KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Often a lot of time is spent within applications,
darting all over the menu lists performing
commonly accessed functions. Many of these are
able to be effected quickly and simply via your
keyboard. For instance, try hitting the F1 key
right now. This is effectively the same as going
up to Help in the tool bar menu, then clicking on
"Contents and Index", except it is
considerably quicker.
Here's another one that I
always find quite handy - if you have a modern
keyboard with the Windows key between Ctrl and
Alt, hold that down and press the D key. You will
instantly clear your desktop by minimising all
active windows to the task bar. This is surely
quicker than going up and hitting four or five
minimise buttons, don't you think?
The following keyboard
shortcuts could make your life easier while you
are on the computer:
IN WINDOWS:
| Alt + F4 |
CLOSE
active program |
Alt + Tab |
SWITCH
between open programs |
| Ctrl + Home |
Go to BEGINNING
of the page |
Ctrl + End |
Go to the END
of the page |
| Ctrl + P
|
PRINT
document |
Ctrl + N |
NEW
document |
| Ctrl + S |
SAVE document
|
F1 |
Open HELP
Window |
| Ctrl + Z |
UNDO |
Ctrl + F |
SEARCH
for a file |
| F5 |
REFRESH
a window |
Print Screen |
Copy WHOLE
SCREEN to clipboard |
| Ctrl + O |
OPEN
a publication |
Ctrl + A |
SELECT
ALL highlighted
items/text |
Ctrl +
Alt +
Delete |
If a programme stops
responding, use this command to open a
menu to show the programme not responding.
From here you can END
TASK to close the
programme, then go back and reopen it
again. |
Ctrl + X or
C
or V |
Ctrl + C will COPY
an item to the clipboard, by replicating
it.
Ctrl + X will CUT
an item from the page and onto the
clipboard.
Both Cut items and Copied items can then
be pasted elsewhere.
Ctrl + V will PASTE
a copied or cut item into a selected
workspace. |
IN INTERNET EXPLORER 5.0:
| F11 |
Enlarge window to FULL SCREEN |
Shift + Tab
or Tab |
MOVE
between links on a Web Page or Fields in
a Form |
| F4 |
Display
ADDRESS
BAR history |
Ctrl + W |
CLOSE
the current browser window |
| F6 |
Highlight CURRENT URL
in Address Bar |
Ctrl + N |
Open a NEW
browser window |
| Alt + D |
Move the CURSOR
into the address Bar |
Ctrl + F |
SEARCH
on a web page |
| Ctrl + Left
or Right Arrow |
Move the CURSOR
left or right into the next section of a
URL Address |
Alt + Left
or Right Arrow |
BACK or
FOWARD
BROWSE through recently opened
web pages |
| Ctrl + D |
Add the current page
to your FAVORITES |
Esc |
STOP
downloading the current page |
| Ctrl + B |
Open the ORGANISE
FAVORITES dialogue box. |
Home or End |
GO TO
TOP or BOTTOM
of the page |
Ctrl + O or
Ctrl + L |
Allows you to go to a NEW WINDOW after
typing a URL into a temporary location
window, leaving the current window still
open |
| Ctrl +
Enter |
After entering the basics
of a web address into the address bar,
this command will ADD
THE PREFIX www. AND THE
SUFFIX .com to the
address. For example, you need only type
the word yahoo into the
address bar, then use this keyboard
shortcut and hit Enter,
in order to go to http://www.yahoo.com/ |
IN OUTLOOK EXPRESS:
| F5 |
REFRESH
News
Messages
and Headers |
Ctrl + I |
Go to your INBOX |
| Ctrl + L |
SHOW or
HIDE the
Folder List |
Ctrl + A |
SELECT
all messages in folder |
| Ctrl + U |
Go to NEXT UNREAD Mail Message |
Ctrl + M |
SEND
AND RECEIVE mail |
| Ctrl + O |
OPEN
a Selected Message in remote window |
Ctrl + N |
OPEN or
POST
a new message |
| Ctrl + Q |
Mark a Message AS READ |
Ctrl + R |
REPLY
to message author |
| Ctrl + Shift
+ A |
Mark ALL Messages in folder
or newsgroup
AS READ |
Ctrl + Shift
+ R |
REPLY
to all |
| + or Left
Arrow |
EXPAND
A THREAD
(Show responses) |
Ctrl + F |
FORWARD
a message |
| - or Right
Arrow |
COLLAPSE
A THREAD
(Hide responses) |
Alt + Enter |
VIEW
PROPERTIES
of a selected message |
Ctrl +
Shift + M |
DOWNLOAD
all Newsgroup
Postings for off-line reading |
Alt + S
|
SEND
a Message
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IN MICROSOFT PUBLISHER:
| Page Down |
SCROLL
DOWN
within a page |
Page Up |
SCROLL
UP
within a page |
Ctrl +
Page Down |
SCROLL
RIGHT
within a page |
Ctrl +
Page Up |
SCROLL
LEFT
within
a page |
| F5 |
GO TO
another page
in document |
Ctrl + M |
Go to BACKGROUND |
| Alt + F5 |
GO BACK
one page |
Shift + F6 |
Send to BACK |
Ctrl +
Shift + N |
Insert a NEW
PAGE after currentpage |
F6 |
Bring to FRONT |
| Ctrl + D |
Create SHADOW |
F9 |
ZOOM
between Current and Actual size |
Ctrl +
Shift + Y |
Show/Hide SPECIAL
CHARACTERS |
Ctrl +
Shift + O |
HIDE
BOUNDARIES and Guides |
| Alt + Left
Arrow Key |
NUDGE
to Left |
Ctrl + W |
Turn SNAP
TO GUIDES on and off |
| Alt + Up
Arrow Key |
NUDGE
Up |
Ctrl + T |
Make TRANSPARENT
or Opaque |
| Alt + Down
Arrow Key |
NUDGE
Down |
Ctrl + Alt +
Left Arrow |
ROTATE
OBJECT 5
Degrees Counterclockwise |
| Alt + Right
Arrow Key |
NUDGE
to Right |
Ctrl + Alt +
Right Arrow |
ROTATE
OBJECT
5 Degrees Clockwise |
IN MICROSOFT WORD:
| Backspace |
DELETE
one character to the left |
Delete |
DELETE
one character to the right |
| Ctrl +
Backspace |
DELETE
one
word to the left |
Ctrl +
Delete |
DELETE
one word to the right |
| Ctrl + F3 |
CUT
to Spike |
Alt+ F3 |
Create
AUTO TEXT |
| Ctrl + Shift
+ F3 |
PASTE Spike contents |
F2 |
MOVE
text or graphics |
| Ctrl + F9 |
INSERT a field |
Ctrl + F |
FIND
and Replace |
| Ctrl + Shift
+ Home |
RETURN
to beginning of
document |
Shift + Up
or Down Arrow |
MOVE
ONE LINE up or down |
| F7 |
SPELL
CHECK |
Ctrl + A |
SELECT entire
document |
| Shift + Page
Up or Page Down |
Move UP OR DOWN SCREEN
by one page |
| Inserting
Symbols and Breaks |
Ctrl + Enter will INSERT
a Page Break
Ctrl + Shift + Enter will INSERT
a Column Break
Ctrl + K will INSERT
a Hyperlink
Ctrl + Hyphen will INSERT
an Optional Hyphen
Ctrl + Shift + Hyphen will INSERT
a Non-breaking Hyphen
Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar will INSERT
a Non-breaking Space
Alt + Ctrl + C will INSERT
a Copyright Symbol
Alt + Ctrl + T will INSERT
a Trademark Symbol
Alt + Ctrl + R will INSERT
Registered Trademark Symbol
Alt + Shift + Hyphen will INSERT
a Non-breaking Hyphen |
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