Using Keyboard shortcuts
– is often a quicker and easier way to activate a command than grabbing
for the mouse…
Try using some of these
popular keyboard shortcuts with the CTRL KEY (remember a full
keyboard has two (2) CTRL KEYS on the bottom keyboard row - one on the right
and one on the left of the space bar, whereas many laptops, notebooks, etc only
have one due to space constraints.
- CTRL KEY - Holding the CTRL KEY down and pressing other
key combinations will initiate quite a few actions (including these noted
to the right) The commands vary based on what program you are in..
- CTRL with the + or – will magnify or de-magnify what
you are seeing on the monitor when you are on the Internet; Great when you
forget your glasses or reading fine print
- CTRL + H: In Word this opens the Find/Replace Dialog
Box; but when you are on the Internet this opens the browsing HISTORY
- CTRL + N: On the Internet, this opens New Window; In
Outlook, this opens a New Mail Message; In most WP programs, like Word
& Excel, it opens a New Document
- CTRL + P: In most application programs (Word or on the
Internet) this will open your Print Dialog Box so you can choose what you
want to print and how many
- CTRL + S: In most application programs, this will open
the SAVE Dialog Box
- CTRL + T: On the Internet, this will open a new TAB for
tabbed browsing
- CTRL + A: Will highlight (same as select all command) everything
in a document (word, excel, power point allowing you to change formatting
etc) or, use CTRL + A when you want to highlight all the files or folders
to copy and or move them to another location - such as to & from your
computer and or flash or portable hard drive..
