Shortcut keys
Shortcut keys are a handy way for you to quickly and easily use your software.
It is highly recommended that you keep a reference of these short cut keys and
try to memorize them. Doing so will dramatically increase your productivity.
"Ctrl+S" is telling you to press and hold both the CTRL key and the S key
simultaneously to perform the shortcut, which in this case will save your
document.
Ctrl + S
Saves your document. This is your number one friend-
press it as much as possible so you dont lose your work
F1
Get “Help” in almost every Windows program.
Ctrl + A
Select everything inside the window you have open.
Ctrl + X
“Cut” items you’ve highlighted
Ctrl + C
“Copy” items you’ve highlighted
Ctrl + V
“Paste” any items you’ve cut or copied
Home
Takes your cursor to the beginning of the current line.
Ctrl + Home
Takes your cursor to the beginning of the document.
End
Takes your cursor to the end of the current line.
Ctrl + End
Takes your cursor to the end of document.
Shift + Home
Highlights from your current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End
Highlights from your 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.
Print Screen
Takes a screen grab (JPG picture) of whatever
you currently have on your screen
Alt + F
Opens the “File” tab
Alt + E
Opens the “Edit” tab
Alt + Tab
Switches between the programs you have open.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete
Opens “Task Manager” which lets you see your
computers performance and also shut down
non-responsive programs
Ctrl + Left Mouse
Lets you select multiple files in a file browser
