Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys | Keyboard Shortcuts in windows
windows shortcut keys
In modern times computers become a very important part of life. if you use the computer regularly, you must have knowledge of computer shortcut keys. With the help of a computer shortcut key, you complete your task accurately in less time. using computer shortcut keys, you can increase your productivity and reduce the strain caused by repetitive motions.
List of basic computer shortcut keys with Explanation
All computer shortcut keys are given below…
Shortcut key
Explanation
F1
it is used to display helpinformation on every Windows program.
F5
Refresh the current window
Alt + F
File menu options in the current program.
Alt + E
Edits options in the current program.
Ctrl + A
Selects all text.
Ctrl + X
Cuts the selected item.
Ctrl + Del
Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C
Copy the selected item.
Ctrl + V
Paste the selected item.
Ctrl + F
To Find or Search text in the current document or window.
Ctrl + P
open the Print Preview window for the current page or document.
Ctrl + Z
Undo, if you have deleted the data by mistake, you can retrieve this data by pressing Ctrl+Z immediately.
Ctrl + S
Save the document or a file.
Shift + Insert
It is used to paste the copied item.
Home
To bring the typing cursor to the starting of the line, which you are currently typing. If you press Ctrl+home, it returns the cursor to the beginning of a document, web page, or cell.
End
to move the typing cursor at the end of the line, and it is also used to move the cursor to the end of the document by pressing Ctrl+End.
Alt + F4
close the currently open window. & you can use this key to shut down the system
Ctrl + Ese
Open the start menu. You can also use the Window Key to open the start menu.
Microsoft windows shortcut keys with Explanation
Alt + Tab
Switch between open applications
Alt + shift + Tab
Switch backward between open applications.
Home + Print sc
Screenshots of the current screen.
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Reboot/Windows task manager.
F3
Start to find from the desktop.
F4
Open the drive selection when browsing.
F5
Refresh contents.
Alt + F4
Close current open program. shutdown the computer
Shift + Del
Delete programs/files permanently.
Alt + Enter
Open the properties window of the selected icon or program.
Microsoft 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 + N
Open new blank document
Ctrl + P
Open the print window.
Ctrl + O
Open option.
Ctrl + F
Open find box.
Ctrl + I
Italic highlighted section.
Ctrl + K
Insert link.
Ctrl + U
Underline highlighted section.
Ctrl + V
Paste.
Ctrl + Y
Redo
Ctrl + Z
Undo
Ctrl + G
finds and replaces options.
Ctrl + J
Justify paragraph alignment.
Ctrl + L
Align selected text or line to the left.
Ctrl + Q
Align the selected paragraph to the left.
Ctrl + E
Align selected text or line to the center.
Ctrl + R
Align selected text or line to the right.
Ctrl + M
Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + T
Hanging indent
Ctrl + D
Font options.
Ctrl + Shift + F
Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + >
Increase selected font +1
Ctrl + ]
Increase selected font +1.
Ctrl + [
Decrease selected font -1.
Ctrl + Del
Delete the word to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace
Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl + (Right arrow)
Move one word to the right.
Ctrl + (Up arrow)
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
Ctrl + Backspace
Move to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl + End
Move the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl + Home
Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + Space
Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + 1
Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2
Double-space lines.
Ctrl + Alt + 1
Change text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2
Change text to heading 2.
F1
Open help
Shift + F3
Change case of selected text.
Shift + Insert
Paste.
F7
Spell check selected text and/or document.
Shift + F7
Activate the thesaurus.
F12
Save as.
Ctrl + S
Save.
Shift + F12
Save.
Alt + Shift + D
Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T
Insert the current time.
Ctrl + W
Close document.
Microsoft Windows Shortcut keys with explanation
Window key
To open and close the start menu.
Window key + D
To minimize all opened windows and to restore the minimized windows. For example, if you have opened different programs such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Excel, then you can press the (Window key + D) together to minimize all opened windows.
Window key + E
To open a computer window or hard disk drive.
Window key + M
To minimize all opened program windows.
Window key + Shift + M
To restore all windows, which are minimized by using Window key+M and Window key+D.
Window key + L
To lock the computer or switch users.
Window key + R
To open the Run dialog box
Window key + Number
To open the programs pinned to the taskbar as per their position on the taskbar. For example, as shown in the below image, the Internet Explorer is located on 1stposition on the taskbar; by pressing Winkey+1, the Internet Explorer will be opened. Thus, if you press Winkey+6, the Excel will be opened as it is located in the 6th position on the taskbar.
Window key + V
To open the Clipboard app.
Window key+ up arrow (↑)
to maximize the window.
Window key+ down arrow (↓)
to minimize the window.
Window key+ left arrow (←)
to maximize the window to the left side of the screen.
Window key+ right arrow (→)
to maximize the window to the right side of the screen.
Window key + X
to open the windows mobility center where you can adjust volume, brightness, and more.
Windows F1 to F12 Function keys shortcuts
F1
To open the help window in almost every program. If you press Window + F1, it will open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
F2
In Microsoft Windows, it is used to rename an icon, file, or folder which the user selects. In Microsoft Excel, the key F2 allows you to edit the selected cell in the Excel sheet. In Microsoft word, if you press Ctrl+F2, the print preview window will open, and Alt+Ctrl+F2 will open the new file or a document.
F3
To open a search feature for many programs.
F4
To open the address bar in Internet Explorer. If you press Alt+F4, it will close the currently open window. to shut down the system, that you need to press Alt+F4 on the desktop screen, you will see a dialog box then click the OK button, and the system will be shut down.
F5
Used to refresh or reload the page or document window. If you press Ctrl + F5 or Shift + F5 in a web browser, it completely refreshes the web page, clears the cache, and re-download the whole content of the web page.
F6
To move the cursor to the address bar in Internet browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.
F7
To check spelling and grammar of a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.
F8
To enter the Windows startup menu, generally used to access Windows Safe Mode.
F9
It is used to send and receive an email in Microsoft Outlook. It is also used to refresh documents in Microsoft Word.
F10
To activate the menu bar of an open application in Microsoft Windows.
F11
It is used to enable and disable the full-screen mode in all modern internet browsers.
F12
It is used to open the Save as an option where you can save a file with a different name in Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.
Microsoft Excel shortcut keys
F2
Edit the selected cell.
F5
Go to a specific cell.
F7
Spell check selected text and/or document.
F11
Create chart
Ctrl + Shift + ;
Enter the current time.
Ctrl + ;
Enter the current date
Alt + Shift + F1
Insert a new worksheet.
Ctrl + A
Select all contents of a worksheet.
Ctrl + B
Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I
Italicize highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C
Copy selected text.
Ctrl + V
Paste
Ctrl + D
Fill
Ctrl + K
Insert link
Ctrl + F
Open find and replace options.
Ctrl + U
Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + Y
Underline selected text.
Ctrl + P
Open print dialog box.
Ctrl + S
Save
Ctrl + Z
Undo the last action.
Ctrl + F9
Minimize the current window.
Ctrl + F10
Maximize the currently selected window.
Alt +
Create the formula to sum all of the above cells
Ctrl +
Insert the value of above cell into the current cell.
Ctrl + Shift + !
Format number in comma format.
Ctrl + Shift + $
Format number in currency format.
Ctrl + Shift + #
Format number in date format.
Ctrl + Shift + %
Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl + Shift + ^
Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl + Shift + @
Format number in time format.
Ctrl + (Right arrow)
Move to next section of text.
Ctrl + Space
Select entire column.
Shift + Space
Select entire row.
Ctrl + W
Close document.
Microsoft Outlook shortcut keys
Alt + S
Send the email.
Ctrl + C
Copy selected text
Ctrl + X
Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P
Open print dialog box.
Ctrl + B
Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I
Italicize highlighted selection.
Ctrl + U
Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + R
Reply to an email.
Ctrl + F
Forward an email.
Ctrl + N
Create a new email.
Ctrl + Shift + O
Open the outbox.
Ctrl + Shift + I
Open the inbox.
Ctrl + Shift + K
Add a new task.
Ctrl + Shift + C
Create a new contact.
YouTube Shortcuts Keys with explanation
Spacebar or K
To play and pause a video on YouTube.
Zero or Home
If you press zero (0) key while watching a video on YouTube, it will start that video again from the beginning.
End
To jump to the end of the video. If you are watching a playlist, it will play the next video in the playlist.
Right Arrow (→)
To fast forward the video by five seconds each time you press the key.
Left Arrow (←)
To fast backward the video by five seconds when you press the key.
J and L
The J key is used to rewind the video with 10 seconds, and L is used to forward the video with 10 seconds.
Numbers (1 to 9)
Any number of keys from 1 to 9 is used to jump the video in the form of a percentage. For example, if you press 1 while watching a video, the video will forward 10%. If you press 2, the video will forward 20%. Thus, if you press 8, the video will forward 80%.
F
It allows you to switch the video to full-screen mode or theater mode.
T
Its use is to switch between theater mode and normal mode.
Up Arrow (↑)
It is used to increase the volume while watching video on full-screen mode. Whereas during normal mode, you have to click on the video before pressing this key
Down Arrow (↓)
It is used to decrease the volume while watching video on full-screen mode. On normal mode, you have to click on the video before using this key.
M
It enables you to mute the video on YouTube.
Google Chrome Shortcut Keys
F11
To show the current website in full-screen mode, and press F11 again to exit this mode.
Alt + Left Arrow
Its use is to return to the previous page.
Alt+Right Arrow
It is used to go to the next page.
Ctrl + Plus (+)
It provides users the option to zoom in a page.
Ctrl + Plus (-)
It provides users the option to zoom Out a page.
Ctrl + 0
It is used to reset browser zoom to the default size.
Ctrl + A
It is used to select all content on a page.
Ctrl + D
It is used to add the bookmark for the currently opened page.
Ctrl + F
It enables you to open the find bar to search text on the current page.
Ctrl+Shift+Del
It provides users the option to access the clear browsing data window to clear the browsing history, cookies, and other private data.
Ctrl + O
It allows you to open a file in the browser.
Ctrl + H
is to open the history window where you can manage your browser history as required.
Ctrl + Shift + N
to access a new window in incognito mode
Ctrl + R or F5
It is used to refresh the current page on the browser.
