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The below basic shortcut keys are a listing of shortcut keys that will work with almost all IBM compatible computers and software programs. It is highly recommended that all users keep a good reference of the below short cut keys and/or try to memorize the below keys. Doing so will dramatically increase your productivity.



Shortcut Keys Description

• Alt + F: File menu options in current program.
• Alt + E: Edit options in current program
• F1 Universal Help in 90% of Windows programs.
• Ctrl + A: Select all text.
• Ctrl + X: Cut selected item.
• Shift + Del: Cut selected item.
• Ctrl + C: Copy selected item.
• Ctrl + Ins: Copy selected item
• Ctrl + V: Paste
• Shift + Ins: Paste
• 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.

WORD SHORTCUT KEYS

• Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.
• Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
• Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
• Ctrl + P Open the print window.
• Ctrl + F Open find box.
• Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + K Insert link.
• Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + V Paste.
• Ctrl + Y Repeat the last action performed.
• Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
• Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
• Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
• Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
• Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.
• Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font.
• Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1.
• Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1.
• Ctrl + Shift + <>Moves one word to the left.
• Ctrl + Moves one word to the right.
• Ctrl + Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
• Ctrl + 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.
• Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane.
• F1 Open Help.
• Shift + F3 Change the case of the selected text.
• Shift + Insert Paste.
• F4 Repeat the last action performed (2000+)
• F5 Open goto window.
• F7 Spell check selected text and or document.
• Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus.
• F12 Save as.
• Shift + F12 Save
• Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date.
• Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time.

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