Keyboard Shortcuts:
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + V Paste selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Delete – Delete function.
Shift + F10 key – Displays the Short cut Menu for the selected item
Shift + Delete – Delete the selected item permanently without placing it in the Recycle Bin
F1- key To Display Help
F2 key – Rename the selected item.
F3 key – Search a Folder or a File.
F4 key – Display the Address Bar list in My computer or Windows Explorer
F5key – Update the Active Windows
F6 key – Cycle through the screen elements in a Windows or on the Desktop
F10 key – To activate the Menu Bar in the active program .
Ctrl + A – Select All items.
Ctrl + F4 key – Close the active document.
Ctrl + Esc Key – Displays the Start Menu
Ctrl + Shift + Esc Key – Opens Task Manager
Ctrl + Shift + Esc Key – Opens Task Manager
Ctrl (while dragging Copy the selected item) – copy the selected item
Ctrl + Tab key – Move Forward through the tabs
Ctrl + Shift +Tab key – Move backward through the tabs
Ctrl + Shift (while Create a shortcut (to the selected item)
Ctrl + Right Arrow – Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl + Left Arrow – Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl + Down Arrow – Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl + Right Arrow – Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Alt + Enter key – View the properties for the selected items
Alt + Space bar key – Open the Short-cut menu for the active menu
Alt + Tab key – Switch between the open programs
Alt + Esc Key – Cycle through programs in the order they have been opened
Alt+F4 – Close or Quit the Active program
Tab – Move Forward through the options
Shift + Tab Key – Move backward through the options
Enter Key – Perform the Command for the active button or option
Backspace key – Open a Folder one level up, if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open Dialogue Box
End – Displays the bottom of the active window
Home – Displays the Top of the active window
Num Lock + Asterisk (*) sign – Displays all the sub-folders that are under the selected Folder
Num Lock + Plus (+) sign – Displays the content of the selected folder
Num Lock + Minus (-) sign – Collapse the selected folder
Left arrow – Collapse the current selection if it is expanded or selects the present folder
Right Arrow – Displays the current selection if it is collapsed or selects the first sub- folder
Ctrl + E Open the Search bar
Ctrl + F Start the Find option
Ctrl + H Open the History bar
Ctrl + I Open the Favorite bar
Ctrl + L Open the Open Dialogue box
Ctrl + P Open the Print Dialogue box
Ctrl + W Close the current Window
Ctrl + O Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + D Open the font preferences window
Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen
Ctrl + I Open find box.
Ctrl + J Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K Insert link
Ctrl + L Aligns the line or elected text to the left of the screen
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph
Ctrl + P Open the print window.
Ctrl + R Aligns the line or elected text to the right of the screen
Ctrl + T Create a hanging indent
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + Shift + L Quickly create a bullet point.
Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increasesfont+2pts
Ctrl + ] – Increase selected font + 1pts.
Ctrl + Shift + < – decrease selected font – 1 points if 12 point or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2 points.
Ctrl + [ – Decrease selected font -1 point
Ctrl+/+C – Insert a cent sign
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
Alt+Ctrl+F2 – Open new document
Ctrl+F1 – Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2 – Display the print preview.
Ctrl + Shift + > – Increases the highlighted text size by one.
Ctrl + Shift + < -Decreases the highlighted text size by one.
Ctrl + Shift + F6 – Opens to another open Microsoft Word document
Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Prints the document.
F1 – Open Help
F4 – Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5 – Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft word.
F7 – Spell-check and grammar check selected text or document.
F12 – Save as
Shift +F3 – Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word
Shift + F7 – Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
Shift + F12 – Save
Shift + Enter – Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift + Insert – Paste.
Shift + Alt + D – Insert the current date
Shift + Alt + T – Insert the current time
In addition to the above shortcut keys users can also use their mouse as a method of quickly do something commonly performed. Below some are examples of 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, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, 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
F2 – Edit the selected cell.
F5 – Go to a specific cell. For example, C6
F7 – Spell check selected text 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 or 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
Alt + = – Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
ctrl + ‘ – Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
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
Ctrl-B – Bold
Ctrl-F2 – Builder
Ctrl-W – Close
Ctrl-F4 – Close
Ctrl-C – Copy
Ctrl-X – Cut
Ctrl-Y – Cut current line and copy to Clipboard
F6/Shift-F6 – Cycle through sections
Ctrl-Tab – Cycle through tab of each object’s type (forward)
Ctrl-Shift-Tab – Cycle through tab of each object’s type (backward)
F11 – Database window
Ctrl – – Delete current record
F2 – Edit/Navigation mode (toggle)
Ctrl-Tab/Shift-Tab – Exit sub form and move to next/previous field in next record
Shift-Dn/Up – Extend selection to next/previous record
Ctrl-F – Find
Shift-F4 – Find Next
Shift-F3 – Find Previous
Ctrl-G – Go To
Ctrl ; – Insert current date
Ctrl : – Insert current time
Ctrl-Alt-spacebar – Insert default value
Ctrl + Enter – Insert new line
Ctrl’ – Insert value from same field in previous record Italics
Ctrl-I – Italics
F10 – Menu bar
Ctrl-Home/End – Move to beginning/end of multiple-line field
Ctrl-Up/Dn – Move to current field in first/last record (Navigation mode)
Ctrl-Home – Move to first field in first record (Navigation mode)
Home/End – Move to first/last field in current record (Navigation mode)
Ctrl-End – Move to last field in last record (Navigation mode)
Home or Ctrl-Left – Move to left edge of page –
F5 – Move to page number/record number box
End or Ctrl-Right – Move to right edge of page
Ctrl-N – New (object)
Ctrl + – New record (add)
Ctrl-F6 -Next window
Ctrl-O – Open
F4 – Open combo box
Ctrl-Enter – Open in Design view
Ctrl + V – Paste
Ctrl + P – Print
Alt-Enter – Property sheet
F9 – Refresh combo fox
Ctrl-H – Replace
Shift+F9 – Requery underlying tables in sub form
Ctrl + S – Save
F12 – Save As
Shift-Enter – Save current record
Ctrl + Pgup/PgDn – screen left/right
Ctrl-spacebar – Selected /unselect column (Navigation mode)
F7 – Spelling / Grammar check
F6 – Switch between upper/lower panes
F5 – switch to form view
Ctrl+F8 – Turn on Move mode
Ctrl + U – Underline
Ctrl + Z – Undo
Shift –F8 – Undo previous extension
Shift –F2 – Zoom box
Ctrl-B – Bold
Ctrl-W – Close
Ctrl-F4 – Close
Ctrl-C – Copy
Ctrl-F – Find
Ctrl-l – Italics
F10 – Menu bar
Ctrl-N – New Slide
Ctrl-F6 – Next Window
Ctrl-O – Open
Ctrl-V – Paste
Ctrl-P – Print
Shift-F4 – Repeat Find
Ctrl-Y – Repeat/Redo
Ctrl-H – Replace
Ctrl-S – Save
F5 – Slide Show: Begin
B – Slide Show: Black screen show/hide
Esc – Slide Show: End
E – Slide Show: Erase annotations
H – Slide Show: Go to next hidden slide
Ctrl-L – Slide Show: Hide pointer and button always
Ctrl-H – Slide Show: Hide pointer and button temporarily
Ctrl-A – Slide Show: Mouse pointer to arrow
Ctrl-P – Slide Show: Mouse pointer to pen
N – Slide Show: Next slide
P – Slide Show: Previous slide
T – Slide Show: Set new timings while rehearsing
S – Slide Show: Stop/restart automatic slide snow
M – Slide Show: Use mouse-click to advance (rehearsing)
O – Slide Show: use original timing
W – Slide Show: White screen’ show/hide
F7 – Spelling and Grammar check
Ctrl-F6 – Switch to the next presentation window
Ctrl-Tab / Ctrl-Page Down – Switch to the next tab in a dialog box
Ctrl-Shift-F6 – Switch to the previous presentation window
Ctrl-Shift-Tab / Ctrl-Page Up – Switch to the previous tab in a dialog Dox
Num / – Turn character formatting on or of
Ctrl-U – Underline
Ctrl-Z – Undo
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