There are times in a man's life when he decides to try out new shortcuts and ends up spending more time trying to get to the destination because of the existence of this so-called shortcut.
Don't worry, this is not one of those times.
Listed below is a list of common Windows shortcut keys that should prove to be very useful. Why is knowing shortcut keys helpful? For starters, you can use them to impress your friends. If your friends are not geeks, then you may want to learn them to make life easier on yourself. There may also come a time when you find yourself in an unfamiliar program, unsure how to get to a command or how to complete a task. If you know some basic shortcut keys, you may find that you can perform the same command in many different programs.
So go ahead and check out the list of commands. Print them off, write in the margins, give them to your friends or use them as a place for your dog to do his business inside the house. Either way, I hope you find these shortcut keys useful.
By the way, if you decide to print these out, be sure to print the PDF version, which is where the link below will take you. It's a much prettier version of the same thing that you see below, but it is nice and neat.
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Basic Ctrl Keys
Copy
Ctrl + C
Cut
Ctrl + X
Paste
Ctrl + V
Select All
Ctrl + A
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Redo (or Repeat)
Ctrl + Y
Save
Ctrl + S
Apply Bold Formatting
Ctrl + B
Apply Italic Formatting
Ctrl + I
Apply Underline Formatting
Ctrl + U
Enable Go To Feature
Ctrl + G
Enable Find Feature
Ctrl + F
Enable Replace Feature
Ctrl + H
Open New Document or Window
Ctrl + N
Open Existing Document
Ctrl + O
Align Text Left
Ctrl + L
Align Text Center or Middle
Ctrl + E
Align Text Right
Ctrl + R
Justify Text
Ctrl + J
Increase Font Size
Ctrl + >
Decrease Font Size
Ctrl + <
Insert a Page Break
Ctrl + Enter
Insert a Hyperlink
Ctrl + K
Select More Than One File
Hold down Ctrl while clicking file names
Basic Ctrl + Shift Keys
Open Task Manager
Ctrl + Shift + Esc
Create a Shortcut
Ctrl + Shift while dragging and dropping file/folder
Cycle Through Property Tabs
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Insert Column (In a Table)
Ctrl + Shift + A
Delete Row (In a Table)
Ctrl + Shift + M
Delete Column (In a Table)
Ctrl + Shift + Hyphen (-)
Increase Column Span (In a Table)
Ctrl + Shift + ]
Decrease Column Span (In a Table)
Ctrl + Shift + [
Click Here to View the Rest of the Shortcut Keys!
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