Every one of the important easy routes of the PC that everybody should know!

The PC is a fundamental gadget in our life. Today we will check out the number of accessible routes a PC can have that will be helpful for your PC use.

First, we will start with some basic shortcuts-

Alt + F – File menu options in the current program.

Alt + E – Edit options in the current program.

F1 – Universal help (for any sort of program).

Ctrl + A – Selects all text.

Ctrl + X – Cuts the selected item.

Ctrl + Del – Cut selected item.

Ctrl + C – Copy the selected item.

Ctrl + Ins– Copy the selected item.

Ctrl + V – Paste the selected item.

Shift + Ins - Paste the selected item.

Home - Takes the user to the beginning of the current line.

Ctrl + Home – Go to the beginning of the document.

End - Go to the end of the current line.

Ctrl + End - Go to the end of a document.

Shift + Home - Highlight from the current position to the beginning of the line.

Shift + End - Highlight from the current position to the end of the line.

Ctrl + (Left arrow) - Move one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl + (Right arrow) - Move one word to the right at a time.

Some Windows Shortcuts-

Alt + Tab - Switch between open applications.

Alt + Shift + Tab - Switch backwards between open applications.

Alt + Print Screen - Create a screenshot for the current program.

Ctrl + Alt + Del - Reboot / Windows task manager.

Ctrl + Esc - Bring up the start menu.

Alt + Esc - Switch between applications on the taskbar.

F2 - Rename selected icon.

F3 - Start to find from the desktop.

F4 - Open the drive selection when browsing.

F5 - Refresh contents.

Alt + F4 - Close current open program.

Ctrl + F4 - Close window in program.

Ctrl + Plus Key - Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows Explorer.

Alt + Enter - Open the properties window of the selected icon or program.

Shift + F10 - Simulate right-click on selected item.

Shift + Del - Delete programs / files permanently.

Holding Shift During Boot up - Boot safe mode or bypass system files.

Holding Shift During Boot up - When putting in an audio CD, it will prevent CD Player from playing.

Some Word Shortcuts -

Ctrl + A - Select all contents of the page.

Ctrl + B - Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + C - Copy selected text.

Ctrl + X - Cut selected text.

Ctrl + N - Open new / blank document.

Ctrl + O - Open options.

Ctrl + P - Open the print window.

Ctrl + F - Open find box.

Ctrl + I - Italicize highlighted selection.

Ctrl + K - Insert link.

Ctrl + U - Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + V - Paste.

Ctrl + Y - Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl + Z - Undo last action.

Ctrl + G - Find and replace options.

Ctrl + H - Find and replace options.

Ctrl + J - Justify paragraph alignment.

Ctrl + L - Align selected text or line to the left.

Ctrl + Q - Align selected paragraph to the left.

Ctrl + E - Align selected text or line to the centre.

Ctrl + R - Align selected text or line to the right.

Ctrl + M - Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl + T - Hanging indent.

Ctrl + D - Font options.

Ctrl + Shift + F - Change the font.

Ctrl + Shift +> - Increase selected font +1.

Ctrl +] - Increase selected font +1.

Ctrl + [- Decrease selected font -1.

Ctrl + Shift + * - View or hide non printing characters.

Ctrl + (Left arrow) - Move one word to the left.

Ctrl + (Right arrow) - Move one word to the right.

Ctrl + (Up arrow) - Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + (Down arrow) - Move to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl + Del - Delete the word to the right of the cursor.

Ctrl + Backspace - Delete the word to the left of the cursor.

Ctrl + End - Move cursor to end of the document.

Ctrl + Home - Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl + Space - Reset highlighted text to default font.

Ctrl + 1 - Single-space lines.

Ctrl + 2 - Double-space lines.

Ctrl + 5 - 1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl + Alt + 1 Change text to heading 1.

Ctrl + Alt + 2 Change text to heading 2.

Ctrl + Alt + 3 Change text to heading 3.

F1 - Open help.

Shift + F3 - Change case of selected text.

Shift + Insert - Paste.

F4 - Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).

F7 - Spell check selected text and/or document.

Shift + F7 - Activate the theusurus.

F12 - Save as.

Ctrl + S - Save.

Shift + F12 - Save.

Alt + Shift + D - Insert the current date.

Alt + Shift + T - Insert the current time.

Ctrl + W - Close document.

Some Excel Shortcuts-

F2 - Edit the selected cell.

F5 - Go to a specific cell.

F7 - Spell check selected text and/or document.

F11 - Create a chart

Ctrl + Shift +; - Enter the current time.

Ctrl +; - Enter the current date

Alt + Shift + F1 - Insert new worksheet.

Shift + F3 - Open the Excel formula window.

Shift + F5 - Bring up the search box

Ctrl + A - Select all contents of a worksheet.

Ctrl + B - Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + I - Italicize highlighted selection.

Ctrl + C - Copy selected text.

Ctrl + V - Paste

Ctrl + D - Fill

Ctrl + K - Insert link

Ctrl + F - Open find and replace options.

Ctrl + G - Open go-to options.

Ctrl + H - Open find and replace options.

Ctrl + U - Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + Y - Underline selected text.

Ctrl + 5 - Strikethrou

Gh highlighted selection.

Ctrl + O - Open options.

Ctrl + N - Open new document.

Ctrl + P - Open print dialog box.

Ctrl + S - Save.

Ctrl + Z - Undo last action.

Ctrl + F9 - Minimize current window.

Ctrl + F10 - Maximize currently selected window.

Ctrl + F6 - Switch between open workbooks / windows.

Ctrl + Page up & Page Down - Move between Excel worksheets in the same document.

Ctrl + Tab - Move between Two or more open Excel files

Alt + = - Create the formula to sum all of the above cells.

Ctrl + - Insert the value of the above cell into the current cell.

Ctrl + Shift +! - Format number in comma format.

Ctrl + Shift + $ - Format number in currency format.

Ctrl + Shift + # - Format number in date format.

Ctrl + Shift +% - Format number in percentage format.

Ctrl + Shift + ^ - Format number in scientific format.

Ctrl + Shift + @ - Format number in time format.

Ctrl + (Right arrow) - Move to next section of text.

Ctrl + Space - Select entire column.

Shift + Space - Select entire row.

Ctrl + W - Close document.

Some shortcuts with Windows key-

WINKEY shortcuts:

WINKEY + D - Bring desktop to the top of other windows.

WINKEY + M - Minimize all windows.

WINKEY + SHIFT + M - Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D.

WINKEY + E - Open Microsoft Explorer.

WINKEY + Tab - Cycle through open programs on the taskbar.

WINKEY + F - Display the Windows Search / Find feature.

WINKEY + CTRL + F - Display the search for computers window.

WINKEY + F1 - Display the Microsoft Windows help.

WINKEY + R - Open the run window.

WINKEY + Pause / Break - Open the system properties window.

WINKEY + U - Open utility manager.

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