Very Helpful and Interesting Computer’s Shortcut Keys

Very Helpful and Interesting Computer’s Shortcut Keys

Learn 100+ very helpful and interesting Computer keyboard shortcut keys. Learn this lesson and enhance your keyboard typing speed with shortcut keys.

Computer’s Shortcut Keys:

• CTRL+A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select All
• CTRL+C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy
• CTRL+X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cut
• CTRL+V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paste
• CTRL+Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undo
• CTRL+B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bold
• CTRL+U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Underline
• CTRL+I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Italic
• F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help
• F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rename selected object
• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Find all files
• F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens file list drop-down in dialogs
• F5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refresh current window
• F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shifts focus in Windows Explorer
• F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activates menu bar options
• ALT+TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cycles between open applications
• ALT+F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quit program, close current window
• ALT+F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch between current program windows
• ALT+ENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens properties dialog
• ALT+SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System menu for current window
• ALT+¢ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . opens drop-down lists in dialog boxes
• BACKSPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch to parent folder
• CTRL+ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens Start menu
• CTRL+ALT+DEL. . . . . . . . . .Opens task manager, reboots the computer
• CTRL+TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Move through property tabs
• CTRL+SHIFT+DRAG . . . . . . . Create shortcut (also right-click, drag)
• CTRL+DRAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy File
• ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cancel last function

• SHIFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Press/hold SHIFT, insert CD-ROM to bypass auto-play
• SHIFT+DRAG . . . . . . . . . . . . Move file
• SHIFT+F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opens context menu (same as right-click)
• SHIFT+DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . Full wipe delete (bypasses Recycle Bin)
• ALT+Underlined letter . . . . Opens the corresponding menu

PC Keyboard Shortcuts Document Cursor Controls:

• HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to beginning of line or far left of field or screen
• END . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to end of line, or far right of field or screen
• CTRL+HOME . . . . . . . . to the top
• CTRL+END . . . . . . . . . . to the bottom
• PAGE UP . . . . . . . . . . . . moves document or dialog box up one page
• PAGE DOWN . . . . . . . . moves document or dialog down one page
• ARROW KEYS . . . . . . . move focus in documents, dialogs, etc.
• CTRL+ > . . . . . . . . . . . . next word
• CTRL+SHIFT+ > . . . . . . selects word

Windows Explorer Tree Control:

• Numeric Keypad * . . . Expand all under current selection
• Numeric Keypad + . . . Expands current selection
• Numeric Keypad – . . . Collapses current selection
• ¦ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expand current selection or go to first child
• ‰ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collapse current selection or go to parent

Special Characters:

• ‘ Opening single quote . . . alt 0145
• ’ Closing single quote . . . . alt 0146
• “ Opening double quote . . . alt 0147
• “ Closing double quote. . . . alt 0148
• – En dash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0150
• — Em dash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0151
• … Ellipsis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0133
• Bullet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0149
• ° Degree symbol . . . . . . . . . alt 0176
• ¢ Cent sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0162
• 1⁄4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0188
• 1⁄2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0189
• 3⁄4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0190

PC Keyboard Shortcuts:

Creating unique images in a uniform world! Creating unique images in a uniform world!

• Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0169
• Registration Mark . . . . . . . alt 0174
• é . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0233
• É . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0201
• ñ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0241
• ÷ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alt 0247

File Menu Options In Current Program:

• Alt + E Edit options in the current program
• F1 Universal help (for all programs)
• Ctrl + A Select all text
• Ctrl + X Cut selected item
• Shift + Del Cut selected item
• Ctrl + C Copy selected item
• Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
• Ctrl + V Paste
• Shift + Ins Paste
• Home Go to beginning of current line
• Ctrl + Home Go to beginning of document
• End Go to end of current line
• Ctrl + End Go to end of document
• Shift + Home Highlight from current position to beginning of line
• Shift + End Highlight from current position to end of line
• Ctrl + f Move one word to the left at a time
• Ctrl + g Move one word to the right at a time