Friday 22 November 2013

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts Part-1

Today, we will talk about some useful keyboard shortcuts for various computer programs. Though you can find them at many other places, we here will try to organize all of them in a single post to make it easily accessible. Here we Go ...


 

Microsoft Office Keyboard Shortcuts:

Shortcuts Common to all MS Office Programs:
Close Program Alt+F4
Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Duplicate object Ctrl+D
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Y
Select All Ctrl+A
Bold Ctrl+B
Underline Ctrl+U
Italic Ctrl+I
Repeat last action F4
Create a new document Ctrl+N
Open a document Ctrl+O
Close a document Ctrl+W
Save As F12
Save a document Ctrl+S
Print a Document Ctrl+P
Spellcheck F7


Microsoft Word Shortcuts:
Change CaseShift+F3
Increase Font SizeIncrease Font Size
Decrease Font SizeDecrease Font Size
Single Line Spacing Ctrl+1
Double Line Spacing Ctrl+2
1½ Line Spacing Ctrl+5
12 pt Space above paragraph Ctrl+0
Indent Paragraph Ctrl+M
Heading 1 Ctrl+Alt+1
Heading 2 Ctrl+Alt+2
Heading 3 Ctrl+Alt+3
Normal Ctrl+Shift+N
Insert Date Field Alt+Shift+D
Insert Time Field Alt+Shift+T
Update Field F9
Toggle Codes Shift+F9
Create Field Ctrl+F9


Microsoft Outlook Shortcuts:
Activate the Find a Contact box F11
Mark an e-mail message as read Ctrl+Q
Open a contact Ctrl+Shift+C
Open a meeting request Ctrl+Shift+Q
Open a task Ctrl+Shift+K
Open an appointment Ctrl+Shift+A
Open an e-mail message Ctrl+Shift+M
Open the address book Ctrl+Shift+B
Open the Advanced Find dialog Ctrl+Shift+F
Switch to Inbox Ctrl+Shift+I
Switch to Outbox Ctrl+Shift+O
Send a message Alt+S
Reply to a message Ctrl+R
Forward a message Ctrl+F


Microsoft Excel Shortcuts:
Cell A1 Ctrl + Home
Last Used Cell Ctrl + End
Go To dialog box F5
Next Blank Cell in Row Ctrl+ð
Next Blank Cell in Column Ctrl+ò
Select the current column Ctrl+Spacebar
Select the current row Shift+Spacebar
To Next Blank Cell in Row Ctrl+Shift+ð
To Next Blank Cell in Column Ctrl+Shift+ò
All Cells around Current Ctrl+Shift+8
Insert current time Ctrl+Shift+;
Insert current date Ctrl+;
View formulas Ctrl + ~
Create a chart F11
Edit links Edit menu/Links


Microsoft PowerPoint Shortcuts:
Select Frame F2
All objects (slide view) Ctrl+A
All slides (slide sorter view) Ctrl+A
All text (outline view) Ctrl+A
An object TAB or Shift+TAB
Left align Ctrl+L
Right align Ctrl+R
Centre align Ctrl+E
Change Case Shift+F3
Spellchecker F7
New Slide Ctrl+M
New Slide Same Layout Ctrl+Shift+M
PowerPoint Slide show controls:
Next slide N, ENTER, or SPACEBAR
Display a black screen (toggles) B
Display a white screen (toggles) W
End a slide show ESC
Erase on-screen annotations E
Go to next hidden slide H
Go to slide +ENTER
Return to the previous slide P or BACKSPACE
Set new timings while rehearsing T
Stop or start an automatic slide show S
Use original timings while rehearsing O
First slide Hold both mouse buttons for 2 seconds


Rest shortcuts will be discussed in our next post. Keep sharing...

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