MS Hotkeys, Tips and Hints
Following are basic Windows hotkeys that work with a lot of different applications!
Windows Hot keys
Windows key + D will go to desktop
Then you can go to icons with arrow or the first letter of the icon (Picture of program) to open the program press enter.
ALT + F4 key will close any program.
While in Microsoft Word and other programs the following hot keys will work.
ALT + TAB will allow you to navigate to other open programs. Hold down the ALT key and tab until you hear program you want to be focused on. Then let go of the ALT and that program will snap into focus.
CTRL + TAB will let you navigate to other tabs in Internet explorer and multi tabbed dialog boxes.
SOME WINDOW HOT KEYS BY ROW
Look at your keyboard and I will go according to keyboard row
Bottom Row:
Ctrl + z undoes whatever you just did
Ctrl + x cuts copy you have selected
Ctrl + C copies selection to the virtual clipboard to be pasted somewhere else
Ctrl + V Pastes whatever is on virtual clipboard
Ctrl + B Bolds whatever was highlighted or every thing you now type. This is a toggle-do it once to turn it on, again to turn it off.
Ctrl + N will start up a new document
Ctrl + M Increase Indents
Second Row:
Ctrl + A selects everything on the screen in the program you are in.
Ctrl+ S saves the document
Ctrl + D opens the font dialog box.
Ctrl + F Opens the find dialog box
Ctrl + G Opens go to dialog box
Ctrl + H opens find and replace dialog box
Ctrl + J Justifies text selected
Ctrl + K opens insert link dialog box
Ctrl + L left justifies selected text or text from the cursor
Top Row:
Ctrl + Q to quit application
Ctrl + W close window
Ctrl + E center text selected or from cursor
Ctrl + R right justify text selected or from the cursor right
Ctrl + T creates a hanging indent
Ctrl + Y redoes opposite of undo (Ctrl Z)
Ctrl + U underlines selected text or from cursor. This is a toggle. Do it again to turn off.
Ctrl + I Italicizes selected text or from the cursor on. Also a toggle.
Ctrl + O will open the “Open dialog” box
Ctrl + P will open ”Print dialog box ”