BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS

ALT+F FILE MENU OPTIONS IN CURRENT PROGRAM

ALT+E EDIT OPTIONS IN CURRENT PROGRAM
F1 UNIVERSAL HELP (FOR ALL PROGRAMS
CTRL+A SELECT ALL TEXT
CTRL+X CUT SELECTED ITEM
SHIFT+DEL CUT SELECTED ITEM
CTRL+C COPY SELECTED ITEM
CTRL+INS COPY SELECTED ITEM
CTRL+V PASTE
SHIFT+INS PASTE
HOME GO TO BEGINNING OF CURREENT LINE
CTRL+HOME GO TO BEGINNING OF DOCUMENT
END GO TO END OF CURRENT LINE
CTRL+END GO TO END OF DOCUMENT
SHIFT+HOME HIGHLIGHT FROM CURRENT POSITION TO BEGINNING LINE
SHIFT+END HIGLIGHT FROM CURRENT POSITION TO END OF LINE
CTRL+  MOVE ONE WORD TO THE LEFT AT A TIME
CTRL+ MOVE ONE WORD TO THE RIGHT AT A TIME

MICROSOFT “WINDOWS”SHORTCUT KEYS

ALT+TAB SWIT CH BETWEEN OPEN APPLICATION

ALT+SHIFT+TAB SWITCH BACKWORDS BETWEEEN OPEN
APPLIC ATION
ALT+PRINT SCREEN CREATE SCREEN SHOT FOR CURENT
PROGRAME
CTRL+ALT+DEL REBOOT WINDOWS TASK MANAGER
CTRL+ESC BRING UP START MENU
ALT+ESC SWITCH BETWEEN APPLICATION ON TASK
BAR
F2 RENAME SELECTED ICON
F3 START FIND FROM DESKTOP
F4 OPEN THE DRIVE SELCTION WHEN
BROWSING
F5 REFRESH CONTENTS
ALT+F4 CLOSE CURRENT OPEN PROGRAMME
CTRL+F4 CLOSE WINDOW IN PROGRAMME
CTRL+PLUS KEY AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST WIDTH OF ALL
COLUMNS IN WINDOWWS EXPLORER
ALT+ENTER OPEN PROPERTIES WINDOW OF
 SELECTED ICON
SHIFT+F10 SIMULATE RIGHT CLICK ON SELECTED
ITEM
SHIFT+DEL DELETE PROGRAMME PERMANENTLY
HOLDING SHIFT DURING BOOT UP BOOT SAFE MODE OR BYPASS SYSTEM
FILES
HOLDING SHIFT DURING BOOT UP WHEN PUTTING IN AN AUDIO CD, WILL
PREVENT CD PLAYER FROM PLAYING

WINKEY SHOTCUTS

WINKEY+D BRING DESKTOP TO THE TOP OF OTHER

WINDOWS
WINKEY+M MINIMIZE ALL WINDOWS
WINKEY+SHIFT+M UNDO THE MINIMIZE DONE BY
WINKEY+M & WINKEY+D
WINKEY+E OPEN MICROSOFT EXPLORER
WINKEY+TAB CYCLE THROUGH OPEN PROGRAMME ON
TASK BAR
WINKEY+F DISPLAY THE WINDOWS SEARCH /
FIND FEATURES
WINKEY+CTRL+F DISPLAY THE SEARCH WINDOW
WINKEY+F1 DISPLAY THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS
HELP
WINKEY+R OPEN THE RUN WINDOW
WINKEY+PAUSE/BREAK OPEN THE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
WINDOW
WINKEY+U OPEN UTILITY MANAGER
WINKEY+L LOCK THE COMPUTER (WINDWS XP&
LATER)

WORD SHORTCUT KEYS

CTRL+A SELECT ALL CONTENTS OF THE PAGE

CTRL+B BOLD HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION

CTRL+C COPY SELECTED TEXT
CTRL+X CUT SELECTED TEXT
CTRL+N OPEN NEW /BLANK DOCUMENT
CTRL+O OPEN OPTION
CTRL+P OPEN YHE PRINT WINDOW
CTRL+F OPEN FIND BOX
CTRL+I ITALICIZE HIGHLIGHLITED SELECTION
CTRL+K INSERT LINK
CTRL+U UNDERLINE HIGHLITED SELECTION
 CTRL+V PASTE
CTRL+Y REDO THE LAST ACTION PERFORMED
CTRL+Z UNDO LAST ACTION
CTRL+G FIND AND REPLACE OPTION
CTRL+H FIND AND REPLACE OPTION
CTRL+J JUSTIFY PARAGRAPH ALIGNMENT
CTRL+L ALIGN SELECTED TEXT OR LINE TO THE
LEFT
CTRL+Q ALIGN SELECTED PARAGRAPH TO THE
LEFT
CTRL+E ALIGN SELECTED TEXT OR LINE TO THE
CENTRE
CTRL+R ALIGN SELECTED TEXTOR LINE TO THE
RIGHT
CTRL+M INDENT THE PARAGRAPH
CTRL+T HANGING INDENT
CTRL+D FONT OPTION
CTRL+SHIFT+F CHANGE THE FONT
CTRL+SHIFT+> INCREASE SELECTED FONT+1
CTRL+] INCREASE SELECTED FONT+1

CTRL+SHIFT+< DECREASE SELECTED FONT-1

CTRL+[ DECREASE SELECTED FONT-1
CTRL+SHIFT+* VIEW OR HIDE NON PRINTING
CHARACTER
CTRL+  MOVE ONE WORD TO THE LEFT
CTRL+ MOVE ONE WORD TO THE RIGHT
CTRL+↑ MOVE TO BEGINNING OF THE LINE OR
PARAGRAPH
CTRL+↓ MOVE TO THE END OF THE PARAGRAPH
CTRL+DEL DELETE WORD TO THE RIGHT OF THE
CURSER
CTRL+BACKSPACE DELETE WORD TO RIGHT OF CURSER
CTRL+END MOVE CURSER TO THE END OF THE
DOCUMENT
CTRL+HOME MOVE CURSER TO THE BEGINNING OF
DOCUMENT
CTRL+SPACE RESET HIGHLIGHTED TEXT TO DEFAULT
FONT
CTRL+1 SINGLE SPACE LINE
CTRL+2 DOULE SPACE LINES
CTRL+5 1.5-LINE SPACING
CTRL+ALT+1 CHANGE TEXT TO HEADING 1
CTRL +ALT+2 CHANGE TEXT TO HEADING 2
CTRL+ALT+3 CHANGE TEXT TO HEADING 3
F1 OPEN HELP
SHIFT+F3 CHANGE CASE OF SELECTED TEXT
SHIFT+INSERT PASTE
F4 REPEAT LAST ACTION
 PERFORMED(WORD 2000+)
F7 SPELL CHECK SELECTED TEXT AND/OR
DOCUMENT
SHIFT+F7 ACTIVATE THE MEASURES
F12 SAVE AS
CTRL+S SAVE
SHIFT+F12 SAVE
ALT+SHIFT+D INSERT THE CURRENT DATE
ALT+SHIFT+T INSERT THE CURRENT DATE
CTRL+W CLOSE DOCUMENT

EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS

F2 EDIT THE SELECTED CELL

F5 GO TO A SPECIFIC CELL
F7 SPELL CHECK SELECTED TEXT AND/OR
DOCUMENT
F11 CREATE CHART
CTRL+SHIFT+; ENTER THE CURRENT TIME
CTRL+; ENTER THE CURRENT DATE
ALT+SHIFT+F1 INSERT NEW WORKSHEET
SHIFT+F3 OPEN THE EXCEL FORMULA WINDOW
SHIFT+F5 BRING UP SEARCH BOX
CTRL+ A SELECT ALL CONTENT OF WORKSHEET
CTRL+ B BOLD HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION
CTRL+ I ITALICIZE HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION
CTRL+ C COPY SELECTED TEXT
CTRL+ V PASTE
CTRL+ D FILL
CTRL+ K INSERT LINK
CTRL+ F OPEN FIND ANDREPLACE OPTIONS
CTRL+ G OPEN GO-TO OPTIONS
CTRL+ H OPEN FIND ANDREPLACE OPTIONS
CTRL+ U UNDERLINE HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION
CTRL+ Y UNDERLINE SELECTED TEXT
CTRL+ 5 STRIKETHROUGH HIGHLIGHTED
SELECTION
CTRL+ O OPEN OPTION
CTRL+ N OPEN NEW DOCUMENT
CTRL+ P OPEN PRINT DIALOG BOX
CTRL+ S SAVE
CTRL+ Z UNDO LAST ACTION
CTRL+ F9 MINIMIZE CURRENT WINDOW
CTRL+ F10 MAXIMIZE CURRENTLY SELECTED
WINDOW
CTRL+ F6 SWITCH BETWEEN OPEN
 WORKBOOK/WINDOWS
CTRL+ PAGE UP & PAGE DOWN MOVE BETWEEN EXCEL WORKSHEET IN
THE SAME DOCUMENT
CTRL+ TAB MOVE BETWEEN TWO OR MORE OPEN
EXCEL FILES
ALT+= CREATE FORMULA TO SUM ALL OF
ABOVE CELLS
CTRL+ ‘ INSERT VALUE OF ABOVE CELL INTO
CURRENT CELL
CTRL+ SHIFT+! FORMAT NUMBER IN COMMA FORMAT
CTRL+ SHIFT+$ FORMAT NUMBER IN CURRENCY FORMAT
CTRL+ SHIFT+# FORMAT NUMBER IN DATE FORMAT
CTRL+ SHIFT+% FORMAT NUMBER IN PERCENTAGE
FORMAT
CTRL+ SHIFT+^ FORMAT NUMBER IN SCIENTIFIC FORMAT
CTRL+ SHIFT+@ FORMAT NUMBER IN TIME FORMAT
CTRL+→ MOVE TO NEXT SECTION OF TEXT
CTRL+SPACE SELECT ENTIRE COLUMN
SHIFT+SPACE SELECT ENTIRE ROW
CTRL+W CLOSE DOCUMENT

OUTLOOK SHORTCUT KEYS

ALT+S SEND THE EMAIL

CTRL+C COPY SELECTEED TEXT
CTRL+X CUT SELECTED TEXT
CTRL+P OPEN PRINT DIALOG BOX
CTRL+K COMPLETE NAME/EMAIL TYPED IN
ADDRESS BAR
CTRL+B BOLD HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION
CTRL+I ITALICIZE HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION
CTRL+U UNDERLINE HIGHLIGHTED SELECTION
CTRL+R REPLY TO AN EMAIL
CTRL+F FORWARD TO AN EMAIL
CTRL+N CREATE A NEW EMAIL
CTRL+SHIFT+A CREATE A NEW APPOINTMENT TO YOUR
CALENDER
CTRL+SHIFT+O OPEN THE OUTBOX
CTRL+SHIFT+I OPEN THE INBOX
CTRL+SHIFT+K ADD A NEW TASK
CTRL+SHIFT+C CREATE A NEW TASK
CTRL+SHIFT+J CREATE A NEW JOURNAL ENTRY