Are you lost in a maze of Keyboard shortcuts? Not sure about the difference between CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or CTRL+ALT+DELETE? Then read on and we will try to explain all…
We had a question on the Club Room the other day about keyboard short cuts in Windows 10. Which got us thinking it might help other people out there.
My top 5 Keyboard shortcuts… How many of these do you know?
- CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL+V (Paste)
- WindowsKey+[Left,right,up,down key]
(Moves the current screen around on your monitor, WindowsKey+Left moves the current window to the left half of the screen, then click on another program and press WindowsKey+Right, and you will have the two programs side by side) - CTRL+[left, right key]
(in a word editor, the Ctrl+Left key takes your cursor one whole word to the left, same, but opposite direction for the +right key.) - Not exactly a shortcut combination, but the down arrow on webpages is a really good way to scroll down the page, once at the bottom, try the up arrow!
- Ctrl+P, a very quick way to print almost any page / document you have open
But Mike, you mentioned a couple in your introduction, Ctrl+Something or other, what do they do?
- CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
(opens the Windows Task Manager) - CTRL+ALT+DELETE
(Gives you logoff buttons and various other account related settings, such as changing your password)
I want more shortcuts!
Happily, Microsoft has put together a huge list of shortcuts for everything! Open a couple of programs and give them a go!
Same Shortcuts, different formats:
- http://www.windowscentral.com/best-windows-10-keyboard-shortcuts
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=48716 [Word file .doc]
Do you have a favourite shortcut I didn’t mention? let us know in the comments below!
Mike
Over and ALT+F4 (Closes Current Window)
[Older Posts on this subject can be found here and here and here, some are still relevant]
June 20, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Yes, CTRL+Z to undo the last action!
June 21, 2016 at 9:05 am
Hi Jeanne
Yes! CTRL+Z I use this on almost everything I do (I make a lot of mistakes)