Short Keys in MS Word

Shortcut Description

Ctrl + 0 Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + C Copy selected text.

Ctrl + D Open the font preferences window.

Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.

Ctrl + F Open find box.

Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.

Ctrl + K Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl + N Opens new, blank document window.

Ctrl + O Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.

Ctrl + P Open the print window.

Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + S Save the open document. Just like Shift + F12.

Ctrl + T Create a hanging indent.

Ctrl + U Underline the selected text.

Ctrl + V Paste.

Ctrl + W Close the currently open document.

Ctrl + X Cut selected text.

Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl + Z Undo last action.

Ctrl + Shift + L Quickly create a bullet point.

Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font.

Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.

Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1pts.

Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases fon

Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1pts.

Ctrl + / + c Insert a cent sign (¢).

Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where is the character yo

example, if you wanted an accented è you would useCtrl + ‘ + e as yo
Ctrl + ‘ +
key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often
key.

Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters.

Ctrl + Moves one word to the left.

Ctrl + Moves one word to the right.

Ctrl + Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + Moves to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.

Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl + Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines.

Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines.

Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes text to heading 1.

Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes text to heading 2.

Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text to heading 3.

Alt + Ctrl + F2 Open new document.

Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane.

Ctrl + F2 Display the print preview.

Ctrl + Shift + > Increases the selected text size by one.

Ctrl + Shift + < Decreases the selected text size by one.

Ctrl + Shift + F6 Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.

Ctrl + Shift + F12 Prints the document.

F1 Open Help.

F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)

F5 Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.

F7 Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.

F12 Save As.

Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a cap

Shift + F3
the beginning of every word.

Shift + F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.

Shift + F12 Save the open document. Just like Ctrl + S.

Shift + Enter Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.

Shift + Insert Paste.

Shift + Alt + D Insert the current date.

Shift + Alt + T Insert the current time.

Short Keys of Computer with Mouse

Mouse shortcuts Description
Click, hold, and drag Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and le

Double-click If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word.

Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line makes the al

Double-click
the text left, center, or right aligned.

Double-click Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.

Triple-click Selects the line or paragraph of the text that the mouse triple-clicked o

Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zooms in and out of document.

Short Keys in MS Excel

Shortcut Description

F2 Edit the selected cell.

F3 After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.

Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another c
F4
pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.

F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6.

F7 Spell check selected text or document.

F11 Create chart from selected data.

Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time.

Ctrl + ; Enter the current date.

Alt + Shift + F1 Insert New Worksheet.

 While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt + Enter will move to the next line, allow
Alt + Enter
multiple lines of text in one cell.

Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window.

Shift + F5 Bring up search box.

Ctrl + 1 Open the Format Cells window.

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet.

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + K Insert link.

Ctrl + S Save the open worksheet.

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + 1 Change the format of selected cells.

Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection.

Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialog box to begin the printing process.

Ctrl + Z Undo last action.

Ctrl + F3 Open Excel Name Manager.

Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window.

Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window.

Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks or windows.

Ctrl + Page up Move between work sheets in the same document.

Ctrl + Page down Move between work sheets in the same document.

Ctrl + Tab Move between Two or more open Excel files.

Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of the above cells.

Ctrl + ‘ Insert the value of the above cell into the cell currently selected.

Ctrl + Shift + 1 Format number in comma format.

Ctrl + Shift + 4 Format number in currency format.

Ctrl + Shift + 3 Format number in date format.

Ctrl + Shift + 5 Format number in percentage format.

Ctrl + Shift + 6 Format number in scientific format.

Ctrl + Shift + 2 Format number in time format.

Ctrl + Arrow key Move to next section of text.

Ctrl + Space Select entire column.

Shift + Space Select entire row.

Ctrl + – Delete the selected column or row.

Ctrl + Shift + = Insert a new column or row.

Ctrl + Home Move to cell A1.

Ctrl + ~ Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.

Shortcut Keys of Computer

Ctrl+W. Close the active window / document.

Ctrl+Z. Undo an action.

Ctrl+Y. Redo the last action or repeat an action.

Ctrl+S. Save a document.

Ctrl+P. Print a document.

Ctrl+K. Insert a hyperlink.

Alt+Left. Arrow Go back one page.

Alt+Right. Arrow Go forward one page.

Ctrl+C. Copy selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard.

Ctrl+V. Paste the most recent addition to the Office Clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+A. Format all letters as capitals.

Ctrl+B. Applies or removes bold formatting.

Ctrl+I. Applies or removes italic formatting.

Ctrl+=. Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing).

Alt, F, A. Save As.

Alt, S, T, I. Insert Table of Contents.

 Alt, S, T, R. Remove Table of Contents.

Alt, W, F. Full Screen Reading – View > Document Views > Full Screen Reading.

Alt, W, R. Ruler. View > Show/Hide > Ruler.

Alt, F, X. Exit Word.

Fundamental Questions of Computer- 2020

1. is a category of computer hardware. (Input, Output, Storage,
Processing, all of the above)
2. is an important component of microcomputer system.
(Kilobyte, Microprocessor, Megabyte, Byte, None of the above)

3. is not found in P.U.

(ALU, Control Unit, RAM, Processing Register)

4. is a type of impact printers. (Laser, Thermal, Dot-Matrix, Inkjet)

5. program design technique shows program logic. (Flow chart, Logical

Operation, Computer, None of the above)

6. is used as counter in BASIC programs. (A = A+1, A<1, A or 1, None of the

above)

7. characteristic is applied to the third generation of computers. (Integrated

Circuit, Transistor, Vacuum Tubes, All of the above)

8. The most important characteristic of ROM is .

(It performs mathematical calculation, it is volatile, it is non – volatile, None of the above)

9. statement is used to transfer the control of program conditionally.

(GOTO, ON GOTO, END, All of the above)

10. Disk operating system is abbreviated as . (DOS, DS, OS, None of above)

11. is an example of integer data. (HASAN, D-143, 143, all of the above)

12. High level languages were designed in . (Laboratory, Third generation,

Computers, New York)

13. is a high level language. (BASIC, BESIK, BACIK, BESIC)

 14. Binary number system has .

(Ten digits (0,9), Three digits (-1,0,1), One digit (1), Two digits (0,1))

15. LET statement is .

(Optional statement, Assigning statement, Used for expression assignment, all of the above)

16. DATA statement is .

(Executable statement, Non-executable statement, Optional statement, None of the above)

17. BASIC stands for .

(Basic All-purpose Symbolic Instructon Code, Beginners Assembly Symbols Instruction Code,
Basic All Standards In COBOL, Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

18. When using READ statement, it must to provide .

(PRINT statement, RESTORE statement, INPUT statement, None of above)

19. ANSI stands for .

(All New Small Integration, A National Small Institute, American National Standard Institute,
None of the above)

20.Sign of exclamation is . (!, :, I, %)

21. The example of random access storage media is . (Floppy disk drive, Hard disk
drive, Tape unit, 51/4’’ floppy disk)

22. The type of memory whose contents can not be changed is .

(ROM, RAM, Cache, EAPROM)

23. The command to see the contents of a disk is .

(DIR, CD, MD, TYPE)

24. DISKCOPY command can format the destination disk . (Before copying, after
copying, can not format, format while copying)

25. TYPE command is used to .

(To see the contents of a file, Chage the type of a file, make a sub directory, Type a file in the
computer)

26. Each statement of BASIC must have a . (Function, Statement number, Program
name, File name)
 27. The command to create a sub-directory is . (DIR, CD, MD, APPEND)

28. TAB () function is used to .

(Print, Display, Print and Display, None of the above)

MS Office MCQs
Types of software programs usually includes
1. application programs
2. replicate programs
3. mathematical operations
4. both a and b
ANS D
MCQ: Set of programs with full set of documentation is considered as
1. database packages
2. file package
3. software
4. software packages
ANS D
MCQ: Specialized program that allows users to utilize in specific application is classified as
1. relative programs
2. application programs
3. relative programs
4. replicate programs
ANS B
MCQ: Programs used to control system performance are classified as
1. experimental programs
2. system programs
3. specialized program
4. organized programs
ANS B
MCQ: System programs examples includes
1. operating system of computer
2. trace program
3. compiler
4. all of above
ANS D
Program which is readily available to computer users as part of software package is
classified as
1. library program
2. program library
3. software library
4. directory library
ANS A
MCQ: Process to exit from computer by giving correct instructions such as ‘EXIT’ is classified as
1. log in
2. process out
 3. process in
4. log out
ANS D
MCQ: Set of software authorized to specific users is considered as
1. software library
2. program library
3. directory library
4. library package
ANS B
MCQ: Function of running and loading programs and usage of peripherals is function of
1. operating system
2. enquiry system
3. dump programs
4. function system
ANS A
MCQ: If program can cope data errors, program is called
1. robust
2. reliable
3. unreliable
4. stable functioning
ANS A
MCQ: Commercial organization specializing preparation and design of software package is
classified as
1. library house
2. software houses
3. program houses
4. directory houses
ANS B
MCQ: Programs are fully tested and documented properly before including it into
1. library
2. directory
3. package
4. database
ANS A
MCQ: Program which is used to produce pictures and text and to organize it in newspaper is
classified as
1. text publishing package
2. desktop publishing package
3. experimental package
4. organizing publishing package
ANS B
MCQ: Several programs run at same time and storage is shared especially in
1. microcomputers
2. mainframe computers
3. enquiry computers
4. dump computers
ANS B
MCQ: Program which exactly perform operations that manual says is classified as
 1. unreliable
2. stable functioning
3. robust
4. reliable
ANS D
Special set of characters that computer associates with specific user identification is classified
as
1. password
2. identity code
3. enquiry code
4. dump code
ANS A
MCQ: System program which performs one simple task is classified as
1. utility programs
2. function program
3. compiling program
4. enquiry program
ANS A
MCQ: Record of programs recorded as they run is classified as
1. producing a log
2. producing enquiry
3. producing dump programs
1. producing system functions
ANS A
MCQ: Program provides users with grid of rows and columns is classified as
1. spreadsheet
2. column grid
3. rows grid
4. reliability grid
ANS A
MCQ: Program packages that allows program users to design data files and select information
are called
1. file management
2. file enquiry
3. database package
4. all of above
ANS D
Collection of useful working routines and programs and is only available to users with
authorization is classified as
1. directory library
2. library package
3. program library
4. software library
ANS C
MCQ: Programs written by programmer to help computer users are considered as
1. software
2. software packages
3. database packages
4. file package
ANS A
MCQ: Set of software is held central by
1. computer installation
2. computer software
3. library files
4. directory files
ANS A
MCQ: Program used to transfer contents onto a printer from VDU screen is classified as
1. utility dump
2. screen dump
3. function dump
4. enquiry dump
ANS B
MCQ: In microcomputers, operating system is usually stored on
1. random access memory
2. read only memory
3. permanent memory
4. temporary memory
ANS B
System software’s are supplied by the
1. text slots
2. payroll programmers
3. manufacturer
4. enquiry programmers
ANS C
MCQ: Slots in spreadsheet that can be copied to other slots are classified as
1. relative slots
2. replicate slots
3. complicate slots
4. column slots
ANS B
MCQ: Process of gaining access to a computer by giving correct user identification is classified
as
1. process in
2. log out
3. log in
4. process out
ANS C
MCQ: Typing of words on keyboard to drive program with help of
1. menu
2. command
3. function words
4. editor
ANS B
MCQ: Library program may comes from
1. computer manufacturer
2. within computer installation
3. software houses
 4. all of above
ANS D
Program produces experimental results for biologist research is classified as
1. specialized program
2. systematic programs
3. organized programs
4. experimental programs
ANS A
MCQ: Number and name system uses to identify user is called
1. user identification
2. operating identification
3. system identification
4. temporary identification
ANS A
MCQ: Slots in spreadsheet whose formula is not exactly copied are classified as
1. complicate slots
2. column slots
3. relative slots
4. replicate slots
ANS C
MCQ: Application program example includes
1. payroll program
2. desktop program
3. publishing program
4. editing program
ANS A
MCQ: Process of checking software suitability for any particular application is classified as
1. evaluation of software
2. checking of software
3. directory of software
4. database of software
ANS A
Software which controls general operations of computer system is classified as
1. dump programs
2. function system
3. operating system
4. enquiry system
ANS C
MCQ: Application program used with all documentation is considered
1. applications package
2. replicate programs
3. application programs
4. systems programs
ANS A
1. System software is classified into

1. Operating system
2. Language processor
3. Both (a) and (b)
 4. None of these
ANS C
2. Which one of the following is not a type of a language processor?

1. Compiler
2. Interpreter
3. Application software
4. Assembler
ANS C
3. Which one of the following utilities is used to store duplicate or multiple copies of important
files?

1. Antivirus
2. Disk defragmenter
3. Compression utility
4. Backup utility
ANS D
4. Which one of the following software is developed according to the user requirement?

1. Operating system
2. System software
3. Customized software
4. Language processor
ANS C
5. Which of the following language uses only numbers such as 0s and 1s?

1. First generation language

2. Second generation language
3. Third generation language
4. Fourth generation language
ANS A
6. The assembly language uses symbols instead of numbers which are known as

1. Compiler
2. Mnemonics
3. Interpreter
4. All of these
ANS B