Move to the Tell me or Search field on the Ribbon and type a search term for assistance or Help content. Alt+Q, then enter the search term. Open the File page and use Backstage view. Open the Home tab and format text and numbers and use the Find tool. Open the Insert tab and insert PivotTables, charts, add-ins, Sparklines, pictures, shapes, headers, or text.
Last updated on January 6th, 2021
Learning and using keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time. Basic Shortcuts saves a moment of your task. This might not seem like much, but try a keyboard command a few times, and you’ll find out just how useful it can be.
- Windows has many keyboard shortcuts available to navigate and work across the operating system faster and more efficiently. Most Windows keyboard shortcuts rely on the Windows logo key, Alt,.
- Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity and reduce repetitive strains. Just for an example, think of this situation, just highlighting a text and pressing the Ctrl+C to copy is much shorter than high lighting the text, than right-click on the highlighted text and from the context menu select the copy option with the mouse.
Here are 20 of the most indispensable keyboard shortcuts to boost your productivity
Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity and reduce repetitive strains. Just for an example, think of this situation, just highlighting a text and pressing the Ctrl+C to copy is much shorter than high lighting the text, than right-click on the highlighted text and from the context menu select the copy option with the mouse.
There are literally hundreds of keyboard shortcuts(combinations) that can make your daily computing tasks much easier and faster. Below is a list of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts, I feel everyone should know.
20 Most useful Keyboard shortcuts to boost your productivity.
1. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert
To Copy the highlighted text or Selected Items.
2. Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
To Paste the copied text or the object
3. Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y:
To undo the last performed task (one step) for example if you have used the Ctrl + V to paste the copied text you can undo it by pressing Ctrl + Z. Ctrl + Y is just the opposite that is to redo the undo.
4. Ctrl + Alt + Z :
Very useful keyboard shortcuts, this is similar to Ctrl +z but with this, you can Undo several steps sequentially one step at a time (backward).
This keyboard shortcuts combination is very handy in Photoshop, for example, if you have applied some effects then you can undo each effect one by one by pressing Ctrl + Alt button and tapping the Z key on the keyboard to undo one step at a time.
5. Ctrl + F
This combination can be used to open the Find dialogue in any program. Particularly helpful when you want to find a registry key under regedit.
Keyboard Shortcut For Help Menu
In Photoshop, this keyboard shortcut can be used to apply the last applied effect several times without going through the Filter menu again.
For example, If you want to apply the wind effect (normally we may need to apply this effect several times) you can just press the Ctrl button on the keyboard and tap the F button as many times you want to apply the effect
6. Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc
This combination is used to quickly switch between open programs.
TIP: Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program. You can add the Shift key with the above combination to move backward, for example, Shift + Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab to move backward. Funky monkey game.
7. Ctrl + Backspace and Ctrl + Left or Right arrow:
In word Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word instead of just one character.
In the word document, if you want to move quickly hold the Ctrl + tap the right or the left arrow which will move the cursor one word at a time.
If you want to highlight one word at a time just hold Shift + Ctrl and then press the right or the left arrow to move and highlight one word at a time.
