I’m a big keyboard shortcut fan. I am a touch typist, and therefore can key in pretty quickly what I want to do. By using keyboard shortcuts, I can keep my hands here rather than moving over to a mouse to do the same thing, distracting me from what I’m working on.
Here are some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts:
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Alt + F | File menu options in current program. |
| Alt + E | Edit options in current program |
| F1 | Universal Help in almost every Windows program. |
| 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. |
If you’re a mouser rather than a keyboarder, you may not agree that this method is any faster than using your mouse; however, if you are a touch typist, I encourage you to try some of these and see if your speed doesn’t increase…
How’d you do? Let me know!
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I forgot – SHIFT + F3 will help you toggle text – from ALL CAPS to all small to First word only… pretty cool!