02
Mar
Computer Shortcuts and Efficiencies Part 2
Life is so short. You know you should be planning next week’s groceries, remembering to mow the lawn or help the twins look for student accommodation for next year …. but you just need to get the chores out the way so you can relax with a cup of tea and catch up on your favourite TV programmes.
We’re all busy, and we really don’t need to be spending any extra time on activities that we could get out the way sooner.
A short while ago we posted a blog about computer shortcuts and efficiencies which was so popular we’ve put together some more for you. It certainly does make one far more efficient! We hope you find them useful and that it’ll help you save time.
It might take some time to get used to them, but why not print out a copy and leave it near your computer? You’ll only need to look them up the first few times, thereafter it might be an efficient new habit at home, work or at college.
| Shortcut | Control Key + F (Functions) Keys |
| Ctrl+F1 | Opens the Task Pane |
| Ctrl+F2 | Displays the Print Preview |
| Shortcut | Control Key + Shift + Letter Functions |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Change the font |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Create a bullet point |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen accidentally closed tabs |
| Shortcut | Control Key + Shift + F (Functions) Keys |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Switches to another open Microsoft Word document. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F12 | Prints the document. |
| Shortcut | Control Key + Shift + Punctuation Functions |
| Ctrl+Shift+> | Increases selected text by 1pt up to 12pt. After that it increases the text by 2pts |
| Ctrl+Shift+< | Decreases selected text by 1pt if 12pt or lower. If above 12pt it decreases the text by 2pts |
| Ctrl+Shift+* | View or hide non-printing characters |
| Shortcut | Control Key + Punctuation + Other Functions |
| Ctrl+/+c | Insert a cent sign ¢ |
| Ctrl+’+<charc> | Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark i.e.: é |
| Ctrl+~+<charc> | Insert a character with an accent (acute) mark i.e.: è |
| Shortcut | Control Key + Punctuation Functions |
| Ctrl+] | Increase the selected text by 1 pt |
| Ctrl+[ | Decrease the selected text by 1 pt |
| Shortcut | Control + Alt + Number Functions |
| Ctrl+Alt+1 | Changes text to Heading 1 |
| Ctrl+Alt+2 | Changes text to Heading 2 |
| Ctrl+Alt+3 | Changes text to Heading 3 |
| Shortcut | Control + Arrow Functions |
| Ctrl+ Left Arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the left |
| Ctrl+ Right Arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the right |
| Ctrl+ Up Arrow | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line or the paragraph |
| Ctrl+ Down Arrow | Moves the cursor to the end of the paragraph |
| Shortcut | Alt + Control + F (Functions) Key |
| Alt+Ctrl+F2 | Opens a new document |
| Shortcut | Shift + F (Functions) Key |
| Shift + F3 | Changes the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. |
| Shift + F7 | Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word. |
| Shift + 12 | Save the open document. |
| Shortcut | Shift + Named Key Functions |
| Shift + Enter | Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph. |
| Shift + Insert | Paste. |
| Shift + spacebar | Takes you up a page. |
| Shortcut | Shift + Alt + Letter Functions |
| Shift + Alt + D | Insert the current date |
| Shift + Alt + F | Insert the current time |
| Mouse Shortcut | |
| Click, hold, and drag | Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go. |
| Double-click | If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word. |
| Double-click | Double-clicking on the left, centre, or right of a blank line makes the alignment of the text left, centre, or right aligned. |
| Double-click | Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. |
| Triple-click | Selects the line or paragraph of the text that the mouse triple-clicked on. |
| Ctrl + Mouse wheel | Zooms in and out of the document. |
| Notes on other Shortcuts | |
| Shift | Using the shift key can reverse an action |
| Tab | Making inputting large amounts of data easier by jumping to the next input field or text box with the tab key, and backwards with shift+tab. |
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