Monday, November 22, 2010

Keyboard Shortcuts - Part 2

Here's some more interesting things you can do with your keyboard. Unlike Part 1, these assume that you press two or three keys at the same time:

F4 + Alt shuts down the window you are currently in (don't try it whilst you're in this one)
F6 + Alt switches between multiple windows within the same program (such as a dialog box and the main window).
F10 + Shift is the same as clicking the right mouse button on an item; it opens the context menu.

Not all keyboard options use the Function Keys. Here's a useful set of keys to use if you're editing things:

Ctrl + C copies the selected text and places it in the clipboard.
Ctrl + X cuts the selected text and places it in the clipboard.
Ctrl + V pastes the text currently in the clipboard.
Ctrl + Z is used to undo the last action; useful if you make a mistake.
Ctrl + B makes the current text bold (in Word, Excel etc)
Ctrl + U underlines the current text (again, in Word, Excel, etc)
Ctrl + I puts the current text into italics.

More shortcuts in Part 3.

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