Ever deleted some text accidently and wished there was a way to get it back? You will want to read this whole blog to find out how a couple of key strokes will restore what you accidently deleted in most instances.
While most pc users know what CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V, and CTRL-X do, there are many other keyboard shortcuts. I won't go into the Windows Keys shortcuts again here since they are found in this blog. As I mentioned in the Windows Keys shortcuts blog, the reason learning these shortcuts is faster is that they can be done without the mouse so if you are typing an email or a document you can highlight some text on the keyboard using the Shift key and the arrow keys and Home and End keys.
Just in case you only use your mouse and right click or select "Edit" at the top of Windows, I will also explain what CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V, and CTRL-X do.
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the A key to select all text in a browser window, an email, a document, a spreadsheet, a database, etc. Once you have selected all the text you can do some or all of the CTRL-C, CTRL-V, and CTRL-X options.
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the C key to copy all the text highlighted on to the clipboard (a retrievable memory area in the pc). The copied text can be retrieved (see CTRL-V below).
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the X key to cut out the text (X looks a little like scissors; besides C was already taken for Copy). Cutting out thehighlighted text will also put the text in the clipboard memory to be retrieved if you choose to do so by using the following.
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the V key to take whatever is in the clipboard and paste it into the document, email, spreadsheet, etc.
So putting some of this together:
If I type this line and then hold the Shift key and hit the Home key it will highlight back to the start of the line. With it highlighted, I could then type CTRL-C to copy and then CTRL-V to paste which would make another copy of the line I had just typed as shown below:
If I type this and then hold down the Shift key and hit the Home key it will highlight back to the start of the line.
Teachers use this to print out those little slips to send home with the students about a meeting like the following and then just use a paper cutter. They only have to type the line once and then highlight it using Shift-Home, do a CTRL-C to copy it, and then for the number of copies needed on the page one would hit the Enter key twice and then CTRL-V to paste it that number of times so it looks as follows.
There is a Parent-Teacher meeting tonight at 7pm.
There is a Parent-Teacher meeting tonight at 7pm.
There is a Parent-Teacher meeting tonight at 7pm.
etc.
Now for Realtors, there are many uses as well. Say you are making a flyer and you want to include the room dimensions.
You could type the first line below and copy the following line eight times so it looks like the following:
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
After doing that, you would just go back and edit the changes to make the following:
Living Room 16'x9' on first floor.
Dining Room 12'x9' on first floor.
Kitchen 12'x11' on first floor.
Master Bedroom 14'x12' on first floor.
2nd Bedroom 12'x10' on second floor.
3rd Bedroom 11'x10' on second floor.
Office 10'x9' on second floor.
2nd Living Room 18'x14' in basement.
4th Bedroom 12'x12' in basement.
Anything that you need to type that is repetitive can make use of these Windows shortcut keys.
Other CTRL shortcuts are:
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the B key to turn on Boldface type. This is in boldface. CTRL-B again will turn it off.
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the I key to turn on Italics type. This is in italics. CTRL-I again will turn it off.
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the U key to turn on Underlined type. This is underlined. CTRL-U again will turn it off. NOTE: CTRL B and then CTRL I and CTRL U will make Boldface, Italics, Underlined text.
Some shortcuts vary depending on whether you are in a browser window, an email, a document, a spreadsheet, a database, etc. The following are some examples and are identified as to where they work.
Hold the CTRL key down and then tap the D key in a document to open the Font dialog box.
Some of the more common document shortcuts follow:
- CTRL and SHIFT and SPACEBAR Creates a nonbreaking space
- CTRL and HYPHEN Creates a nonbreaking hyphen
- CTRL and SHIFT and < Decreases font size
- CTRL and SHIFT and > Increases font size
- CTRL and SPACEBAR Removes paragraph or character formatting
- CTRL and Z Allows you to undo the last action (NOTE: This comes in very handy if you accidently erased something. Remember CTRL-Z!!)
- CTRL and Y Allows you to redo the last action
In an Internet Explorer browser the following will work:
F1 key will bring up the help menu.
F5 key will refresh the page.
F11 key will toggle between full screen and back to original screen.
Alt-Home will take you to your Home page.
Backspace will take you back one page.
CTRL-D will add the current page to your Favorites.
CTRL-F will open a Find dialog box where you can search for a word or phrase on the page.
CTRL-H will open the History box of what pages you have visited that day and for other days of the week.
CTRL-I will open the favorites.
CTRL-N will open a new browser window.
CTRL-W will close the current window (as will Alt-F4).
This should be enough to get you started playing with the Windows shortcut keys. Remember, that the same Windows shortcut may have different effects in different instances. When playing around with these, it would be good to be working with a copy of the file and not the original.
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