TIPS & TRICKS

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Windows & Office Keyboard Shortcuts

Use these keyboard combinations to glide through Windows and Office programs!

These can be particularly helpful if it’s easier to use your keyboard than your mouse.

In most programs you may notice one underlined letter in the menu. For example, in Word, the F in File and the E in Exit.

To use this shortcut, hold the Alt key (next to the space bar) and type F then E. This will give you the shortcut File / Exit.

Windows XP Shortcuts

 

F1: Help

CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu

ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs

ALT+F4: Quit program

SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently (no Recycle Bin)

 

Windows Office Shortcuts

CTRL+C: Copy

CTRL+X: Cut

CTRL+V: Paste

CTRL+Z: Undo

CTRL+B: Bold

CTRL+U: Underline

CTRL+I: Italic

CTRL+F: Find & Replace

F5: Go to page number

F1: Starts Windows Help

F10: Activates menu bar options

CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu

ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program

SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature

ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program

To Copy a File

Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

To Create a Shortcut

Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the Desktop or a folder.

General Folder/Shortcut Control

- CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window

- Shift+Click: Select the first item to select from a list, then hold the Shift key and click the last

item to select

- CTRL+Z: Undo the last command