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List of Control Key Shortcuts

The document lists many keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Excel, and Word. It provides over 50 shortcuts for Windows, over 30 for Excel, and over 30 for Word. The shortcuts cover functions like copying, pasting, formatting text, opening and closing programs, switching between tabs and windows, and more.

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List of Control Key Shortcuts

The document lists many keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Excel, and Word. It provides over 50 shortcuts for Windows, over 30 for Excel, and over 30 for Word. The shortcuts cover functions like copying, pasting, formatting text, opening and closing programs, switching between tabs and windows, and more.

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LIST OF CONTROL KEY SHORTCUTS

Ctrl+A These two keys will select all text or other objects.
Ctrl+B Bold highlighted text.
Ctrl+C Copy any selected text or another object.
Ctrl+D Bookmark an open web page or open font window in Microsoft Word.
Ctrl+E Center text.
Ctrl+F Open find window.
Ctrl+G Open Find in a browser and word processors.
Ctrl+H Open the Find and Replace in Notepad, Microsoft Word, and WordPad
Ctrl+I Italicize text.
Ctrl+J View downloads in browsers and set justify alignment in Microsoft Word.
Ctrl+K Create a hyperlink for the highlighted text in Microsoft Word and many
HTML editors.
Ctrl+L Select address bar in a browser or left align text in a word processor.
Ctrl+M Indent selected text in word processors and other programs.
Ctrl+N Create a new page or document.
Ctrl+O Open a file in most programs.
Ctrl+P Open a print window to print the page you're viewing.
Ctrl+R Reload page in browser or right align text in a word processor.
Ctrl+S Save the document or file.
Ctrl+T Create a new tab in an Internet browser or adjust tabs in word processors.
Ctrl+U Underline selected text.
Ctrl+V Paste any text or another object that has been copied.
Ctrl+W Close open tab in a browser or close a document in Word.
Ctrl+X Cut selected text or another object.
Ctrl+Y These keys will redo any undo action.
Ctrl+End Moves cursor to the end of a document instead of end of the line.
Ctrl+Z Pressing these two keys will undo any action.
Ctrl+Esc Open the Windows Start Menu.
Ctrl+Tab Switch between open tabs in browsers or other tabbed programs.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab will go backwards (right to left).
Windows key → Open or close Start Menu.
Windows key + A → Open Action center.
Windows key + C → Open Cortana in listening mode.
Windows key + D → Display or hide the desktop.
Windows key + E → Open File Explorer.
Windows key + G → Open Game bar when a game is open.
Windows key + H → Open the Share charm.
Windows key + I → Open Settings.
Windows key + K → Open the Connect quick action.
Windows key + L → Lock your PC or switch accounts.
Windows key + M → Minimize all windows.
Windows key + R → Open Run dialog box.
Windows key + S → Open Search.
Windows key + U → Open Ease of Access Center.
Windows key + X → Open Quick Link menu.
Windows key + Number → Open the app pinned to the taskbar in the position
indicated by the number.
Windows key + Left arrow key → Snap app windows left.
Windows key + Right arrow key → Snap app windows right.
Windows key + Up arrow key → Maximize app windows.
Windows key + Down arrow key → Minimize app windows.
Windows key + Comma → Temporarily peek at the desktop.
Windows key + Ctrl + D → Add a virtual desktop.
Windows key + Ctrl + Left or Right arrow → Switch between virtual desktops.
Windows key + Ctrl + F4 → Close current virtual desktop.
Windows key + Enter → Open Narrator.
Windows key + Home → Minimize all but the active desktop window (restores all
windows on second stroke).
Windows key + PrtScn → Capture a screenshot and save in Screenshots folder.
Windows key + Shift + Up arrow → Stretch the desktop window to the top and
bottom of the screen.
Windows key + Tab → Open Task view.
Windows key + "+" key → Zoom in using the magnifier.
Windows key + "-" key → Zoom out using the magnifier.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc → Open Task Manager.
Alt + Tab → Switch between open apps.
Alt + Left arrow key → Go back.
Alt + Right arrow key → Go forward.
Alt + Page Up → Move up one screen.
Alt + Page down → Move down one screen.
Ctrl + Alt +Tab → View open apps
Ctrl + C → Copy selected items to clipboard.
Ctrl + X → Cut selected items.
Ctrl + V → Paste content from clipboard.
Ctrl + A → Select all content.
Ctrl + Z → Undo an action.
Ctrl + Y → Redo an action.
Ctrl + D → Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin.
Ctrl + Esc → Open the Start Menu.
Ctrl + Shift → Switch the keyboard layout.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc → Open Task Manager.
Ctrl + F4 → Close the active window
EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS

 F2 – Edit the selected cell


 F5 – Go to a specific cell
 F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
 F11 – Create a chart
 Ctrl + Shift + ; – Enter the current time
 Ctrl + ; – Enter the current date
 Alt + Shift + F1 – Insert a new worksheet
 Shift + F3 – Open the Excel formula window
 Shift + F5 – Bring up the search box
 Ctrl + A – Select all contents of a 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 and replace options
 Ctrl + G – Open go-to options
 Ctrl + H – Open find and replace options
 Ctrl + U – Underline highlighted selection
 Ctrl + Y – Underline selected text
 Ctrl + 5 – Strikethrough highlighted selection
 Ctrl + N – Create a new workbook
 Ctrl + P – Open a print dialog box
 Ctrl + S – Save the changes
 Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
 Ctrl + F9 – Minimize the current window
 Ctrl + F10 – Maximize the currently selected window
 Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open workbooks/windows
 Ctrl + Page up & Page Down – Move between Excel worksheets in the same
document
 Ctrl + Tab – Move between two or more open Excel files
 Alt + = – Create the formula to sum all of the above cells
 Ctrl + – Insert the value of the above cell into the current cell
 Ctrl + Shift + ! – To format number in comma format
 Ctrl + Shift + $ – To format number in currency format
 Ctrl + Shift + # – To format number in date format
 Ctrl + Shift + % – To format number in percentage format
 Ctrl + Shift + ^ – To format number in scientific format
 Ctrl + Shift + @ – To format number in time format
 Ctrl + (Right arrow) – Move to the next section of text
 Ctrl + Space – Select an entire column
 Shift + Space – Select an entire row
 Ctrl + W – Close the document
Word shortcut keys
 Ctrl + A – Select all contents of the page
 Ctrl + B – Bold the highlighted selection
 Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
 Ctrl + X – Cut selected text
 Ctrl + N – Open a new or blank document
 Ctrl + O – Open options
 Ctrl + P – Open the print window
 Ctrl + F – Open find box to search text within the document
 Ctrl + I – Italicise the highlighted selection
 Ctrl + K – Insert a link
 Ctrl + U – Underline the highlighted selection
 Ctrl + V – Paste the copied data
 Ctrl + Y – Redo the last action performed
 Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
 Ctrl + G – Find and replace options
 Ctrl + H – Find and replace options
 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 text or line to the right
 Ctrl + M – Indent the paragraph
 Ctrl + T – Hanging indent
 Ctrl + D – Font options
 Ctrl + Shift + F – Change the font
 Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase selected font +1
 Ctrl + ] – Increase selected font +1
 Ctrl + [ – Decrease selected font -1
 Ctrl + Shift + * – View or hide non printing characters.
 Ctrl + (Left arrow) – Move one word to the left
 Ctrl + (Right arrow) – Move one word to the right
 Ctrl + (Up arrow) – Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
 Ctrl + (Down arrow) – Move to the end of the paragraph
 Ctrl + Del – Delete the word to the right of the cursor
 Ctrl + Backspace – Delete the word to the left of the cursor
 Ctrl + End – Move cursor to end of the document
 Ctrl + Home – Move the cursor to the beginning of the document
 Ctrl + Space – Reset highlighted text to the default font
 Ctrl + 1 – Add single-space lines
 Ctrl + 2 – Add double-space lines
 Ctrl + 5 – Add a 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 the help function
 Shift + F3 – Change case of selected text
 Shift + Insert – Paste
 F4 – Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
 F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
 Shift + F7 – Activate the thesaurus
 F12 – Save as
 Ctrl + S – Save
 Shift + F12 – Save
 Alt + Shift + D – Insert the current date
 Alt + Shift + T – Insert the current time
 Ctrl + W – Close document

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