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Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows
Did
you ever notice that one letter in each of a program's menus is underlined?
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The
underlined letter is a keyboard shortcut to the menu.
Hold down the Alt key while typing the underlined letter and the menu
will pop up. Give it a try!
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You
may also notice that in some menus, the choices are followed by a keyboard
combinations, usually Ctrl + a letter.
(It can involve other keys.) Ctrl+c
is a keyboard shortcut for copy, Ctrl+x is a keyboard shortcut for cut.
Older
programs (created before the mouse was a common input device) had to use the
keyboard to access the menus. The
popularity of the mouse has made pull down menus much more popular, but good
typists frequently still prefer the keyboard.
In
most programs, the menu options can still be accessed through the keyboard.
If you are a good typist, shortcuts can be much faster than stopping to
reach for the mouse.
| KEY |
Command |
Key |
Command |
| CTRL-z |
Undo |
CTRL-n |
New |
| CTRL-x |
Cut |
CTRL-o |
Open |
| CTRL-c |
Copy |
CTRL-p |
Print
(with
default settings) |
| CTRL-v |
Paste |
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| CTRL-a |
Select
All |
CTRL-s |
Save |
Even
if you're not the fastest typist, knowing a few keyboard shortcuts can increase
your efficiency!
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