Saturday 19 January 2013

KEYBOARD SORTCUTS

Basic PC shortcut keys

 ALT +

 Esc                            cycles through open programs
 Tab                            cycles through open applications
 Spacebar                   Control menu (maximize, minimize, close, etc.)
 Hyphen                     opens the window’s control menu
 F4                              closes open window
 Left, right arrows      Back/forward on web
 E                                Pull down the top Edit menu.
 F                                 Pull down the top File menu

                                                                                                                               

Ctrl +

A                        Select all
B                        bold font
C                        copy
D                        change font
E                        center alignment
F                         find
G                        go to
H                        replace
I                          italic font
J                          justify
K                        insert hyperlink
L                         left alignment
M                        tabs five spaces
N                         new document
O                         open file
P                          print
Q                         resets tab on ruler
R                         right alignment
S                          save
S/                         save as
T                          hanging indent
U                         underline
V                          paste
W                         closes file
X                          cut
Y                          redo
Z                          undo
1                           single space
2                           double space
5                           1.5 line space
[                            decrease font
]                            increase font
Esc                       Windows menu
Enter                     page break
Space bar              select an Excel column
Home                    top
End                       bottom
F2                         print preview

Shift +

Tab                     moves cursor backward
Page up               highlights cursor position to the beginning of the line
Page down          highlights cursor position to the end of the line
F7                       thesaurus 
Ins                      Same as Ctrl + v
Delete(del)         Cut. Or permanently delete selected item(s) on Windows Explorer.
Home                 Set selection (highlight) from current position to beginning of the line or page. 
End                    Set selection (highlight) from current position to end of the line or page.
Arrow                Set selection (highlight) from current position to the (left,right,up,down)
                          one character at a time.

Other key 

F1                                   help
F5                                   find and replace
F7                                   spell/grammar check
WIndows logo key Windows logo key     Start menu
WIndows logo key Windows logo key    +D  Go to Desktop
Shortcut key                    Shortcut menu
Home                              Jump to the beginning of the line or page.
End                                 Jump to the end of the document or page.
(Ctrl +Shift +n)                create a new folder
F11                                 fullscreen (To undo full-screen mode  press the Esc (Escape) key )

Tip: To snap an active window to the side of the desktop by using the keyboard, press Windows logo key WIndows logo key Windows logo key +Left Arrow or
WIndows logo key Windows logo key +Right Arrow.

NOTE:-Custom keyboard sortcut can be created by going to:    

Tools --> Customize --> Keyboard