Keyboard short cuts are crucial for a touch typist but hugely useful too for any PC desktop or laptop user.
Here’s a list of useful 8 basic shortcuts for Microsoft Windows, Word and Excel.
Microsoft Windows
Alt + Tab – Switch between open applications
Alt + Esc – Switch between applications on the taskbar
Alt + F4 – Close current open program
Ctrl + F4 – Close window in program
Shift + Del – Delete programs or files permanently
Windows Key + M – Minimize all windows
Windows Key + SHIFT + M – Undo the minimize done by Windows Key + M
Windows Key + L – Lock the computer
Microsoft Word
Ctrl + A – Select all contents of the page
Ctrl + B – Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
Ctrl + X – Cut selected text
Ctrl + N – Open new/blank document
Ctrl + P – Open the print window
Alt + Shift + D – Insert the current date
Ctrl + W – Close document
Microsoft Excel
F2 – Edit the selected cell
F5 – Go to a specific cell
F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
F11 – Create chart
Ctrl + Shift + ; – Enter the current time
Ctrl + ; – Enter the current date
Alt + Shift + F1 – Insert new worksheet
Ctrl + A – Select all contents of a worksheet
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