Shortcut Keys of Computer A to Z (Basic)
Basic Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys A to Z
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys
Alt + F File menu options in the current program
Alt + E Edits options in the current program
F1 Universal help (for any sort of program)
Ctrl + A Selects all text
Ctrl + X Cuts the selected item
Ctrl + Del Cut selected item
Ctrl + C Copy the selected item
Ctrl + Ins Copy the selected item
Ctrl + V Paste the selected item
Shift + Ins Paste the selected item
Home Takes the user to the start of the current line
Ctrl + Home Go to the beginning of the document
End Go to the end of the current line
Ctrl + End Go to the end of a document
Highlight from the prevailing position to the start of
Shift + Home
the line
Highlight from the prevailing position to end of the
Shift + End
line
Ctrl + (Left arrow) Move one term to the left at a time
Ctrl + (Right arrow) Move one term to the right at a time
Computer Shortcut Keys for Microsoft Windows
Shortcut Keys Uses of Shortcut keys
Adjust the widths of all columns automatically, in Windows
Ctrl + Plus Key
Explorer
Open the properties window for the selected icon or
Alt + Enter
program
Alt + Print Screen Take a screenshot of the current page.
Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot/Windows task manager
Ctrl + Esc These keys allow you to activate the start menu
Its purpose in Windows 95 to XP is to open the locate
F4
window
F5 Refresh the contents of your windows system
F3 Find anything from your system’s desktop
Alt + Esc Switch between desktop applications on the taskbar
F2 Rename the selected icon
Alt + Shift + Tab It allows you to switch back between ongoing applications
Alt + Tab Switch between open applications/ programs.
When you press the Shift and Delete keys together, your
Shift + Delete
program or files will be deleted permanently.
Alt + F4 It is used to close the ongoing program
It’s used to swiftly close a document or a file that’s currently
Ctrl + F4
open.
Computer Shortcut Keys for MS Word
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + N Open new/blank document
Ctrl + O Open options
Ctrl + P Open the print window
Ctrl + F Open find box
Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection
Ctrl + K Insert link
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + G Find and replace options
Ctrl + H Find and replace options
Ctrl + J Justify paragraph alignment
Ctrl + L Align selected text or line to the left
Ctrl + Q Align selected paragraph to the left
Ctrl + E Align selected text or line to the centre
Ctrl + R Align selected text or line to the right
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph
Ctrl + T Hanging indent
Ctrl + D Font options
Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1
Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1
Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1
Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters
Ctrl + (Left arrow) Move one word to the left
Ctrl + (Right arrow) Move one word to the right
Ctrl + (Up arrow) Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
Ctrl + (Down arrow) Move to the end of the paragraph
Ctrl + Del Delete the word to the right of the cursor
Ctrl + Backspace Delete the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl + End Move the cursor to the end of the document
Ctrl + Home Move the cursor to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + Space 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 Change text to heading 1
Ctrl + Alt + 2 Change text to heading 2
Ctrl + Alt + 3 Change text to heading 3
Shift + F3 Change case of selected text
Shift + Insert Paste
F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F7 Spell check selected text and/or document
Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus
F12 Save as
Ctrl + S Save
Shift + F12 Save
Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date
Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time
Ctrl + W Close document
Ctrl+= Set chosen text as a subscript.
Ctrl+Shift+= Set chosen text as superscript.
