LIST OF ALL WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS

LIST OF ALL WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS – basic, MICROSOFT word, excel shortcut keys


“Normal do hard work, Legend do smart work”
In our daily life we do many works, always we search for an easier way to complete the work to save energy and time. Similarly, in computer there are many shortcut keys that should be used by us to save our time.
Shortcut keys are the combination of pressing two or more keys simultaneously to perform a task in an easier and smart way. Shortcut keys provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and executing commands in computer software programs.
Here’s is the list of all keyboard shortcut keys
BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS
Shortcut Keys
Description
Alt+F
File menu options in current program.
Alt+E
Edit options in current program
Alt+Tab
Switch between open programs
F1
Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
F2
Rename a selected file
F5
Refresh the current program window
Ctrl+N
Create a new, blank document in some software programs
Ctrl+O
Open a file in current software program
Ctrl+A
Select all text.
Ctrl+B
Change selected text to be Bold
Ctrl+I
Change selected text to be in Italics
Ctrl+U
Change selected text to be Underlined
Ctrl+F
Open find window for current document or window.
Ctrl+S
Save current document file.
Ctrl+X
Cut selected item.
Shift+Del
Cut selected item.
Ctrl+C
Copy selected item.
Ctrl+Ins
Copy selected item
Ctrl+V
Shift+Ins
Paste
Ctrl+Y
Redo last action
Ctrl+Z
Undo last action
Ctrl+K
Insert hyperlink for selected text
Ctrl+P
Print the current page or document.
Home
Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl+Home
Goes to beginning of document.
End
Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl+End
Goes to end of document.
Shift+Home
Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
Shift+End
Highlights from current position to end of line.
Ctrl+Left arrow
Moves one word to the left at a time.
Ctrl+Right arrow
Moves one word to the right at a time.
Ctrl+Esc
Opens the START menu
Ctrl+Shift+Esc
Opens Windows Task Manager
Alt+F4
Close the currently active program
Alt+Enter
Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)

MICROSOFT WORD SHORTCUT KEYS
Shortcut
Description
Ctrl+0
Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
Ctrl+A
Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B
Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C
Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D
Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E
Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F
Open find box.
Ctrl+I
Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J
Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K
Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L
Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M
Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N
Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O
Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P
Open the print window.
Ctrl+R
Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S
Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.
Ctrl+T
Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U
Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+W
Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X
Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y
Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z
Undo last action.
Ctrl+Shift+L
Quickly create a bullet point.
Ctrl+Shift+F
Change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+>
Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.
Ctrl+]
Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl+Shift+<
Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.
Ctrl+[
Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl+/+c
Insert a cent sign (¢).
Ctrl+'+<char>
Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl+'+eas your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.
Ctrl+Shift+*
View or hide non printing characters.
Ctrl+<left arrow>
Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl+<right arrow>
Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl+<up arrow>
Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl+<down arrow>
Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl+Del
Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl+Backspace
Deletes word to left of cursor.
Ctrl+End
Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl+Home
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl+Spacebar
Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl+1
Single-space lines.
Ctrl+2
Double-space lines.
Ctrl+5
1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl+Alt+1
Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl+Alt+2
Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl+Alt+3
Changes text to heading 3.
Alt+Ctrl+F2
Open new document.
Ctrl+F1
Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2
Display the print preview.
Ctrl+Shift+>
Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+<
Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+F6
Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl+Shift+F12
Prints the document.
F1
Open Help.
F4
Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5
Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
F7
Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.
F12
Save As.
Shift+F3
Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift+F7
Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
Shift+F12
Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.
Shift+Enter
Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift+Insert
Paste.
Shift+Alt+D
Insert the current date.
Shift+Alt+T
Insert the current time.

MICROSOFT EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS

Shortcut
Description
F2
Edit the selected cell.
F3
After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.
F4
Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell, pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
F5
Go to a specific cell. For example, C6.
F7
Spell check selected text or document.
F11
Create chart from selected data.
Ctrl+Shift+;
Enter the current time.
Ctrl+;
Enter the current date.
Alt+Shift+F1
Insert New Worksheet.
Alt+Enter
While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move to the next line, allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell.
Shift+F3
Open the Excel formula window.
Shift+F5
Bring up search box.
Ctrl+1
Open the Format Cells window.
Ctrl+A
Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl+B
Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+I
Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+K
Insert link.
Ctrl+S
Save the open worksheet.
Ctrl+U
Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl+D
Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Down to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
Ctrl+R
Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Right to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
Ctrl+1
Change the format of selected cells.
Ctrl+5
Strikethrough highlighted selection.
Ctrl+P
Bring up the print dialog box to begin the printing process.
Ctrl+Z
Undo last action.
Ctrl+F3
Open Excel Name Manager.
Ctrl+F9
Minimize current window.
Ctrl+F10
Maximize currently selected window.
Ctrl+F6
Switch between open workbooks or windows.
Ctrl+Page up
Move between work sheets in the same document.
Ctrl+Page down
Move between work sheets in the same document.
Ctrl+Tab
Move between Two or more open Excel files.
Alt+=
Create a formula to sum all of the above cells.
Ctrl+'
Insert the value of the above cell into the cell currently selected.
Ctrl+Shift+1
Format number in comma format.
Ctrl+Shift+4
Format number in currency format.
Ctrl+Shift+3
Format number in date format.
Ctrl+Shift+5
Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl+Shift+6
Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl+Shift+2
Format number in time format.
Ctrl+Arrow key
Move to next section of text.
Ctrl+Space
Select entire column.
Shift+Space
Select entire row.
Ctrl+-
Delete the selected column or row.
Ctrl+Shift+=
Insert a new column or row.
Ctrl+Home
Move to cell A1.
Ctrl+~
Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.

MOUSE SHORTCUTS

Mouse shortcuts
Description
Click, hold, and drag
Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
Double-click
If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word.
Double-click
Double-clicking on the left, centre, or right of a blank line makes the alignment of the text left, centre, or right aligned.
Double-click
Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
Triple-click
Selects the line or paragraph of the text that the mouse triple-clicked on.
Ctrl+Mouse wheel
Zooms in and out of document.

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