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Tips: Keyboard shortcuts
.Wrists
feeling tired and achy? Using the mouse or touch pad too much? Is carpal
tunnel syndrome becoming a "sure thing?" Save yourself from
a lifetime of pain and misery by learning the keyboard shortcuts built into Microsoft®
Windows® and MacOS®. (Shortcuts
for MacOsX users) Below is a list of common keyboard short cuts
for Windows. Use them instead of your mouse for a few days and they will soon
become a natural way to work. I guarantee that your wrists will thank you. And
you'll work much faster and more efficiently, as well. Print
the keyboard chart.
About keyboard shortcuts |
For a full list of all keyboard shortcuts for each Office program, please refer
to each program's Help topics. There are three ways of using
shortcuts: - The menu bar
- The toolbars
- Knowing the specific shortcut
A menu
will show the specific shortcut on the right hand side. |
The menu bar |
Switch the focus to the menu bar by pressing ALT. ALT+
the underlined letter in the menu name will open that menu. For example, ALT+F
opens the File menu. When a menu is open, select
a command by pressing the underlined letter in that command name. From
the menu bar or toolbars, pressing ALT will return the focus to the insertion
point in the document. |
The toolbars | Move the focus
to the toolbars by pressing ALT to focus on the menu bar, and then press
CTRL+TAB to move the focus from toolbar to toolbar. Move
along the toolbars by using TAB or the arrow keys. When
the focus is on the button you require, press ENTER to select it. View
the toolbar menu from the View menu on the menu bar, or put the focus on
the menu bar by pressing ALT and then pressing SHIFT+F10. |
Keystrokes
to move the insertion point around text, or select text |
Press SHIFT+ any of the following keystrokes to select text:
LEFT ARROW |
Left one character at a time |
RIGHT ARROW |
Right one character at a time |
DOWN ARROW |
Down one line at a time |
UP ARROW | Up one line at a time
| CTRL+ LEFT ARROW |
Left one word at a time |
CTRL+ RIGHT ARROW | Right one
word at a time | HOME
| To the beginning of the current
line of text | END |
To the end of the current line of text |
CTRL+HOME |
To the beginning of the document |
CTRL+END |
To the end of the document |
PAGE UP | Up one full screen |
PAGE DOWN |
Down one full screen | CTRL+PAGE
UP | To the beginning of the previous
page | CTRL+PAGE
DOWN | To
the beginning of the next page | |
Common shortcuts |
CTRL+O |
Open | CTRL+Z |
Undo | CTRL+Y |
Redo. In some programs, if there is nothing to redo, this repeats the last action.
| CTRL+S |
Save | CTRL+P |
Print | ALT+F4 |
Close the active window |
CTRL+B | Bold |
CTRL+I |
Italic | CTRL+U |
Underline | CTRL+R |
Align right | CTRL+E |
Align center | CTRL+L |
Align left | CTRL+C |
Copy | CTRL+X |
Cut | CTRL+V |
Paste | CTRL+C+CTRL+C |
Open the clipboard | CTRL+F
| Find |
CTRL+H |
Replace | CTRL+A |
Select whole document | F7
| Spell checker
| SHIFT+F7
| Thesaurus
| CTRL+SHIFT+S
| Style box |
CTRL+SHIFT+F |
Font | CTRL+SHIFT+N |
Change font to Normal style |
| Source: http://office.microsoft.com/training/Training.aspx?AssetID=RP060785491033&CTT=6&Origin=RC060786531033 |
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Comments in Word
Comparing documents
Copying multiple items to the
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Cropping pictures
Customizing your toolbars
Outlines
Picture bullets
Reviewing documents
Table of contents
Toolbars
Zooming to magnify your
text
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Downloading entire Web site
to a single PDF file
General
ClipX
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Call
Google SMS
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