Computer Shortcut Keys

Computer Shortcut Keys List Part 1:

 

Alt + F                File menu options in current program.

Alt + E                Edit options in current program

F1                     Universal Help in almost every Windows program.

Ctrl +                 ASelect all text.

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 to 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             arrowMoves one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl + Right arrow    Moves one word to the right at a time.

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Built-In Shortcut Keys :

      Shortcut keys are useful everywhere. Almost every program I've ever seen has some support for shortcut keys. They exist in Internet Explorer, Firefox, AOL Instant Messenger, Notepad, Microsoft Office, Outlook, your anti-virus program, and even in Windows itself. In fact, you've probably seen them but didn't realize what they were!

           For example, click on your browser's Edit menu at the top of the browser window to see something similar to Figure 1 for Internet Explorer and Figure 2 for Firefox.

 

 

         A shortcut key listed next to a menu action item is the shortcut key associated with the action. That means that if you ever forget what the shortcut key for Select All is, you can just click the Edit menu to find that it's Ctrl+A.

         Another way to find shortcut keys is by looking for underlined letters in menus. In Figure 2, above, you can see that the Edit menu has its E underlined. This means you can press Alt+E to access that menu. After you've accessed that menu, you can press A to access the Select All command. Note that you don't need to press Alt again when choosing a menu item.

          

         That is, you can access the Select All command either by pressing Ctrl+A or Alt+E, A. While it's clear that Ctrl+A is shorter in this case, sometimes menu commands don't have quick keyboard shortcuts, and you need to default to navigating the menus using Alt.