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Basic
Shortcut Keys |
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Shortcuts |
Uses keys |
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Ctrl + A |
Selects all text |
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Ctrl + X |
Cuts the selected item |
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Ctrl + Del |
Cut selected item |
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Ctrl + C |
Copy the selected item |
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Ctrl + Ins |
Copy the selected item |
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Ctrl + V |
Paste the selected item |
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Shift + Ins |
Paste the selected item |
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Home |
Takes the user to the start of the current line |
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Ctrl + Home |
Go to the beginning of the document |
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End |
Go to the end of the current line |
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Ctrl + End |
Go to the end of a document |
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Shift + Home |
Highlight from the prevailing position to the start of the line |
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Shift + End |
Highlight from the prevailing position to end of the line |
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Ctrl + (Left arrow) |
Move one term to the left at a time |
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Ctrl + (Right arrow) |
Move one term to the right at a time |
Windows
Shortcut Keys
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Shortcut Keys |
Uses keys |
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Ctrl + Plus Key |
Adjust the widths of all columns automatically, in Windows
Explorer |
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Alt + Enter |
Open the properties window for the selected icon or program |
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Alt + Print Screen |
Take a screenshot of the current page. |
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Ctrl + Alt + Del |
Reboot/Windows task manager |
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Ctrl + Esc |
These keys allow you to activate the start menu |
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F4 |
Its purpose in Windows 95 to XP is to open the locate window |
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F5 |
Refresh the contents of your windows system |
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F3 |
Find anything from your system’s desktop |
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Alt + Esc |
Switch between desktop applications on the taskbar |
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F2 |
Rename the selected icon |
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Alt + Shift + Tab |
It allows you to switch back between ongoing applications |
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Alt + Tab |
Switch between open applications/ programs. |
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Shift + Delete |
When you press the Shift and Delete keys together, your program
or files will be deleted permanently. |
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Alt + F4 |
It is used to close the ongoing program |
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Ctrl + F4 |
It’s used to swiftly close a document or a file that’s
currently open. |
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Shortcut Keys |
Uses of Shortcut keys |
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Ctrl + Plus Key |
Adjust the widths of all columns automatically, in Windows
Explorer |
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Alt + Enter |
Open the properties window for the selected icon or program |
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Alt + Print Screen |
Take a screenshot of the current page. |
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Ctrl + Alt + Del |
Reboot/Windows task manager |
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Ctrl + Esc |
These keys allow you to activate the start menu |
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F4 |
Its purpose in Windows 95 to XP is to open the locate window |
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F5 |
Refresh the contents of your windows system |
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F3 |
Find anything from your system’s desktop |
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Alt + Esc |
Switch between desktop applications on the taskbar |
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F2 |
Rename the selected icon |
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Alt + Shift + Tab |
It allows you to switch back between ongoing applications |
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Alt + Tab |
Switch between open applications/ programs. |
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Shift + Delete |
When you press the Shift and Delete keys together, your program
or files will be deleted permanently. |
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Alt + F4 |
It is used to close the ongoing program |
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Ctrl + F4 |
It’s used to swiftly close a document or a file that’s
currently open. |
Keys for MS Word
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Shortcuts |
Uses of Shortcut keys |
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Ctrl + B |
Bold highlighted selection |
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Ctrl + C |
Copy selected text |
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Ctrl + X |
Cut selected text |
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Ctrl + N |
Open new/blank document |
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Ctrl + O |
Open options |
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Ctrl + P |
Open the print window |
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Ctrl + F |
Open find box |
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Ctrl + I |
Italicize highlighted selection |
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Ctrl + K |
Insert link |
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Ctrl + U |
Underline highlighted selection |
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Ctrl + V |
Paste |
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Ctrl + G |
Find and replace options |
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Ctrl + H |
Find and replace options |
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Ctrl + J |
Justify paragraph alignment |
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Ctrl + L |
Align selected text or line to the left |
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Ctrl + Q |
Align selected paragraph to the left |
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Ctrl + E |
Align selected text or line to the centre |
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Ctrl + R |
Align selected text or line to the right |
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Ctrl + M |
Indent the paragraph |
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Ctrl + T |
Hanging indent |
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Ctrl + D |
Font options |
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Ctrl + Shift + F |
Change the font |
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Ctrl + Shift + > |
Increase selected font +1 |
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Ctrl + ] |
Increase selected font +1 |
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Ctrl + [ |
Decrease selected font -1 |
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Ctrl + Shift + * |
View or hide non printing characters |
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Ctrl + (Left arrow) |
Move one word to the left |
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Ctrl + (Right arrow) |
Move one word to the right |
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Ctrl + (Up arrow) |
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph |
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Ctrl + (Down arrow) |
Move to the end of the paragraph |
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Ctrl + Del |
Delete the word to the right of the cursor |
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Ctrl + Backspace |
Delete the word to the left of the cursor |
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Ctrl + End |
Move the cursor to the end of the document |
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Ctrl + Home |
Move the cursor to the beginning of the document |
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Ctrl + Space |
Reset highlighted text to the default font |
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Ctrl + 1 |
Single-space lines |
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Ctrl + 2 |
Double-space lines |
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Ctrl + 5 |
1.5-line spacing |
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Ctrl + Alt + 1 |
Change text to heading 1 |
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Ctrl + Alt + 2 |
Change text to heading 2 |
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Ctrl + Alt + 3 |
Change text to heading 3 |
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Shift + F3 |
Change case of selected text |
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Shift + Insert |
Paste |
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F4 |
Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) |
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F7 |
Spell check selected text and/or document |
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Shift + F7 |
Activate the thesaurus |
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F12 |
Save as |
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Ctrl + S |
Save |
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Shift + F12 |
Save |
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Alt + Shift + D |
Insert the current date |
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Alt + Shift + T |
Insert the current time |
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Ctrl + W |
Close document |
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Ctrl+= |
Set chosen text as a subscript. |
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Ctrl+Shift+= |
Set chosen text as superscript. |
Keys for PowerPoint
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Shortcuts Keys |
Uses of Shortcut
Keys |
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Ctrl+Shift+< |
Reduce the font size of the selected
text by one size. |
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CTRL + G |
Group things together |
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Ctrl+M |
Create a new slide just after your
chosen slide. |
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CTRL + D |
Create a duplicate of your current
slide. |
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Esc |
Exit the ongoing slide show and it will
redirect you to the earlier live view. |
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Ctrl+K |
When you want to enter a hyperlink use
these keys together. |
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Ctrl+Shift+> |
These commands are used to maximize the
font size of the selected text by one size. |
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F5 |
With the help of F5, you can start the
presentation from the initial slide. |
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Ctrl+N |
These commands are used in a different
Powerpoint software window, create a new, blank slide |
Keys for MS Excel
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Shortcut
keys |
Uses
of shortcut keys |
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Alt
+ Shift + F1 |
When
you wanna insert new worksheet use these keys together |
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Shift
+ F3 |
With
the help of these keys, you can open the MS-Excel formula window |
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Shift
+ F5 |
When
you press these keys together it will open the search box |
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F11 |
The
F11 key is used to create a chart in MS-Excel |
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Ctrl
+ Shift +; |
With
the help of these keys, you can enter the current time |
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Ctrl
+; |
Use
these keys together to enter the current date |
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Ctrl
+ K |
When
you want to Insert a link, you can use these keys together |
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Ctrl
+ F |
These
keys are used to open find and replace options in MS-Excel |
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Ctrl
+ G |
Use
these keys together to open go-to options |
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Ctrl
+ B |
When
you press these keys together it will bold highlighted selection. |
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F2 |
When
you want to edit the selected cell using this key |
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F5 |
With
the help of this key, you can go to a specific cell |
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F7 |
With
the help of this key, you can check the spell of selected text |
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Ctrl
+ I |
These
commands are used to Italicize highlighted selection. |
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Ctrl
+ Space |
Use
these keys together to select the entire column |
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Shift
+ Space |
Use
these keys together to select the entire row |
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Ctrl
+ W |
Use
these keys together to close the document |
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Ctrl
+ H |
Use
these keys to open find and replace options |
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Ctrl
+ U |
With
help of these keys, you can underline highlighted text. |
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Ctrl
+ Y |
With
help of these keys, you can underline highlighted text. |
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Ctrl
+ Z |
With
the help of these keys, you can undo the last deleted action |
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Ctrl
+ F9 |
Use
these keys to minimize a current window in MS-Excel |
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Ctrl
+ F10 |
Use
these keys to maximize the currently selected window in MS-Excel |
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Ctrl
+ Tab |
With
the help of these keys, you can move between two or more open MS-Excel
files |
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Alt
+ = |
With
the help of these keys, you can initiate the formula to add all of the
above cells |
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Ctrl
+ |
With
the use of these keys together you can insert the value in the current
cell from the above cell. |
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Ctrl
+ (Right arrow) |
With
the help of these keys, you can jump on to the next section of text |
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Ctrl
+ O |
Use
these keys to open options in MS-Excel |
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Ctrl
+ N |
Use
these keys together to open the document in MS-Excel |
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Ctrl
+ P |
Use
these keys together to open the print dialogue box in MS-Excel |