A COMPLETE GUIDE TO KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS

Shortcut keys play a very important role while using a computer. The user can navigate very quickly by using these computer software programs.Most of the short cuts can be found just by looking at the underlined letters in their menus. For example have a look at the picture below here you will notice that F in the file is underlined. So you can press Alt key and F to access the file menu.

Here we presented you the list of short cuts used while accessing the computer.

Basic PC shortcut keys:All the computer users are recommended to keep a good reference of the short cut keys below and try to memorize the keys. A regular practice will definitely increase your productivity. Shortcut keys Description

Alt + F File menu options in current program

Alt + E Edit options in current program

F1 Universal Help in almost ev ery windows program

Ctrl + A Select all text

Ctrl + F Open find window for current documents 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 + P Print the current page or document
Home Goes 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

What are F1 through F12 keys?

F1 and F12 are commonly known as functional keys. The functionality of the users varies depending on the operating
system installed and soft ware program currently running.
Here we presented you some common functions of the functions keys.

F1:

This is used as the help key almost.
Enter CMOS Setup

Windows key + F1 will open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
Open the Task Pane

F2:

It renames the highlighted icon, file or folder in all the versions of windows
Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens document window in Microsoft Word
Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft word
Helps to quickly rename the selected file or folder.
Enter CMOS Setup

F3:

It often opens search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows at the Windows Desktop
In MS-DOS or windows command line F3 will repeat the last command
Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from the upper to lower case or capital letter at every word’s
beginning
Windows Key + F3 opens Advanced find windows in Microsoft Outlook
Open Mission Control on the Apple computer running Mac OS X

F4:

It opens Find window in Windows 95 to XP
It also helps to open address bar in Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer

It is also used to repeat the last action performed ( Windows 2000+)It opens Find window in Windows 95 to XP.
It also helps to open address bar in Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer
It is also used to repeat the last action performed ( Windows 2000+)
Alt + F4 closes windows program currently in Microsoft Windows
Ctrl + F4 also close the open Window with in the current active window in Microsoft Windows.

F5:

Pressing F5 will refresh the page or reload the page in all the internet browsers
It also helps to open find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word
Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.

F6:

It helps to move the cursor to the address bar in internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox and other internet browsers.
Ctrl + Shift + F6 also opens to another open Microsoft Word document

F7:

This is commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft
Word, Outlook etc.
Shift + F7 is used to check the thesaurus check on the highlighted words
It also helps to Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox

F8:

This function key is commonly used to enter the Windows start up menu, and is commonly used to access the

Windows in Safe Mode

F9:

It helps to open the measurement toll bar in Quark 5.0

Using Mac OS 10.3 or later shows up all the open windows

Use of FN key and F9 same time opens Mission Control on a Apple computer running Mac OS X.

F10:

It opens The Microsoft Windows Menu bar of an open application

Shift + F10 do the same functionality as right clicking on the highlighted Icon, file, or any link.

It helps to access the hidden recovery partition on HP and Sony computers

Enter CMOS setup

It helps to show Mac OS 10.3 or latest shows all open Windows for active programs

F11:

It provides a Full screen mode in all modern internet browsers

Ctrl + F11 helps to access hidden recovery partition on many Dell computers

It also access the hidden recovery information on eMachines, Gateway and Lenovo computers

F12:

Open the save in windows Microsoft Word

Shift + F12 saves the Microsoft Word document

Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word

It helps to preview the page in Microsoft Expressions Web

Open Firebug

In the apple running Mac OS 10.4 or later F12 shows or hides the Dashboard.

Top 10 Keyboard shortcuts we should know:

These are the top 10 key board shortcuts every PC user should remember at basic to get good productivity.

Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert:

This short cut helps to copy highlighted text or selected item

Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert:

Both these help to paste the text or object which is in clipboard.

Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y:

It Undo any change. Let us have an example pressing this short cut will undo the text which we cutted down recently.

Ctrl + Z can also be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes.

Whereas Ctrl + Y will redo the undo

Ctrl + F:

This short cut opens FIND in any program and includes your internet browser to find text on the current page.

Alt + Tab or Ctrl +Tab:

These shortcuts are useful to quickly switch between the open programs moving forward.

Ctrl +Tab help to switch between the tabs in a program

Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl +Left or Right arrow:

Using Ctrl + Backspace will delete full word at a time instead of deleting single character.

By holding on the Ctrl key if we press right or left arrow this will move the cursor one word at a time instead of moving

character by character.

Ctrl + Shift helps to highlight one word at a time and more over holding Ctrl + Shift and pressing on left or right arrow

will move one word at a time highlighting the each word.

Ctrl + S:

Wanna save file while working on the document or any program this short cut helps you to save the file. It is better to

use this short cut key frequently when you are working on important documents.

Ctrl + Home or Ctrl +End:

Ctrl +Home help to move the cursor to the beginning of the document

Ctrl + End help to move the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl + P:

You can view the print preview of the document which you wish to print.

Page up space bar and Page down:

Using these keys will move that page one page at a time in that particular direction. More over while browsing the

internet pressing the space bar also moves the page down one page at a time.

We use Space bar to move one page down at a time. Later to move the page up at a time use Shift key + space bar