"Quick-Key" Commands & Their
Video Tutorials For PC Users ... |
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What are “Quick-Key” Commands? |
A quick-key
command generally consists of the CTRL, SHIFT, ALT, WINDOWS key (or some
combination of these keys) and a letter, the wheel on your mouse or one
of the F# keys at the top of your keyboard. Pretty simple really, and
yet, so powerful!
To activate
a command using a quick-key command, simply hold down either the CTRL,
SHIFT, ALT or WINDOWS key and press a specific letter for a specific command.
Or, scroll with the wheel of your mouse or hit an F# key for the command.
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Type faster with “Quick-Key” Commands? |
Learning
the computer for the first time or learning to move around on the computer
quicker than you now know how can be frustrating
to say the least. Solution? Enter the world of “quick-key”
commands.
You can sail across your keyboard with greater efficiency and activate
certain commands (found in the menu options) in a variety of software
programs by using “quick-key” commands (or hot keys) on your
keyboard. Just a few key strokes and you can bold; underline; italicize;
search and replace; cut, copy and paste; undo a mistake; repeat a command;
save a document; close a document; close a program and much, much more!
Quick-keys
were designed to increase your productivity while using the keyboard by
avoiding time-wasting actions like taking your hands off the keyboard,
fumbling for a mouse that sticks and trying to use drop-down menus that
fly open and close faster than you can say, “Whoops, there it was!”
By the way, do you need to improve your typing skills and speed? Try these free online typing lesson websites:
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CTRL Key “Quick-Key” Commands for Microsoft® Word |
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CTRL + N creates a new
blank document or window |
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CTRL + S saves the current document ... |
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CTRL + O opens a saved
document ... |
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CTRL + W closes the
current document ... |
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CTRL + Q closes the
current program ... |
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CTRL + P prints the
current document ... |
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CTRL + Z undo Cancels
the last change/action ... |
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CTRL + Y repeats the
last command/action ... |
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CTRL + A highlights all the text on that page ... |
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CTRL + X cuts or removes
the selection ... |
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CTRL + C copies the
selected text to the clipboard ... |
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CTRL + V pastes the
cut or copied selection ... |
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CTRL + B bolds text
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CTRL + U underlines
text ... |
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CTRL + I italicize text
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CTRL + D opens the font
menu box to change font features ... |
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CTRL + F finds text
within a document ... |
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CTRL + H finds and replaces
text within a document ... |
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CTRL + G lets
you go to a certain page number ... |
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CTRL + M moves the margins
of text to the right ... |
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CTRL + SHIFT + M moves
the margins of text to the left ... |
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CTRL + E centers your
text in many programs ... |
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CTRL + R right justifies
your text in many programs ... |
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CTRL + L left justifies
your text in many programs ... |
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CTRL + J full justifies
your text in many programs ... |
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CTRL + MOUSE WHEEL You
can zoom in of text (making it smaller/larger) and the same with photos! |
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CTRL + LEFT or RIGHT ARROW KEYS moves your cursor word by word across a line of text. |
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"CTRL + SHIFT" Quick-Key Command ... |
Here are some of my most used CTRL+SHIFT quick-key commands. Maybe they can help you too!
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CTRL + SHIFT + < (Key) decreases the font size of your characters and words in many word processing
program. Highlight the character or words you want to decrease the size
of, then hit the quick key command for this section and viola! Watch the
font size decrease at your command. |
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CTRL + SHIFT + > (Key) increases the font size of your characters and words in many word processing
program. Highlight the character or words you want to increase the size
of, then hit the quick key command for this section and viola! Watch the
font size increase at your command. |
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SHIFT + (RIGHT) or (LEFT) ARROW Keys highlight text character by character. If you want to highlight
a whole line or a paragraph, this is not the quick key to use. You want
the next one! |
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CTRL + SHIFT + (RIGHT) or LEFT ARROW Keys quickly and conveniently highlight blocks of text word by word or paragraph
by paragraph. This technique is faster than highlighting without the CTRL
key or dragging your mouse. |
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Internet Browser “Quick-Key” Commands for ... |
Whether you use Internet Explorer or Firefox, these quick-key commands might come in handy if you want to enhance your use of these programs ...
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Both F5 and CTRL + R refresh the web page you’re
on. |
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ALT + LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS Allows you to move back or forward between web pages that you are viewing.
Try it, it’s faster than scrolling up to the “Back/Forward”
buttons. Trust me! |
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SHIFT + MOUSE WHEEL takes
you back and forward between the web pages you just visited. Just like
the Back and Forward buttons. |
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CTRL + MOUSE WHEEL increases/decreases
the font size on the screen. |
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CTRL + ENTER If you enter
the domain name of a web site inside the "address box" of
Internet Explorer, you won’t need to type the www or .com before
or after the domain name you just typed. For example, just type "BSTheBook" ... Then, hit CTRL + ENTER. The http://www. and the .com will automatically
be placed for you. All in the name of saving time and B.S. |
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CTRL + D adds the web site
you’re on in your Favorites if you’re using Internet Explorer.
You’ll have to go into your Favorites later to file the web site
you just saved if you use this procedure. Comes in handy when you want
to quickly bookmark a site you’re on and want to move on to another
site and don’t have time to organize the web sites you’re
saving in Favorites. |
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CTRL + B opens the Favorites
folder so you can organize them. |
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CTRL + I opens the Favorites
window in a column on the left-hand side of your screen. You can easily
view, edit, delete or click on any link in your Favorites selection to
access that web site. |
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CTRL + H opens the History
window in a column on the left-hand side of your screen so you can see
what web sites you’ve visited today, this week, last week, on up
to 3 weeks ago. Can’t remember that cool site you were on yesterday?
Use this quick key command. |
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CTRL + E opens a search
box window in a column on the left-hand side of your screen so you can
quickly search the Web for anything you want. The results appear in MSN’s
search engine. |
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CTRL + F lets you search
and find specific text on a web page. |
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“Quick-Key” Command Video Tutorials ... |
Once you learn more about how "quick-key" commands can help you type faster, you'll be able to use your computer with much more efficiency!
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To
watch one of my video tutorials, simply click on the link corresponding
to the topic you'd like to learn more about: |
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| 1.0 — ("F1-F12") FUNCTION “Quick-Key” Commands ... |
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The F1 opens
the help menu in almost every software program. |
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The F2 renames
files and folders within Windows Explorer. |
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The F3 opens
the Find Files search window and searches for more
files in FTP Voyager. |
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The F4 places
your cursor in the address box automatically in most
Internet browsers. |
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| F5 |
The F5 key refreshes web sites and lists of files and folders within in Windows
Explorer. |
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The F6 key places your cursor inside
the address box in most Internet
browsers. |
| F7 |
The F7 key opens Spell Check & Grammar inside
Microsoft Word. |
| F8 |
The F8 key can be used to access Safe Mode if you press it during
startup. |
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F9 |
The F9 key is a custom-use
key, which means that there really isn't any specific
use for it, unless a program would like to use that key within its
functionality. Camtasia is an example, where the F9 key starts and
pauses the recording process of Camtasia. |
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The F10 key also activates
the top menu bar in many programs. Then, using the
left, right, and the up and down arrow keys, you can navigate through
the menu bar to find the appropriate function you need. |
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The F11 key will maximize
your viewing area within an Internet browser; i.e.,
full screen! |
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The F12 key will open up
a SAVES AS window allowing
you to save a document as something else! In Dreamweaver, F12 will
let you preview the web document you're working on in an Internet
browser. |
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| 2.0 — WINDOWS (Key) “Quick-Key” Commands ... |
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The WINDOWS key is located between the CTRL and the ALT key on many keyboards
on both the left and right side of your spacebar on most keyboards.
WINDOWS KEY + D minimizes
every window you have open and takes you immediately to the Desktop screen.
This is a wonderful feature when you have to get to an icon on your desktop
and you don’t want to have close every window innnnndivvvvidualllly
... one by one! Try it – you’ll love it!
WINDOWS KEY + E opens Windows
Explorer, which allows you to edit, delete and organize files on your
computer’s hard drive. You can also open Windows Explorer by right-clicking
on the START button and choosing Explore. But, see how long that took
compared to just hitting the Windows (key) + E? You bet!
WINDOWS KEY + F opens the
Search for Files/Folders dialog box. When you need to find something on
your computer like a file, folder, document, image, audio clip, etc.,
just press the Windows Key + F.
WINDOWS KEY + R opens the
RUN ... command box where you can launch or install .exe programs either
on your hard drive or on a CD-Rom. |
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| 3.0 — PRINT SCREEN “Quick-Key” Command ... |
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PRINT SCREEN (KEY) takes
a picture of your screen and what's on it and copies it to the clipboard,
which you can then paste into a Word document, image editing program
(such as Photoshop, Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro, etc.) or into an
HTML eMail.
SCROLL LOCK (KEY) is a custom Use in some systems; not used as much today.)
PAUSE / BREAK (Custom
Use in some systems; not used as much today.) |
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| 4.0 — ALT (Key) “Quick-Key” Commands ... |
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ALT + TAB allows you to
switch between the many different programs/windows you have open. Hold
the ALT key down and tap the TAB key to move between programs. When you
see the program you wish to return to, lift your fingers and you’re
there!
ALT + SHIFT + TAB allows
you to switch (IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION) between the many different programs/windows
you have open. Hold the ALT + SHIFT key down and tap the TAB key to move
between programs. When you see the program you wish to return to, lift
your fingers and you’re there!
ALT + F4 instantly closes
the current program/window you have open in front of you. ALT+F4 also
turns off your computer; similarly to selecting START + SHUT DOWN (or
TURN OFF COMPUTER). ALT+F4 also helps to close all those annoying pop-ups
when they come blasting at you one after another. The next time you see
a series of pop-ups “pop up,” hold (and keep) the ALT key
down with one finger, while you tap the F4 key individually for every
popup that “pops up” until they’re gone!
CTRL
+ ALT + DELETE opens up the "Windows Task Manager"
so you can end or close a program that's not performing well by clicking
on the "End Task" button. |
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