Top 10 Keyboard shotcuts Everyone should know

1.  Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert

    Use:     Copy the highlighted text or selected item.

2. Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert

      Use:   Paste the text or object that's in the clipboard.

3. Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y

   Use : Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed    multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.

4. Ctrl + F

  Use: Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.

5:  Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc

Use: Quickly switch between open programs moving forward.

 Tips:

i)Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program.

ii) Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab will move backwards. For example, if you are pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want to switch to, press Alt + Shift + Tab to move backwards to that program.

iii)Windows Vista and 7 users can also press the Windows Key + Tab to switch through open programs in a full screenshot of the Window.

6: Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left or Right arrow

Use:Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.

Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow will move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word.

7. Ctrl + S

Use: While working on a document or other file in almost every program pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. This shortcut key should be used frequently anytime you're working on anything important.

8. Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End

Use: Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.

9. Ctrl + P

Use: Print the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.

10. Page Up, Space bar, and Page Down

Use: Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.

 If you are using the space bar to go down one page at a time press the Shift key and space bar to go up one page at a time.