Computer Shortcut Keys

Everyone around the globe uses a personal computer system or a portable laptop to work. Every office work is done and saved into the Microsoft office suite. Well, working with Microsoft office suite is pretty easy but Are you aware of the fact that there are multiple shortcut keys that can make your work easier and fast?

Yes, the office suite provides you the feature of control keys that makes you work faster without any hassle. All these control keys work for word, excel, outlook, and windows shortcuts. Before, getting started let’s clear what are control keys?

In a computer system, a control key is a modifier key which, when pressed with another key, performs a certain action. The control key performs other functions when pressed by itself.

The control key is usually labeled as Ctrl on the keyboard and is placed on the left corner and right beside the space bar on the keyboard. The place has been adjusted and passed by the international standard ISO/IEC 9995-2.

Apple Control Shortcut Keys

Apple command key on apple computer keyboards is written as “control” and is placed beside the option key and command key. The placement of the control keys is found in the same location as the CTRL keys on an IBM computer.

List of shortcut keys for Apple:

• Command+ A: Selects all text or other objects
• Command+ B: Bolds highlighted text
• Command+ C: Copy any selected text
• Command+ D: Bookmarks an open web page or open font window in Microsoft Word
• Command+ E: Center text
• Command+ F: Opens find a window popup
• Command+ G: Open Find and replace in a browser and word    processors
• Command+ H: Open the Find and Replace in Notepad, Microsoft Word, and WordPad
• Command+ I: Italicizes text
• Command+ J: View downloads in browsers and set justify alignment in Microsoft Word
• Command+ K: Builds a hyperlink for the highlighted text in Microsoft Word and many HTML editors
• Command+ L: Select address bar in a browser or left align text in a word processor
• Command+ M: Indent selected text in word processors and other programs

Few of the more shortcut keys that are used for windows includes:

• Ctrl+N: Creates a new page or document
• Ctrl+O: Opens a file in most programs
• Ctrl+P: Opens a print window to print the page you’re viewing
• Ctrl+R: Reload the page in browser or right-align text in a word processor
• Ctrl+S: Saves the document or file
• Ctrl+T: Creates a new tab in an Internet browser or adjust tabs in word processors
• Ctrl+U: Underline selected text
• Ctrl+V: Paste any text or another object that has been copied
• Ctrl+W: Close open tab in a browser or close a document in Word
• Ctrl+X: Cut selected text or another object
• Ctrl+Y: These keys will redo any undo action
• Ctrl+End: Moves cursor to the end of a document instead of the end of the line
• Ctrl+Z: Pressing these two keys will undo any action
• Ctrl+Esc: Open the Windows Start Menu.
• Ctrl+Tab: Switch between open tabs in browsers or other tabbed programs.
• Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Go backwards from right to left
• Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo last step
• Ctrl+[: Decreases font size
• Ctrl+]: Increases font size
• Ctrl+=: Toggle font subscript
• Ctrl+Shift+=: Toggle font superscript
• Ctrl+End Bottom: end of document or window
• Ctrl+Home Top: start of document or window
• Ctrl+Insert: Copy or inserts
• Ctrl+PgDn: Next tab
• Ctrl+PgUp: Previous tab
• Ctrl+Tab: Next window or tab
• Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Previous window or tab
• Ctrl+←: Goes to Previous word
• Ctrl+→: Goes toNext word
• Ctrl+Delete: Deletes next word
• Ctrl+← Backspace: Deletes the previous word
• Ctrl+Alt+← Backspace: Restarts X11
• Ctrl+Alt+↑: Rotate screen right-side up
• Ctrl+Alt+↓: Rotate screen upside down
• Ctrl+Alt+←: Rotate screen left
• Ctrl+Alt+→: Rotate screen right
• Ctrl+ Shift+Esc: Open task manager
• Ctrl+Alt+Del Reboot: Open task manager or session options

Some commonly used computer shortcut keys are documented below

• Alt + F: Opens file menu options in the current program
• Alt + E: Opens edit options in the current program
• F1: Universal Help in every Windows program
• Ctrl + A: Selects all text
• Ctrl + X: Cuts selected text
• Shift + Del: deletes selected item
• Ctrl + C: Copy selected item
• Ctrl + Ins: Copy selected item
• Ctrl + V: Paste selected item
• Shift + Ins: Paste
• Home: Goes to the beginning of a current line
• Ctrl + Home: Goes to beginning of the document
• End: Goes to the end of the current line
• Ctrl + End: Goes to end of the document
• Shift + Home: Highlights from the current position to the beginning of a line
• Shift + End: Highlights from the current position to end of line
• Ctrl + Left arrow: Moves one word to the left at a time
• Ctrl + Right arrow: Moves one word to the right at a time

In Microsoft word: few of the major shortcut keys used in Microsoft word are listed below:

• Ctrl + A: Select all content of the file
• Ctrl + B: Bold highlighted selection
• Ctrl + C: Copy selected text
• Ctrl + X: Cut selected text
• Ctrl + P: Open the print window
• Ctrl + F: Open find box
• Ctrl + I: Italic highlighted selection
• Ctrl + K: Insert link
• Ctrl + U: Underline highlighted selection
• Ctrl + V: Paste the cut or copied text
• Ctrl + Y: Redo the last action performed
• Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action
• Ctrl + L: Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen
• Ctrl + E: Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen
• Ctrl + R: Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen
• Ctrl + M: Indent the paragraph
• Ctrl + Shift + F: Change the font
• Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts
• Ctrl +]: Increase selected font +1pts
• Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt
• Ctrl + [: Decrease selected font -1pts
• Ctrl + Shift + *: View or hide non printing characters.
• Ctrl + L: Moves one word to the left
• Ctrl + R: Moves one word to the right
• Ctrl +: ->Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph
• Ctrl +: ->Moves to the end of the paragraph
• Ctrl + Del: Deletes word to the right of the cursor
• Ctrl + Backspace: Deletes word to the left of the cursor
• Ctrl + End: Moves the cursor to the end of the document
• Ctrl + Home: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document
• Ctrl + Spacebar: Reset highlighted text to the default font
• Ctrl + 1: Single-space lines
• Ctrl + 2: Double-space lines
• Ctrl + 5: 5-line spacing
• Ctrl + Alt + 1: Changes text to heading 1
• Ctrl + Alt + 2: Changes text to heading 2
• Ctrl + Alt + 3: Changes text to heading 3
• Alt + Shift + D: Insert the current date
• Alt + Shift + T: Insert the current time
• Alt, F, A→ Save As
• Alt, S, T, I→ Insert Table of Contents
• Alt, S, T, R→ Remove Table of Contents
• Alt, W, F→ Full-Screen Reading – View > Document Views > Full-Screen Reading
• Alt, W, R→ Ruler. View > Show/Hide > Ruler
• Alt, F, X→ Exit Word

More of the above shortcut keys, users can also use their mouse as a method of quickly do something commonly performed.

Some of the mouse shortcuts are listed below.

• Click, hold, and drag: Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
• Double-click: If double-click a word, selects the complete word.
• Double-click: Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right-aligned.
• Double-click: Double-click anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
• Triple-click: Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked.
• Ctrl + Mouse wheel: Zooms in and out of the document

 

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100 Keyboard Shortcut Keys for Windows 10

A list of 100+ keyboard shortcuts for Windows 10 are listed below:

• Windows key → Open or close Start Menu
• Windows key + A → Open Action center
• Windows key + C → Open Cortana in listening mode
• Windows key + D → Display or hide the desktop
• Windows key + E → Open File Explorer
• Windows key + G → Open Game bar when a game is open
• Windows key + H → Open the Share charm
• Windows key + I → Open Settings
• Windows key + K → Open the Connect quick action
• Windows key + L → Lock your PC or switch accounts
• Windows key + M → Minimize all windows
• Windows key + R → Open Run dialog box
• Windows key + S → Open Search
• Windows key + U → Open Ease of Access Center
• Windows key + X → Open Quick Link menu
• Windows key + Number → Open the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number
• Windows key + Left arrow key → Snap app windows left
• Windows key + Right arrow key → Snap app windows right
• Windows key + Up arrow key → Maximize app windows
• Windows key + Down arrow key → Minimize app windows
• Windows key + Comma → Temporarily peek at the desktop
• Windows key + Ctrl + D → Add a virtual desktop
• Windows key + Ctrl + Left or Right arrow → Switch between virtual desktops
• Windows key + Ctrl + F4 → Close current virtual desktop
• Windows key + Enter → Open Narrator
• Windows key + Home → Minimize all but the active desktop window
• Windows key + PrtScn → Capture a screenshot and save in Screenshots folder
• Windows key + Shift + Up arrow → Stretch the desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen
• Windows key + Tab → Open Task view
• Windows key + “+” key → Zoom in using the magnifier
• Windows key + “-” key → Zoom out using the magnifier
• Ctrl + Shift + Esc → Open Task Manager
• Alt + Tab → Switch between open apps
• Alt + Left arrow key → Go back to the previous page
• Alt + Right arrow key → Go forward to the next page
• Alt + Page Up → Move up one screen size
• Alt + Page down → Move down one screen size
• Ctrl + Alt +Tab → View open apps
• Ctrl + C → Copy selected items to the clipboard
• Ctrl + X → Cut selected items
• Ctrl + V → Paste content from the clipboard
• Ctrl + A → Select all content
• Ctrl + Z → Undo an action
• Ctrl + Y → Redo an action
• Ctrl + D → Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
• Ctrl + Esc → Open the Start Menu
• Ctrl + Shift → Switch the keyboard layout
• Ctrl + Shift + Esc → Open Task Manager
• Ctrl + F4 → Close the active window