1) Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert
Copy the highlighted text or selected item.
2) Ctrl + V or Shift + InsertPaste the text or object that's in the clipboard.
3) Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + YUndo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.
4) Ctrl + FOpen the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.
5) Alt + Tab or Alt + EscQuickly switch between open programs moving forward.
Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program.
Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab will move backwards. For example, if you are pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want to switch to, press Alt + Shift + Tab to move backwards to that program.
Windows Vista and 7 users can also press the Windows Key + Tab to switch through open programs in a full screenshot of the Window.
6) Ctrl + Back spacePressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.
7) Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrowMove the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word.
8) Ctrl + Home / EndMove the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.
9) Ctrl + PPrint the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.
10) Page Up / Space bar and Page DownPressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.
COMPUTER KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS
COMPUTER KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + F | File menu options in current program. |
Alt + E | Edit options in current program |
F1 | Universal Help in almost every Windows program. |
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 | Goes to beginning of current line. |
Ctrl + Home | Goes to beginning of document. |
End | Goes to end of current line. |
Ctrl + End | Goes to end of document. |
Shift + Home | Highlights from current position to beginning of line. |
Shift + End | Highlights from 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. |