100 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Efficient Computing
Mastering Productivity and Navigating Your Digital World
General Shortcuts:
1. Ctrl + C: Copy
2. Ctrl + X: Cut
3. Ctrl + V: Paste
4. Ctrl + Z: Undo
5. Ctrl + Y: Redo
6. Ctrl + A: Select All
7. Ctrl + S: Save
8. Ctrl + P: Print
9. Ctrl + F: Find
10. Ctrl + N: New (document, window, etc.)
11. Ctrl + O: Open
12. Ctrl + W: Close current window/tab
13. Ctrl + Q: Quit application (macOS)
14. Ctrl + Shift + N: Create new folder
15. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Open Task Manager (Windows)
16. Command + Option + Escape: Force Quit (macOS)
17. Alt + F4: Close active window (Windows)
18. Alt + Tab: Switch between open applications (Windows)
19. Command + Tab: Switch between open applications (macOS)
20. Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Open Task Manager (Windows)
21. Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen closed tab (web browsers)
22. Ctrl + Shift + S: Save As
Text Formatting:
23. Ctrl + B: Bold
24. Ctrl + I: Italic
25. Ctrl + U: Underline
26. Ctrl + ]: Increase font size
27. Ctrl + [: Decrease font size
28. Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size (Microsoft Word)
29. Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size (Microsoft Word)
Navigational Shortcuts:
30. Ctrl + Tab: Switch between open tabs/windows
31. Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 2, etc.: Switch to tab 1, tab 2, etc.
32. Ctrl + F4: Close active document or tab
33. Alt + Left Arrow: Go back (web browsers)
34. Alt + Right Arrow: Go forward (web browsers)
35. Ctrl + Home: Go to beginning of document
36. Ctrl + End: Go to end of document
37. Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Move cursor word by word
38. Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys: Select text word by word
File Operations:
39. Ctrl + F5: Refresh (Windows)
40. Command + R: Refresh (macOS)
41. Ctrl + W: Close current tab/window
42. Ctrl + Shift + W: Close all windows (web browsers)
43. Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen closed tab (web browsers)
44. Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Open Task Manager (Windows)
45. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Open Task Manager directly (Windows)
46. Alt + F4: Close active window (Windows)
47. Command + Option + Esc: Force Quit (macOS)
Web Browsing:
48. Ctrl + T: Open a new tab
49. Ctrl + N: Open a new window
50. Ctrl + Tab: Switch between open tabs
51. Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Switch to previous tab
52. Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 2, etc.: Switch to specific tab
53. Ctrl + W: Close current tab
54. Ctrl + Shift + W: Close all tabs
55. Ctrl + R: Refresh page
56. Ctrl + F5: Hard refresh (clear cache) (Windows)
57. Shift + F5: Hard refresh (clear cache) (web browsers)
58. Ctrl + L: Select the URL bar
59. Ctrl + Enter: Adds "www." and ".com" to URL
60. Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page
61. Ctrl + +: Zoom in (web browsers)
62. Ctrl + -: Zoom out (web browsers)
63. Ctrl + 0: Reset zoom (web browsers)
Text Editing:
64. Ctrl + Backspace: Delete previous word
65. Ctrl + Delete: Delete next word
66. Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Move cursor word by word
67. Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys: Select text word by word
68. Ctrl + Home: Go to beginning of document
69. Ctrl + End: Go to end of document
70. Ctrl + Shift + Home: Select from cursor to beginning of document
71. Ctrl + Shift + End: Select from cursor to end of document
72. Ctrl + Shift + L: Change case of selected text (Microsoft Word)
73. Ctrl + Shift + K: Format text as small caps (Microsoft Word)
74. Ctrl + C: Copy selected text
75. Ctrl + X: Cut selected text
76. Ctrl + V: Paste copied/cut text
77. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste text without formatting
Screenshots:
78. Print Screen (prt sc): Capture entire screen (Windows)
79. Alt + Print Screen: Capture active window (Windows)
80. Shift + Command + 3: Capture entire screen (macOS)
81. Shift + Command + 4: Capture selected area (macOS)
82. Shift + Command + 4 + Space: Capture selected window (macOS)
Miscellaneous:
83. Ctrl + Esc: Open Start Menu (Windows)
84. Command + Space: Open Spotlight Search (macOS)
85. Ctrl + Shift + N: Create new folder
86. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Open Task Manager directly (Windows)
87. Alt + Enter: Open properties of selected file/folder
88. F2: Rename selected file/folder
89. Ctrl + P: Print
90. Ctrl + F: Find
91. Ctrl + S: Save
92. Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Open Task Manager (Windows)
93. Command + Option + Escape: Force Quit (macOS)
94. Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen closed tab (web browsers)
95. Ctrl + Shift + S: Save As
System Shortcuts:
96. Windows Key: Open Start Menu (Windows)
97. Command Key: Open Launchpad (macOS)
98. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Open Task Manager (Windows)
99. Command + Option + Esc: Force Quit (macOS)
100. Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Open Task Manager (Windows)
Please note that some of these shortcuts may vary slightly based on your operating system and the software you are using.
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