shortcut keys on keyboard

keyboard - do you use the shortcut keys on keyboard
@harxian (671)
Philippines
March 11, 2007 9:46pm CST
shortcut keys on keyboard do you use it? do you use the shortcut keys on keyboard to perform certain task without the help of mouse?what shortcut keys do you often use? i often use the alt+tab to go to other windows that i opened and the ctrl+z to undo my deleted words and alt+f4 to close the window.what shortcut keys you use often?
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@chakotay (240)
• Romania
12 Mar 07
Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using computer software progams.Shortcut keys are commonly acessed by using the ALT,CTRL, and / or Shift in conjunction with a single letter. The de facto standard for listing a shorcut is listing the modifier key, a plus symbol and the single charecter. Or in the other words, "ALT+S" is telling you to press the Alt key and while continuing to hold the Alt key, press the S key to perform the shorcut. The basic shortcut keys are : Alt + F = File menu options in current progam. Alt + E = Edit options in current program F1 = Universal Help in almost evrey Windows progam Ctrl + A = Select All Ctrl + X = Cut selcted item Shift + Del = Cut selected item Ctrl + C = Copy selected item Ctrl + Ins = Copy selected item Ctrl + V = Paste Shift + Ins = Paste Home = Goes to biginning of current line Ctrl + Home = Goes to biginning of document End = Goes to the end of current line Ctrl + End = Goes to end of document
• India
13 Mar 07
Man are you tryin' to compete with me? lol.
• India
15 Mar 07
Sorry dude.May bad!
@chakotay (240)
• Romania
14 Mar 07
I just try to complete your answer ! This is a competion??
• India
22 Mar 07
i will use sortcut regular alt+f4 ctrl+c ctrl+v ctrl+x alt+tab shift+f3 ctrl+b ctrl+alt+delete
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
9 Jun 07
Well-listed... I am using those except the shift+F3, what is that short for?
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
15 Aug 07
I use my keyboard short cuts all the time especially since I started using firefox browser. They are eaasy and simple to use and very helpful if your mouyse messes up like mine has a few times. clttl+t opens another tab. I also use ctrl+alt+del to close programs down and other ones.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
15 Aug 07
Ctrl+C to Copy Ctrl+V to Paste Ctrl+X to Cut (only in an editable document, of course) Ctrl+Z to Undo Windows+D to go to the Desktop (and minimise open applications) Windows+E to open My Computer (Windows Explorer) Windows key on its own brings up the Start Menu Alt+Tab allows you to select other open windows In Internet Explorer or Firefox (and other browsers), Backspace is the same as the Back arrow and F5 refreshes/reloads the page. Ctrl+D bookmarks the page you are on. In most forms you can select the next field using the Tab key and Return will generally operate any OK button on the page. Menu operations from the Menu bar can be used from the keyboard by pressing the Alt key and then the underlined letter for any of the Menu commands. It's worth knowing, too, that the items in the Start Menu can also be selected this way (but you don't need to press the Alt key first). If your mouse fails to work it can be very useful to access Control Panel this way - Windows, C [you may need to press C more than once to select Control Panel], Return, then use the arrow keys or press S repeatedly to select the System properties. From there you can uninstall and reinstall the mouse. A quick way to shut down Windows (and the PC) without fiddling with the mouse is the following sequence: Windows, U, U. Restart: Windows, U, R
@sensesfail (2251)
• India
12 Mar 07
I use em all the time.Here are some of the shortcuts i use: alt + f4 =closes current window Alt+ ctrl + del =task manager win key + d =minimizes all the windows alt + tab = switch between windows tab = switch between various form components in a web page home key =goes to the start of a line end key =goes to the end of a line ctrl + side arrow key = goes to the next word Alt + f + s =save f1 =help Hope this helped all those who are not frequent with the shortcut keys.
@harxian (671)
• Philippines
12 Mar 07
it would be a great help for sure.thanks
@devdevil (90)
• India
28 Jun 07
i use a few shortcut keys on my keyboard.. the very common ones are ctrl +alt +del and ctrl +shift +esc work the same.. ctra +a ctrl +c ctrl +v ctrl +z windows +D, windows +r alt +f4 alt +tab and special chars using the alt key..
@sunita64 (6469)
• India
9 Jun 07
My favorite shortcut keys are only two one is ctrl-c and ctrl-v one is for copying and other is for pasting. Otherwise I am not very regular user of shortcut keys. But they do save time I feel if you are regularly in practice with them.
@edelweiss (1929)
• India
23 Mar 07
A lot of them,, ctrl+(a,c,x,w,v) alt+tab alt+f4 win+l,r,d,e since i use a laptop then there is fn+ other function keys for setup and other launch shortcuts
• India
27 Jun 07
i mostly use alt+tab , alt+f4, shift+ald+del, ctrl+c, ctrl+v.. and so on.
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I mostly just use ctrl+alt+delete when something freezes up and gives me trouble. I always forget what the other shortcuts are! lol Otherwise I'd probably use more of them. hehe
@aweins (4199)
• India
23 Mar 07
yaa, i tooo usescertain shortcut keys on keyboard like alt+tab , alt + f4 , ctrl + Enter , ctrl + c , ctrl + V , ctrl + N , ctrl + O , ctrl + F , and if the computer is hanged then ctrl + alt +delete. there are some more but these r the one which i use very often and most of the times.
@mykmari_08 (2464)
• Philippines
27 Jun 07
I use these shortcut keys a lot and very often, as in daily basis. For one, we have a separate program for encoding daily transactions of the organization. We use the F9 very much to select the options from a list. I don't know if you have heard of this program but it's called ICBA. For Word and Excel, we use the following: Alt+F+S = save Alt+F+C = close document / worksheet Alt+F+O = open worksheet Alt+F+P = print a worksheet Alt+F+X = close program Alt+E+F = search / replace a word Alt+E+C = copy word/s or cell/s Alt+E+P = paste copied word/s or cell/s Alt+F+G = preview page before printing Alt+I+R = insert row/s Alt+O+C = format cell/s Alt+O+P = format page Alt+W+F = freeze window Alt+W+S = split window Alt+Ctrl+Del = end not responding programs F1 = help F2 = edit a cell Oh, before I forget, I also use the shortcut keys to create special characters known as the ASCII codes. {çüté}
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
9 Jun 07
I am learning to use it right now... It is more easier and faster especially when you are making documents using MS Word. You can use shortcuts to perform common commands like ctrl+b/i... many more.
@binny29 (1527)
• India
9 Jun 07
ya i do use many short cut kets but most often in microsft office and at work place but at home i do use only mouse
@sahyd2don (2942)
• India
20 Mar 07
I use ctrl+alt+del to end task alt + f4=closes current window win key + d=minimizes all the windows alt + tab= switch between windows these are all i know.
• Malaysia
21 Mar 07
Regular user will never use shortcut key because they're not confident with it. The most shortcut key i always use is alt-c and alt-v for copy n paste :) LOL it doesn't mean i'm the plagiate person, but in my work, that shortcut so familiar with me. Others shorcut i use is at-tab, alt-f4, ctrl-z, alt-arrow and so on. There are so many even i cannot memorize it so well. :)
@Shebang (244)
• Philippines
22 Mar 07
I use shortcut keys very often. I use it most of the time. Using keyboard is more faster and efficient to me. Come to think of it, you cannot work without a keyboard rather than without a mouse. Since most of the time we use SAP, F4 and F8 is very useful. I also use F5, shortcut for refresh. I also use Alt + TAB to switch between programs.. Ctrl + F4 when closing documents. Yes, Alt + F4 is also helpful in closing programs. TAB key is very useful when you are in a window, and you want to go to all keys, TAB is a good help without the mouse. Most of all, ALT is also one of the most helpful keys. When you see a dialog box and asking for your selection, just look at any underlined letter, press ALT first, then the underlined letter of your choice. That is when not using mouse. Try it you feel a lot faster.
• Philippines
13 Mar 07
Yes, I use the shortcut keys also. I believe everyone does. If the instruction says that F1 to F12 brings me to some features of the program faster, I will surely make use of the keys. Alt+tab and everything else are shortcuts which will make it faster, so I use them, too.
@anggapc (141)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 07
ctrl+a select all, ctrl-z undo,ctrl-prt scr copy to clipboard 1 window
@onlyu2008 (172)
• China
21 Mar 07
Yes,I use the shortcut keys very often,such as the alt+tab,alt+f4.