Mouse is not working!!, right click does not work on a page !!, how to improve the typing speed ??, all these are some common issues that arise time to time. But all these problems have a common and effective solution, We should use the shortcut commands instead of the mouse.
As a security point of view, it’s better to open a file, folder or any application, by using a shortcut instead of a mouse. All most every function or command or action that we want to use or operate have its own shortcut key.
Let discuss some very basic and important shortcuts keys from a keyboard.
Key Description
| Alt+F | File menu options in the current program. |
| Alt+E | Edit options in current program |
| Alt+Tab | Switch between open programs |
| F1 | Universal Help in almost every Windows program. |
| F2 | Rename a selected file |
| F5 | Refresh the current program window |
| Ctrl+N | Create a new, blank document in some software programs |
| Ctrl+O | Open a file in the current software program |
| Ctrl+A | Select all text. |
| Ctrl+B | Change selected text to be Bold |
| Ctrl+I | Change selected text to be in Italics |
| Ctrl+U | Change selected text to be Underlined |
| Ctrl+F | Open find the window for current document or window. |
| Ctrl+S | Save current document file. |
| 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 |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl+K | Insert hyperlink for selected text |
| Ctrl+P | Print the current page or document. |
| Home | Goes to beginning of current line. |
| Ctrl+Home | Goes to beginning of a document. |
| End | Goes to end of current line. |
| Ctrl+End | Goes to end of a document. |
| Shift+Home | Highlights from current position to the beginning of a line. |
| Shift+End | Highlights from current position to end of a 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. |
| Ctrl+Esc | Opens the START menu |
| Ctrl+Shift+Esc | Opens Windows Task Manager |
| Alt+F4 | Close the currently active program |
| Alt+Enter | Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.) |
(Source from computerhope.com )
