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What is the allure of keyboard shortcuts? Do they really save time? Why bother since my
mouse is permanently attached to my hand?
I like to use keyboard shortcuts, especially if someone is watching me, because they
make me look like a pro. With just a few key strokes I can leave a mouser spinning his
wheel! Whatever your motivation, here's a big list of keyboard shortcuts:
GENERAL SHORTCUTS
ALT-TAB - Hold down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open windows.
CTRL - X - Cut
CTRL - C - Copy
CTRL - V - Paste
F1 - Help menu
CTRL - Z - Undo
SHIFT & Restart - To restart just windows and not your whole computer, hold down the
shift key when you click the OK button on the shutdown screen. Saves lots of time. (not
for XP)
If an item is selected:
In Windows Explorer:
RIGHT ARROW - Expand the current selection if it is collapsed -Or- Select the first
subfolder
In My Computer:
A faster way to type in addresses with IE is to just type in the name of the site:
worldstart
and hit CTRL + Enter. The " http://www. " and ".com" will be added for you!
Netscape ONLY
The Windows key can be used in conjunction with other keys to act as a keyboard
shortcut for faster access to menu commands. Now, while the Alt key tends to open
program menus (ex: Alt+F opens the File menu and Alt+E opens the Edit menu) and the
Ctrl key performs actual operations (ex: Ctrl+C will copy and Ctrl+V will paste), the
Windows key will open various Windows tools...
You can also open programs or folders on your desktop by pressing the Windows key +
the first letter of the program/folder/shortcut + Enter . Sounds kinda tedious, but if you're
in a bind with your mouse, it can come in quite handy.
ARROW TRICKS
Here's a cool little arrow trick to try with word processing programs. Next time you're
using your arrow keys to go from one area of a sentence to another (left and right
arrows), hold down your CTRL key. Instead of moving one space at a time, you'll go one
word at a time.
If you're using the up and down arrows to go from line to line, holding down the CTRL
key will make your cursor jump from paragraph to paragraph (well, from carriage return
to carriage return anyway).
One last thing, if you hold down the SHIFT key while you do this (i.e. hold down SHIFT
+ CTRL at the same time), you select text as you arrow along.
I've tested this in MS Word and Wordpad, but it *should* work no matter what word
processing program you use.
Do you ever find yourself scrolling through a huge folder ? Well, if you need to get to the
beginning or the end quickly, just press Ctrl+Home . If you want to get to the end, click
Ctrl+End ..
This little trick works on more than just folders. If you use the Home key in a word
processor, it goes to the beginning of the line you're currently working on. If you hit the
END key, it should head to the end of the current line. If you pair Home & End up with
the Ctrl key in a word processor, you will be whisked away to the beginning or end of the
document. Again, this should work, but it depends on your word processor.
Speedup your work by using keyboard more and mouse less.
Useful Shortcut:
F1: Help
CTRL + ESC: Open Start menu
ALT + TAB: Switch between open programs
ALT + F4: Quit program
SHIFT + DELETE: Delete item permanently
CTRL + C: Copy
CTRL + X: Cut
CTRL + V: Paste
CTRL + Z: Undo
CTRL + B: Bold
CTRL + U: Underline
CTRL + I: Italic
Shell Objects and General Folder/Windows Explorer Shortcuts For a selected object:
Properties Control:
Accessibility Shortcuts: