COMPUTER SHORT KEYS

                                         COMPUTER KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS                  

                                                                                                                                                                                            

SHORTCUT KEYS ABSHORTCUT KEYS HELP PROVIDE AN EASIER AND QUICKER METHOD OF NAVIGATING AND EXECUTING COMMANDS IN THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE. SHORTCUT KEYS ARE COMMONLY ACCESSED BY USING THE ALT KEY (ON IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS), COMMAND KEY (ON APPLE COMPUTERS), CTRL KEY, OR SHIFT KEY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER KEY. THE DE FACTO STANDARD FOR LISTING A SHORTCUT IS LISTING THE MODIFIER KEY, A PLUS SYMBOL, AND ANOTHER KEY. IN OTHER WORDS, "CTRL+S" IS TELLING YOU TO PRESS AND HOLD THE CTRL KEY, AND THEN PRESS THE S KEY TOO.

           YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE SHORTCUT KEYS IN POPULAR PROGRAMS BY LOOKING FOR UNDERLINED LETTERS IN THEIR MENUS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FILE                            MENU IMAGE HAS AN UNDERLINE ON THE "F" IN FILE, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN PRESS THE ALT KEY AND "F" KEY TO ACCESS THE FILE MENU.

               SOME PROGRAMS REQUIRE THE USER TO PRESS AND HOLD ALT TO SEE THE UNDERLINED CHARACTERS. IN THE IMAGE ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF                   THE COMMON FEATURES, SUCH AS OPEN (CTRL+O) AND SAVE (CTRL+S), HAVE SHORTCUT KEYS ASSIGNED TO THEM. AS YOU BEGIN TO MEMORIZE SHORTCUT                    KEYS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT MANY APPLICATIONS SHARE THEM. WE HAVE A LIST OF THE MOST COMMONLY SHARED ONES IN THE

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NON-ENGLISH VERSIONS OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE BELOW SHORTCUT KEYS.

BASIC PC SHORTCUT KEYS

            BELOW IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS THAT WORK WITH IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE. WE                          HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT ALL USERS KEEP A REFERENCE TO THESE SHORTCUT KEYS OR TRY TO MEMORIZE THEM. DOING SO WILL DRAMATICALLY                            INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY.

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BESIDES THE SPECIAL CHARACTER SHORTCUTS LISTED HERE, SOME ARE ALSO ON THE NUMBER KEYS (BELOW THE F1 - F12 KEYS). YOU CAN ENTER THESE SPECIAL CHARACTERS BY PRESSING THE SHIFT KEY AND THE NUMBER KEY THAT HAS THE SPECIAL CHARACTER LISTED ON IT.

 

SHORTCUT KEYS	DESCRIPTION
ALT+F	FILE MENU OPTIONS IN CURRENT PROGRAM.
ALT+E	OPEN EDIT OPTIONS IN CURRENT PROGRAM.
ALT+TAB	SWITCH BETWEEN OPEN PROGRAMS.
F1	VIEW HELP INFORMATION (F1 IS USED BY ALMOST EVERY WINDOWS PROGRAM TO DISPLAY HELP).
F2	RENAME A SELECTED FILE.
F5	REFRESH THE CURRENT PROGRAM WINDOW.
CTRL+D	BOOKMARKS THE CURRENT PAGE IN MOST INTERNET BROWSERS.
CTRL+N	CREATE A NEW OR BLANK DOCUMENT IN SOME SOFTWARE, OR OPEN A NEW TAB IN MOST INTERNET BROWSERS.
CTRL+O	OPEN A FILE IN THE CURRENT SOFTWARE.
CTRL+A	SELECT ALL TEXT.
CTRL+B	CHANGE SELECTED TEXT TO BE BOLD.
CTRL+I	CHANGE SELECTED TEXT TO BE IN ITALICS.
CTRL+U	CHANGE SELECTED TEXT TO BE UNDERLINED.
CTRL+F	OPEN FIND WINDOW FOR CURRENT DOCUMENT OR WINDOW.
CTRL+S	SAVE CURRENT DOCUMENT FILE.
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
CTRL+Y	REDO LAST ACTION.
CTRL+Z	UNDO LAST ACTION.
CTRL+K	INSERT HYPERLINK FOR SELECTED TEXT.
CTRL+P	PRINT THE CURRENT PAGE OR DOCUMENT.
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.
CTRL+ESC	OPEN THE START MENU.
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC	OPEN WINDOWS TASK MANAGER.
ALT+F4	CLOSE THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROGRAM.
ALT+ENTER	OPEN THE PROPERTIES FOR THE SELECTED ITEM (FILE, FOLDER, SHORTCUT, ETC.).

PC SHORTCUT KEYS FOR SPECIAL CHARACTERS 

            MANY SPECIAL CHARACTERS CAN BE CREATED USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE MORE COMMON AND POPULAR                                                       SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND THE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO CREATE THEM.

   

SHORTCUT KEYS	SPECIAL CHARACTER
ALT+0224	À
ALT+0232	È
ALT+0236	Ì
ALT+0242	Ò
ALT+0241	Ñ
ALT+0228	Ä
ALT+0246	Ö
ALT+0252	Ü
ALT+0248	Ø
ALT+0223	ß
ALT+0198	Æ
ALT+0231	Ç
ALT+0191	¿
ALT+0176	°  (DEGREE SYMBOL)
ALT+0177	±  (PLUS/MINUS SYMBOL)
ALT+0153	™
ALT+0169	©
ALT+0174	®
ALT+0128	€  (EURO CURRENCY)
ALT+0162	¢  (CENT SYMBOL)
ALT+0163	£  (BRITISH POUND CURRENCY)
ALT+0165	¥  (JAPANESE YEN CURRENCY)