert will copy
the highlighted text or selected item. If you want to cut instead of copy press
Ctrl + X
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Both the Ctrl
+ V and Shift + Insert will
paste the text or object that's in the clipboard.
Ctrl + C to copy or Ctrl + X to Cut the text. Once Cut Move
to the next field and press Ctrl + V
or Shift + Insert to paste the text.
Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y
Pressing Ctrl
+ Z will Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will
undo it. These shortcuts can also be pressed multiple times to undo or redo
multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y
would redo the undo.
Ctrl
+ X to cut the text. Once the text has disappeared press the Ctrl + Z to undo the cut.
Tip: If you did the first example as well (cut
and paste text) if you continue to press Ctrl
+ Z it is also going to undo that change.
Ctrl + F
Pressing Ctrl
+ F opens the Find in any program. Ctrl
+ F includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page. Press Ctrl + F now to open the Find in your
browser and search for "shortcut" to find each time shortcut is
mentioned on this page.
Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab
Pressing Alt
+ Tab switches between open programs moving forward. For example, if you
have your browser window open and other programs running in the background
press and hold Alt and then press tab to cycle through each open program.
Tip: Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program. For example, if you
have multiple tabs open in your browser now press Ctrl + Tab to switch between open tabs.
Tip: Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab moves backward. For example, if you are pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want
to use, press Alt + Shift + Tab to
move back to that program.
Tip: 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 or 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 want to
highlight one word at a time, 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 + Saves
that file. Use this shortcut key frequently if you're working on anything
important in case an error happens, you lose power, or other problem that
causes you to lose any work since the last save.
Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End
Ctrl + Home will move the cursor to
the beginning of the document, and Ctrl
+ End will move the cursor to the end of a document. These shortcuts work
with most documents, as well as web pages.
Ctrl + P
Open a print preview of the current page or
document being viewed. For example, press Ctrl
+ P now to view a print preview of this page.
Page Up, Spacebar, 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 spacebar also moves the page down one page at a time.
Tip: If you are using the spacebar to go down
one page at a time, press the Shift key and spacebar to go up one page at a
time.