Keyboard Shortcut Keys

Keyboard Shortcut Keys

I am collecting some keyboard shortcut key to you all. I hope it will help for you all and reference for all computer learners.

F1

·        Almost always used as the help key, almost every program will open the help screen when this key is pressed.

·        Enter CMOS Setup.

·        Windows Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.

·        Open the Task Pane.

F2

·        In Windows commonly used to rename a highlighted icon or file.

·        Alt + Ctrl + F2 open a new document in Microsoft Word.

·        Ctrl + F2 display the print preview window in Microsoft Word.

·        Enter CMOS Setup.

F3

·        Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows.

·        In MS-DOS or Windows command line F3 will repeat the last command.

·        Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

F4

·        Open find window.

·        Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)

·        Alt + F4 will close the program currently active in Microsoft Windows.

·        Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsoft Windows.

F5

·        In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or document window.

·        Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.

·        Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.

F6

·        Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

·        Ctrl + Shift + F6 open to another open Microsoft Word document.

F7

·        Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.

·        Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.

·        Turns on Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox.

F8

·        Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly used to access Windows Safe Mode.

F9

·        Opens the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5.0.

F10

·        In Microsoft Windows activates the menu bar of an open application.

·        Shift + F10 is the same as right-clicking on a highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.

·        Access the hidden recovery partition on HP and Sony computers.

·        Enter CMOS Setup.

F11

·        Full-screen mode in all modern Internet browsers.

·        Ctrl + F11 as computer are starting to access the hidden recovery partition on many Dell computers.

·        Access the hidden recovery partition on machines, Gateway, and Lenovo computers.

F12

·        Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.

·        Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word document.

·        Ctrl + Shift + F12 print a document in Microsoft Word.

A-Z Shortcut Key

Ctrl+ A - Select all

Ctrl+ B – Bold selected text.

Ctrl+ C   - Copy

Ctrl+ D – Change Font

Ctrl+ E – Center

Ctrl+ F – Find

Ctrl+ G – Go to any page

Ctrl+ H – Replace word

Ctrl+ I – Italic

Ctrl+ J – Justify

Ctrl+ K – Hyperlink

Ctrl+ L – Left align

Ctrl+ M - Tab

Ctrl+ N – New Document

Ctrl+ O - Open

Ctrl+ P - Print

Ctrl+ Q – Quit Document

Ctrl+ R – Right align

Ctrl+ S - Save

Ctrl+ T – Set Margin

Ctrl+ U - Underline

Ctrl+ V   - Paste

Ctrl+ X - Delete selected item and save a copy to the clipboard

Ctrl+ Y - Redo

Ctrl+ Z - Undo

Other Shortcut Keys

Delete - Delete

Shift+ Delete -Delete the selected item permanently without moving the item to the Recycle Bin

Ctrl while dragging an item - Copy the selected item

Ctrl+ Shift while dragging an item - Create a shortcut to the selected item

Ctrl+ Right Arrow - Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Ctrl+ Left Arrow- Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word

Ctrl+ down Arrow- Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph

Ctrl+ Up Arrow - Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Ctrl+ Shift with any arrow key - Highlight a block of text

Shift with any arrow key – Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop or select text in a document

Alt+ Enter -View the properties for the selected item

Alt+ Spacebar- Open the shortcut menu for the active window

Ctrl+F4 - Close the active document in programs that enable multiple documents to be open at the same time

Alt+ Tab - Switch between the open items

Alt+ Esc - Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened

Shift+ F10 - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

Alt+ Spacebar- Display the System menu for the active window

Ctrl+ Esc - Display the Start menu

Alt+ Underlined letter in a menu name - Display the corresponding menu

Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu – Perform the corresponding command

Right Arrow - Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu

Left Arrow - Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu

Backspace - View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer

Esc - Cancel the current task

Shift when you insert a CD into the CD drive - Prevent the CD from automatically playing

Ctrl+ Shift+ Esc - Open Task Manager

CTRL+ TAB - Move forward through tabs.

CTRL+ SHIFT+ TAB - Move backward through tabs.

SHIFT+ TAB - Move backward through options.

ALT+ Underlined – letter Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.