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At a recent meeting, Members were asked to bring in any shortcut keys that they knew about,  Some members went to the trouble of downloading pages full of shortcuts.  I have tried not to duplicate to often but some of the different programs we use, use the same shortcut keys.  Here is a selection of the members shortcuts.  Many thanks to all contributors.

Here's a little snippet from Hilary

When the green Back and Forward arrows show, by right clicking on them.   A drop down menu appears to take you directly  to the page you want rather than clicking lots of times to find the previous item.  Works in Outlook and Documents to, most useful!

 

A,  General Shortcut Keys         B, Windows Shortcut Keys     C, Shortcuts from Word    D, Shortcuts from Excel

E,  Front page Shortcuts   F, Internet Explorer Shortcuts   G, Shortcuts on your Mouse

The Following Shortcuts are available in most Windows Programs

 

Alt + F          File menu options in current program.

Alt + E          Edit options in current program

F1                 Normally Help in most Windows programs.

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 start of current line.

Ctrl + Home  Goes to start 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.

 

General Shortcut Keys

Alt + Tab  Switch between open applications.

Alt + Shift + Tab  Switch backwards between open applications.

Alt + Print Screen Create a screen shot only for the program you are currently in.

Ctrl + Esc Bring Up start button.

Alt + Esc Switch Between open applications on taskbar.

F2  Renames selected Icon

F3 Starts find from desktop

F4 Opens the drive selection when browsing.

F5 Refresh Contents

Alt + F4 Closes Current open program.

Ctrl + F4 Closes Window in Program

Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad)  Automatically adjust the width's of all the columns in Windows explorer

Alt + Enter Opens properties window of Selected icon or program.

Shift + F10 Simulates right click on selected item.

Shift + Del Delete programs/files without throwing into the recycle bin.

Holding Shift When putting in an audio CD will prevent CD Player from playing.

 

Windows Key Shortcuts

Windows Key + D  Minimizes ALL windows and returns you to the desktop.

Windows Key + M  Minimizes ALL windows.

Windows Key + SHIFT + M Maximise ALL windows.

Windows Key + E Open Microsoft Explorer.

Windows Key + Tab Cycle through open programs through the taskbar.

Windows Key + F Display the Windows Search / Find feature.

Windows Key + CTRL + F Display the search for computers window.

Windows Key + F1 Display the Microsoft Windows help.

Windows Key + R Open the run window.

Windows Key + Pause Open the system properties window.

Windows Key + U Open Utility Manager.

Windows Key + L   Go to Log on Screen (if you use a password you'll need it again).

 

Word Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + C Copy selected text.

Ctrl + X Cut selected text.

Ctrl + P Open the print window.

Ctrl + F Open find box.

Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + K Insert link.

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + V Paste.

Ctrl + Y Repeat the last action performed.

Ctrl + Z Undo last action.

Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the centre of the screen.

Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font.

Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1.

Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1.

Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1.

Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1.

Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters.

Ctrl + <left arrow> Moves one word to the left.

Ctrl + <right arrow> Moves one word to the right.

Ctrl + <up arrow> Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + <down arrow> Moves to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.

Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl + Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Ctrl + 1   Single-space lines.

Ctrl + 2   Double-space lines.

Ctrl + 5   1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes text to heading 1.

Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes text to heading 2.

Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text to heading 3.

F1 Open Help.

Shift + F3 Change the case of the selected text.

Shift + Insert Paste. 

F7 Spell check selected text and or document.

Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus.

F12 Save as.

Shift + F12 Save

Excel Shortcut Keys

F7  Spell check selected text and or document.

F11  Create chart.

Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time

Ctrl + ;  Enter the current date

Alt + Shift + F1  Insert New Worksheet

Shift + F3  Open the Excel formula window.

Shift + F5  Bring up search box.

Ctrl + A  Select all contents of the worksheet.

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + K Insert link.

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection.

Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing.

Ctrl + Z Undo last action.

Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window.

Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window.

Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks / windows.

Ctrl + Page up Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.

Ctrl + Page down Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.

Ctrl + Tab Move between Two or more open Excel files.

Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format.

Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format.

Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format.

Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format.

Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format.

Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format.

Ctrl + Arrow key Move to next section of text. 

Ctrl + Space   Select entire column.

Shift + Space  Select entire row.

 

Front Page Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + C  Copy selected text.

Ctrl + X  Cut selected text.

Ctrl + P  Paste selected text.

Ctrl + K Create a hyperlink.

Ctrl + B  Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + I  Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + U  Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + L Left align the text.

Ctrl + R  Right align the text.

Ctrl + E Centre the text.

Ctrl + / Display HTML tags.

Ctrl + S Save document.

Ctrl + Tab Switch between open web pages.

Ctrl + Ins Enter Line break.

Ctrl + Enter Move cursor above or below a table.

Ctrl + Shift + B Preview in web browser window.

Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease font size.

Ctrl + Shift + > Increase font size.

Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.

 

Internet Explorer Shortcut keys

Alt + Left Arrow  Back a page.

Alt + Right Arrow Forward a page.

F5 Refresh current page / frame.

F11 Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.

Esc Stop page or download from loading.

Ctrl + N Open New browser window.

Ctrl + P Print current page / frame.

Spacebar Moves down a page at a time.

Shift + Spacebar Moves up a page at a time.

 

 

Mouse  Shortcuts

Click, hold, and drag Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.

Double-click If double-click a word selects the complete word.

Double- click Double-clicking on the left, centre, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, centre, or right aligned.

Double-click  Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.

Triple-click  Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked.

Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zooms in and out of document.

 

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