LIST OF BASIC COMPUTER SHORTCUT KEYS
These are the most basic computer keys that every computer user should know about. These shortcuts also work for most of the other computer applications that are further listed in this article:
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
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)
Home – Go to the beginning 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
Shift + Home – Highlight from the current position to beginning of the line
Shift + End – Highlight from the current position to end of the line
Ctrl + (Left arrow) – Move one word to the left at a time
Ctrl + (Right arrow) – Move one word to the right at a time
Windows 10 shortcut keys (Most of these keys will also work on earlier Operating Systems)
Windows logo key + L – Lock your PC
Alt + Tab – Switch between the open applications on your computer
Alt + Shift + Tab – Switch backward between open applications
Windows logo key + Tab – Task view
Alt + Print Screen – Create screenshot for the current program on your screen
Ctrl + Alt + Del – Reboot or open the Windows task manager
Ctrl + Esc – Flash the start menu
Alt + Esc – Switch between applications on the taskbar
F2 – Rename the selected icon
F3 – Start find from the desktop
F4 – Open the drive selection when browsing
F5 – Refresh contents
Alt + F4 – Close current open program
Ctrl + F4 – Close window in the program
Ctrl + Plus Key – Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows Explorer
Alt + Enter – Open properties window of selected icon or program
Shift + F10 – Simulate right-click on the selected item
Shift + Del – Delete programs/files permanently
Holding Shift During Boot up – Boot safe mode or bypass system files
F11 or Windows logo key + Up Arrow – Maximize the window
Windows logo key + X – Shutdown options
Windows logo key + PrtScn or use Fn + Windows logo key + Space Bar to take a screenshot (depends on your computer hardware)
Ctrl + Tab – Toggle between tabs (right to left)
MICROSOFT WORD AND EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS
Microsoft Word and Excel have remained two of the widely used Office programs. And even if you are familiar with them, you might still be surprised by the variety of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to make things more convenient. These are some of the most helpful Word and Excel shortcut keys that you should start using right now:
WORD SHORTCUT KEYS
Ctrl + A – Select all contents of the page
Ctrl + B – Bold the highlighted selection
Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
Ctrl + X – Cut selected text
Ctrl + N – Open a new or blank document
Ctrl + O – Open options
Ctrl + P – Open the print window
Ctrl + F – Open find box to search text within the document
Ctrl + I – Italicise the highlighted selection
Ctrl + K – Insert a link
Ctrl + U – Underline the highlighted selection
Ctrl + V – Paste the copied data
Ctrl + Y – Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
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 cursor to 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 – Add single-space lines
Ctrl + 2 – Add double-space lines
Ctrl + 5 – Add a 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
F1 – Open the help function
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
EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS
F2 – Edit the selected cell
F5 – Go to a specific cell
F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
F11 – Create a chart
Ctrl + Shift + ; – Enter the current time
Ctrl + ; – Enter the current date
Alt + Shift + F1 – Insert a new worksheet
Shift + F3 – Open the Excel formula window
Shift + F5 – Bring up the search box
Ctrl + A – Select all contents of a worksheet
Ctrl + B – Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + I – Italicize highlighted selection
Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
Ctrl + V – Paste
Ctrl + D – Fill
Ctrl + K – Insert link
Ctrl + F – Open find and replace options
Ctrl + G – Open go-to options
Ctrl + H – Open find and replace options
Ctrl + U – Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + Y – Underline selected text
Ctrl + 5 – Strikethrough highlighted selection
Ctrl + N – Create a new workbook
Ctrl + P – Open a print dialog box
Ctrl + S – Save the changes
Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
Ctrl + F9 – Minimize the current window
Ctrl + F10 – Maximize the currently selected window
Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open workbooks/windows
Ctrl + Page up & Page Down – Move between Excel worksheets in the same document
Ctrl + Tab – Move between two or more open Excel files
Alt + = – Create the formula to sum all of the above cells
Ctrl + – Insert the value of the above cell into the current cell
Ctrl + Shift + ! – To format number in comma format
Ctrl + Shift + $ – To format number in currency format
Ctrl + Shift + # – To format number in date format
Ctrl + Shift + % – To format number in percentage format
Ctrl + Shift + ^ – To format number in scientific format
Ctrl + Shift + @ – To format number in time format
Ctrl + (Right arrow) – Move to the next section of text
Ctrl + Space – Select an entire column
Shift + Space – Select an entire row
Ctrl + W – Close the document
Google Chrome is one of the widely used web browsers in the world and also boasts of a number of shortcut keys. Using these keys would certainly help you get the most out of your Google Chrome experience.