In this article I am trying to explain almost keyboard shortcut key for windows OS.
Fundamental Shortcuts Keys
Description |
Shortcut Key |
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Edit menu |
Alt + E |
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File menu |
Alt + F |
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View menu |
Alt + V |
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Select all text |
Ctrl + A |
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Copy text |
Ctrl + C |
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Find text |
Ctrl + F |
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Find and replace text |
Ctrl + H |
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New Document |
Ctrl + N |
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Open a file |
Ctrl + O |
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Print options |
Ctrl + P |
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Save file |
Ctrl + S |
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Paste text |
Ctrl + V |
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Cut text |
Ctrl + X |
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Redo text |
Ctrl + Y |
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Undo text |
Ctrl + Z |
Text Editing
Cursor Movement
Description |
Shortcut Key |
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Go to the right or to the beginning of next line break |
Right Arrow |
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Go to the left or to the end of previous line break |
Left Arrow |
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Go up one row |
Up Arrow |
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Go down one row |
Down Arrow |
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Go to the beginning of the current line |
Home |
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Go to the end of the current line |
End |
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Go to the beginning of the document |
Ctrl + Home |
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Go to the end of the document |
Ctrl + End |
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Move up one frame |
Page Up |
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Move down one frame |
Page Down |
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Go to beginning of previous word |
Ctrl + Left Arrow |
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Go to beginning of next word |
Ctrl + Right Arrow |
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Go to beginning of line break |
Ctrl + Up Arrow |
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Go to end of line break |
Ctrl + Down Arrow |
Text Selection
Description |
Shortcut Key |
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Select characters to the left |
Shift + Left Arrow |
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Select characters to the right |
Shift + Right Arrow |
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Select lines upwards |
Shift + Up Arrow |
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Select lines downwards |
Shift + Down Arrow |
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Select words to the left |
Shift + Ctrl + Left |
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Select words to the right |
Shift + Ctrl + Right |
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Select paragraphs to the left |
Shift + Ctrl + Up |
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Select paragraphs to the right |
Shift + Ctrl + Down |
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Select text between the cursor and the beginning of the current line |
Shift + Home |
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Select text between the cursor and the end of the current line |
Shift + End |
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Select text between the cursor and the beginning of the document |
Shift + Ctrl + Home |
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Select text between the cursor and the end of the document |
Shift + Ctrl + End |
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Select one frame at a time of text above the cursor |
Shift + Page Up |
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Select one frame at a time of text below the cursor |
Shift + Page Down |
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Select all text |
Ctrl + A |
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Find text |
Ctrl + F |
Text Formatting
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Make selected text bold |
Ctrl + B |
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Make selected text italic |
Ctrl + I |
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Underline selected text |
Ctrl + U |
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Make selected text superscript |
Ctrl + Shift + = |
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Make selected text subscript |
Ctrl + = |
Text Editing
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Delete characters to the left |
Backspace |
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Delete characters to the right |
Delete |
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Delete words to the right |
Ctrl + Del |
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Delete words to the left |
Ctrl + Backspace |
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Indent |
Tab |
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Outdent |
Shift + Tab |
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Copy text |
Ctrl + C |
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Find and replace text |
Ctrl + H |
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Paste text |
Ctrl + V |
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Cut text |
Ctrl + X |
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Redo text |
Ctrl + Y |
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Undo text |
Ctrl + Z |
Screenshots
Description |
Shortcut Key |
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Save screenshot of the whole screen as file |
Cmd + Shift + 3 |
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Copy screenshot of the whole screen to the clipboard |
PrtScr (Print Screen) or Ctrl + PrtScr |
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Copy screenshot of window to the clipboard |
Alt + PrtScr |
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