My favorite keyboard shortcuts. Practice and learn these; the efficiency of using a computer will be greatly increased.
Used in many programs:
Ctrl+A Select All
Ctrl+C Copy
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+Alt+V Paste Special
Ctrl-B Bold
Ctrl-I Italics
Ctrl-U Underline
Ctrl+Z Undo (last typing)
Ctrl+Y Redo (undo's last undo)
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+P Print
Ctrl-N New document
Ctrl+S Save
Double click a word To select it
Select text (drag across words) Drag to new position even a different file
Windows:
Alt-Tab (hold Alt down, press Tab, release Alt to select new window)
Print Screen Copy screenshot to clipboard
Alt-Print Screen Copy Active window to clipboard
Alt Space X (press each key separately) Maximize window
Alt Space C (press each key separately) Close active window
Windows Key+E Opens Explorer
Windows Key+M Minimize all open windows
Windows Key+R Then type- "msconfig" to change "startup" programs
Ctrl-Shift-Esc Open Task Manager
F1 Help
F2 Edit text of selected icon or file name
Internet Explorer:
Ctrl-Enter Adds: http://www. .com/ to text on the URL line
Space Next page
Tab Move between items on a web page
Backspace Back
Ctrl-W Close active window
F5 Refresh window
ALT+Home Go to home page
UP ARROW Scroll up
DOWN ARROW Scroll down
Page Up Big Scroll up
Page Down Big Scroll down
Home Jump to beginning of page
End Jump to end of page
Google Desktop: (download this from http://desktop.google.com/ )
Ctrl Ctrl (press Ctrl twice) Opens Google search box
Excel short cuts:
Ctrl + Add row or column
Ctrl - Delete row or column
Ctrl; Date
Ctrl Shift; Date & Time
Ctrl ‘ Copy cell from above
Ctrl Space Select column
Ctrl Home Select cell A1
Ctrl End Select last row and column cell
Ctrl Page Down Move to the next sheet
Ctrl Page Up Move to the previous sheet
Ctrl K Insert Hyperlink
Shift arrow Select next cells
Shift End arrow Select to end
Shift Space Select row
Alt = Autosum select cells
Alt 167 (Adds º such as 150º) using number pad to type numbers while holding Alt
Alt Enter Start a new line in the same cell
=today() Puts today's Date in selected cell
=now() Puts Date and Time in selected cell
Double click cell edge Jumps to beginning or end
F1 Help
F2 Edit cell
F4 Repeat last action
F7 Spell check
Shift-clicking the worksheet tabs
Select multiple worksheets in Excel by at the bottom of the screen
New entries go onto all selected worksheets
