In this article we are going to cover the top 50 keyboard shortcuts that may make your working experience easier and efficient in your computer acivities.
- CTRL + C= Copy
- CTRL + X= Cut
- CTRL + V= Paste
- CTRL + Z= Undo
- Del = Delete
- SHIFT + Del= Delete the item permanently without placing that item in the recycle bin
- CTRL (While dragging the selected item )= Copy the item
- CTRL+ SHIFT (While dragging the selected item )= Create a shortcut to the selected item
- F2= Rename a selected item
- CTRL+ Right key arrow (→)= Move insertion point to the beginning of the next word
- CTRL+ Left key arrow (←)= Move insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
- CTRL+ Down key arrow (↓)= Move insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
- CTRL+ Up key arrow (↑)= Move insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
- CTRL+ Any of the direction keys ( ↓ ↑ → ←) = Highlight a block of text in any of your wished directions
- SHIFT+ Any of the direction keys ( ↓ ↑ → ←) = Highlight a number of items in windows or a block of text in any of wordpad or a readable document
- CTRL + A= Select or highlight all
- F3= Search for a keyword, file or folder
- ALT+ Enter= View all properties of a selected item
- ALT+F4= Close the active item or quit the active program
- ALT+ Spacebar= Open a shortcut for the active window
- CTRL+F4= Close the active document in programs that allow you to open multiple documents simultaneously
- ALT+ Tab= Switch between open programs
- ALT+ Esc= Cycle between items in the order in which they had been opened
- F6= Cycle through the screen elements in a window or in the desktop
- F4= Display the adress bar list in my computer or windows explorer
- SHIFT+ F10= Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
- ALT+ Spacebar= Display the system menu for the active window
- CTRL+ Esc= Display the start menu
- F10= Activate the menu bar of the active program
- Right key(→) = Open the next menu to the right or open the sub menu
- Left key(←) = Open the next menu to the left or close the sub menu
- F5= Update the active window (Refresh)
- BACKSPACE= View the folder onelevel up in My computer or windows explorer
- ESC= Cancel the current task
- CTRL+Tab= Move foward through tabs
- CTRL+ SHIFT+ Tab= Move backwards though tabs
- TAB= Move foward through options
- SHIFT+Tab= Move backwards though options
- F1= Display help
- Windows key= Display or hide the start menu
- Windows key+ D= Display the desktop
- Windows key+ M= Minimize all opened windows
- Windows key+SHIFT + M= Restore all minimized windows
- Windows key+ E= Open my computer or file explorer
- Windows key+ F= Search for a file or folder
- CTRL+Windows key+ F= Search for computers
- Windows key+ F1= Display windows help site
- WIndows key+ L= Lock the keyboard or turn PC to sleep or log out the PC depending on the model
- Windows key+R= Open the run dialog box
- Windows key+ U= Open the utility manager