Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Keyboard shortcuts you should know

Keyboard short cuts you should know

Not everyone uses keyboard short cuts but they can really save you hell lot of time. For instance searching something on a web page can take a lot of time unless you know how to use CTRL - f short cuts.
I can not explain how much important it is to use keyboard short cuts, you can search Google for the research that has been done on the disadvantages of not using keyboard short cuts.
Coming to the point, here are some important keyboard short cuts:

CTRL-F or F3:   to find a word or words on a page 
CTRL-C : to copy text
CTRL-V: to paste text
CTRL-Z: to undo a command
SHIFT-CTRL-Z: to redo the command above
CTRL-S: to save
CTRL-B: to bold text
CTRL-I: to italicise text
CTRL-U: to underline text
CTRL-X: to cut text
CTRL-A: to select all
CTRL-O: to open a file
CTRL-P: to print
CTRL- "-" or "+": to reduce or increase font size on a webpage

WIN-L: to lock your desktop (Windows)
WIN-D: to show your desktop (Windows)
ALT-Print Screen: to capture a screenshot of a window on your desktop
ALT-Home: to go to your browser's homepage
CTRL-T: to open a new tab in your web browser
CTRL-TAB: to scroll through the tabs on your web browser
CTRL-W: to close a window on your web browser
CTRL-Home: to go to the start of a sentence
CTRL-End: to go to the start of a sentence
CTRL-"←" or "→": to move to the previous or next word
CTRL-SHIFT-"←" or "→": to select the previous or next word

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