Knowing Your Keyboard's Shortcut Keys

Working with a computer on another level means working with a faster speed and precision which requires constant practices, practicals and perfections. Because i simply has too much that i want to learn and do on a computer, i forced myself to work out some extra speed and efficiency. One of my workout includes learning, getting used to and practice using more keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts exist for a reason; as keyboard shortcut keeps a user's off the mouse more often and more on the keyboard, users can practically save up to seconds on a particular task. Combining all those seconds that you have saved by applying keyboard shortcut instead of having to do everything singularly with a mouse, you can actually save up to half an hour of work time! In one of my previous post about urging you all in making the CTRL+S (save) pressing a habit, i also mentioned that keyboard shortcuts can save you from embarrassing moments!

Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts that i'd like to share with you. I hope you will like it and will use it.

Shortcuts used for normal operations:

1. CTRL + O = Open a file or folder
2. CTRL + S = Save a current document, file name etc.
3. CTRL + X = Cut
4. CTRL +C = Copy
5. CTRL + V = Paste
6. CTRL + B = Bold
7. CTRL + U = Underline
8. CTRL + I = Italic
9. CTRL + P = Print
10. CTRL + A = Select All
11. CTRL + Z = Undo
12. CTRL + Esc = Open Start Menu
13. ALT + Tab = Windows Switch/ Switch Between Windows
14. ALT + F = Open 'File' Toolbar
15. ALT + D = Highlight address bar in explorer/browsers
16. ALT + V = Open 'View' toolbar
17. ALT + E = Open 'Edit' toolbar
18. ALT + T = Open 'Tools' toolbar
19. Windows + R = Run
20. Windows + E = Open Windows Explorer Main Menu aka My Computer
21. Windows + D = Show Desktop/Hide Desktop
22. F1 = Help
23. F2 = Rename a file/folder
24. F3 = Search
25. F4 = Open Windows Explorer address page bar
26. F5 = Refresh
27. Shift + Delete = Delete File Permanently

In Any tabbed Internet Browsers, these additional keyboard shortcuts might come in handy:

1. CTRL + T = Open new tab
2. CTRL + W = Close current tab
3. CTRL + Tab = Switching through the tabs

Learning and utilizing these shortcuts are all purely personal choice; at the end of the day, it'll not hurt you to not bother to know a single shortcut. But always remember: if you'd like to increase your efficiency and speed in computering, learning and practising these keyboard shortcuts is in my opinion, a must!