Computer Shortcut Keys

Basic PC shortcut keys

• Alt+F: File menu options in current program.
• Alt+E: Edit options in current program
• Alt+Tab: Switch between open programs
• F1: Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
• F2: Rename a selected file
• F5: Refresh the current program window
• Ctrl+N: Create a new, blank document in some software programs
• Ctrl+O: Open a file in current software program
• Ctrl+A: Select all text.
• Ctrl+B: Change selected text to be Bold
• Ctrl+I: Change selected text to be in Italics
• Ctrl+U: Change selected text to be Underlined
• Ctrl+F: Open find window for current document or window.
• Ctrl+S: Save current document file.
• Ctrl+X: Cut selected item.
• Shift+Del: Delete selected item permanently.
• Ctrl+C: Copy selected item.
• Ctrl+Ins: Copy selected item
• Ctrl+V: Paste
• Shift+Ins: Paste
• Ctrl+Y: Redo last action
• Ctrl+Z: Undo last action
• Ctrl+K: Insert hyperlink for selected text
• Ctrl+P: Print the current page or document.
• Home: Goes to beginning of current line.
• Ctrl+Home: Goes to beginning of document.
• End: Goes to end of current line.
• Ctrl+End: Goes to end of document.
• Shift+Home: Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
• Shift+End: Highlights from current position to end of line.
• Ctrl+Left arrow: Moves one word to the left at a time.
• Ctrl+Right arrow: Moves one word to the right at a time.
• Ctrl+Esc: Opens the START menu
• Ctrl+Shift+Esc: Opens Windows Task Manager
• Alt+F4: Close the currently active program
• Alt+Enter: Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)

Microsoft Word shortcut keys

• Ctrl+0: Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
• Ctrl+A: Select all contents of the page.
• Ctrl+B: Bold highlighted selection.
• Ctrl+C: Copy selected text.
• Ctrl+D: Open the font preferences window.
• Ctrl+E: Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
• Ctrl+F: Open find box.
• Ctrl+I: Italic highlighted selection.
• Ctrl+J: Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
• Ctrl+K: Insert a hyperlink.
• Ctrl+L: Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
• Ctrl+M: Indent the paragraph.
• Ctrl+N: Opens new, blank document window.
• Ctrl+O: Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
• Ctrl+P: Open the print window.
• Ctrl+R: Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
• Ctrl+S: Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.
• Ctrl+T: Create a hanging indent.
• Ctrl+U: Underline the selected text.
• Ctrl+V: Paste.
• Ctrl+W: Close the currently open document.
• Ctrl+X: Cut selected text.
• Ctrl+Y: Redo the last action performed.
• Ctrl+Z: Undo last action.
• Ctrl+Shift+L: Quickly create a bullet point.
• Ctrl+Shift+F: Change the font.
• Ctrl+Shift+>: Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.
• Ctrl+]: Increase selected font +1pts.
• Ctrl+Shift+<: Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.
• Ctrl+[: Decrease selected font -1pts.
• Ctrl+/+c: Insert a cent sign (¢).
• Ctrl+'+<char>: Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl+'+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.
• Ctrl+Shift+*: View or hide non printing characters.
• Ctrl+<left arrow>: Moves one word to the left.
• Ctrl+<right arrow>: Moves one word to the right.
• Ctrl+<up arrow>:  Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
• Ctrl+<down arrow>: Moves to the end of the paragraph.
• Ctrl+Del : Deletes word to right of cursor.
• Ctrl+Backspace: Deletes word to left of cursor.
• Ctrl+End: Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
• Ctrl+Home: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
• Ctrl+Spacebar: Reset highlighted text to the default font.
• Ctrl+1: Single-space lines.
• Ctrl+2: Double-space lines.
• Ctrl+5: 1.5-line spacing.
• Ctrl+Alt+1: Changes text to heading 1.
• Ctrl+Alt+2: Changes text to heading 2.
• Ctrl+Alt+3: Changes text to heading 3.
• Alt+Ctrl+F2: Open new document.
• Ctrl+F1: Open the Task Pane.
• Ctrl+F2: Display the print preview.
• Ctrl+Shift+>: Increases the selected text size by one font size.
• Ctrl+Shift+<: Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
• Ctrl+Shift+F6: Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
• Ctrl+Shift+F12: Prints the document.
• F1: Open Help.
• F4: Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
• F5: Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
• F7: Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.
• F12: Save As.
• Shift+F3: Change 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+F12: Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.
• Shift+Enter: Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
• Shift+Insert: Paste.
• Shift+Alt+D: Insert the current date.
• Shift+Alt+T: Insert the current time.

Microsoft Excel shortcut keys

• F2: Edit the selected cell.
• F3: After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.
• F4: Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell, pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
• F5: Go to a specific cell. For example, C6.
• F7: Spell check selected text or document.
• F11: Create chart from selected data.
• Ctrl+Shift+; : Enter the current time.
• Ctrl+; :Enter the current date.
• Alt+Shift+F1: Insert New Worksheet.
• Alt+Enter: While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move to the next line, allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell.
• Shift+F3 : Open the Excel formula window.
• Shift+F5 : Bring up search box.
• Ctrl+1 :Open the Format Cells window.
• Ctrl+A : Select all contents of the worksheet.
• Ctrl+B :Bold highlighted selection.
• Ctrl+I :Italic highlighted selection.
• Ctrl+K :Insert link.
• Ctrl+S :Save the open worksheet.
• Ctrl+U :Underline highlighted selection.
• Ctrl+D : Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Down to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
• Ctrl+R: Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Right to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
• Ctrl+1: Change the format of selected cells.
• Ctrl+5: Strikethrough highlighted selection.
• Ctrl+P: Bring up the print dialog box to begin the printing process.
• Ctrl+Z: Undo last action.
• Ctrl+F3: Open Excel Name Manager.
• Ctrl+F9: Minimize current window.
• Ctrl+F10: Maximize currently selected window.
• Ctrl+F6: Switch between open workbooks or windows.
• Ctrl+Page up: Move between work sheets in the same document.
• Ctrl+Page down: Move between work sheets in the same document.
• Ctrl+Tab: Move between Two or more open Excel files.
• Alt+=: Create a formula to sum all of the above cells.
• Ctrl+': Insert the value of the above cell into the cell currently selected.
• Ctrl+Shift+1: Format number in comma format.
• Ctrl+Shift+4: Format number in currency format.
• Ctrl+Shift+3: Format number in date format.
• Ctrl+Shift+5: Format number in percentage format.
• Ctrl+Shift+6: Format number in scientific format.
• Ctrl+Shift+2: Format number in time format.
• Ctrl+Arrow key: Move to next section of text.
• Ctrl+Space: Select entire column.
• Shift+Space: Select entire row.
• Ctrl+-: Delete the selected column or row.
• Ctrl+Shift+=: Insert a new column or row.
• Ctrl+Home: Move to cell A1.
• Ctrl+~: Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.

Internet Explorer shortcut keys

• Alt: Displays the File/Edit/View menu bar at the top.
• Alt+Left Arrow: Back a page.
• Backspace: Back a page.
• Alt+Right Arrow: Forward a page.
• F5: Refresh current page, frame, or tab.
• F11: Display the current website in fullscreen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
• Esc: Stop page or download from loading.
• Ctrl+(- or +): Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase.
• Ctrl+Enter: Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com.
• Ctrl+D: Add a Favorite for the page currently opened.
• Ctrl+I: Display available bookmarks.
• Ctrl+N: Open New browser window.
• Ctrl+P: Print current page or frame.
• Ctrl+T: Opens a new tab.
• Ctrl+F4: Closes the currently selected tab.
• Ctrl+Tab: Moves through each of the open tabs.
• Spacebar: Moves down a page at a time.
• Shift+Spacebar: Moves up a page at a time.
• Alt+Down arrow: Display all previous text entered in a text box or available options on drop-down menu.
• Alt+D: Highlights the text in the address bar

Google Chrome shortcut keys

• Alt+Home: Open your homepage.
• Alt+Tab: Toggle between browser windows
• Alt+Left Arrow: Back a page.
• Alt+Right Arrow: Forward a page.
• F11: Display the current website in full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
• Esc: Stop page or download from loading.
• Ctrl+(- or +): :Zoom in our out of a page '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. Ctrl+0 will reset back to default.
• Ctrl+1-8: :Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 8 will move to the corresponding tab in your tab bar.
• Ctrl+9: Switch to last tab.
• Ctrl+0: Reset browser zoom to default
• Ctrl+Enter: Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com.
• Ctrl+Shift+Del: Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data.
• Ctrl+Shift+B: Toggle the bookmarks bar between hidden and shown
• Ctrl+A: Select everything on a page
• Ctrl+D: Add a bookmark for the page currently opened.
• Ctrl+F: Open the "find" bar to search text on the current page
• Ctrl+O: Open a file in the browser
• Ctrl+Shift+O: Open the Bookmark manager.
• Ctrl+H: Open history in a new tab
• Ctrl+J: Display the downloads window
• Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E: Moves your text cursor to the omnibox so that you can begin typing your search query and perform a Google search.
• Ctrl+L: Move the cursor to the browser address bar and highlight everything in it.
• Ctrl+N: Open New browser window.
• Ctrl+Shift+N: Open a new window in incognito (private) mode.
• Ctrl+P: Print current page or frame.
• Ctrl+R or F5: Refresh the current page or frame.
• Ctrl+S: Saves the current page
• Ctrl+T: Opens a new tab.
• Ctrl+U: View a web page's source code
• Ctrl+W: Closes the currently selected tab.
• Ctrl+Shift+W: Closes the currently selected window.
• Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopens the last tab you've closed. If you've closed multiple tabs you can press this shortcut key multiple times to restore each of the closed tabs.
• Ctrl+Tab: Moves through each of the open tabs going to the right.
• Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Moves through each of the open tabs going to the left.
• Ctrl+Left-click: Open the link in a new tab in the background
• Ctrl+Shift Left-click: Open the link in a new tab and switch to the new tab
• Ctrl+Page Down: Open the browser tab to the right
• Ctrl+Page Up: Open the browser tab to the left
• Spacebar: Moves down a page at a time.
• Shift+Spacebar: Moves up a page at a time.
• Home: Go to top of page
• End: Go to bottom of page
• Alt+Down Arrow: Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on a drop-down menu.