Computer Shortcut Keys List-Microsoft Windows

Shortcut Keys Uses of shortcut keys

Ctrl + Plus Key With the use of these keys, you can adjust the widths of all columns automatically, in
Windows Explorer.

Alt + Enter When you press these keys together it will open the properties tab for the icon or program
you’ve chosen.
Alt + Print Screen Allows you to take a screenshot of the current page.
Ctrl + Alt + Del With the help of these keys, you can Reboot/Windows task manager
Ctrl + Esc These keys allow you to activate the start menu
F4 Its purpose in Windows 95 to XP is to open the locate window.
F5 With the use of this key, you can refresh the contents of your windows system.
F3 With the use of F3, you can find anything from your system’s desktop
Alt + Esc With the help of these keys, you can switch between desktop applications on the taskbar
F2 The F2 key allows you to rename the selected icon
Alt + Shift + Tab It allows you to switch back between ongoing applications
Alt + Tab On a computer, it lets you move between open programs.
When you press the Shift and Delete keys together, your program or files will be deleted
Shift + Delete permanently.
Alt + F4 It is used to close the ongoing program
Ctrl + F4 It’s used to swiftly close a document or a file that’s currently open.

Basic Computer Shortcut Keys A to Z List

Shortcut Keys Uses of shortcut keys
Ctrl + (Right arrow)
Move one item at a time to the right.
Shift + Home Highlights from the current position to the beginning of the line
Alt + F Open file menu choices in the current program
End This command returns the user to the end of the current line.
Ctrl + Ins Used to copy the selected item
Ctrl + V Used to paste the selected item
Ctrl + X Used to cut the selected item
Ctrl + Home This command is used to go to the start of the document
Ctrl + Del Used to cut the selected item
Ctrl + C Used to copy the selected item
Ctrl + A Used to select all text
Shift + Ins Used to paste the selected item
F1 Universal help
Ctrl + (Left arrow)
Move one item at a time to the left.
Home This command returns the user to the beginning of the current line.
Alt + E Open edit menu choices in the current program
Shift + End Highlights from the current position to the end of the line
To get to the end of a document, start at the beginning and work your way to
Ctrl + End
the finish.
Computer Shortcut Keys A to Z List- Ms Excel
Shortcut keys Uses of shortcut keys
Alt + Shift + F1 When you wanna insert new worksheet use these keys together
Shift + F3 With the help of these keys, you can open the MS-Excel formula window
Shift + F5 When you press these keys together it will open the search box
F11 The F11 key is used to create a chart in MS-Excel
Ctrl + Shift +; With the help of these keys, you can enter the current time
Ctrl +; Use these keys together to enter the current date
Ctrl + K When you want to Insert a link, you can use these keys together
Ctrl + F These keys are used to open find and replace options in MS-Excel
Ctrl + G Use these keys together to open go-to options
Ctrl + B When you press these keys together it will bold highlighted selection.
F2 When you want to edit the selected cell using this key
F5 With the help of this key, you can go to a specific cell
F7 With the help of this key, you can check the spell of selected text
Ctrl + I These commands are used to Italicize highlighted selection.
Ctrl + Space Use these keys together to select the entire column
Shift + Space Use these keys together to select the entire row
Ctrl + W Use these keys together to close the document
Ctrl + H Use these keys to open find and replace options
Ctrl + U With help of these keys, you can underline highlighted text.
Ctrl + Y With help of these keys, you can underline highlighted text.
Ctrl + Z With the help of these keys, you can undo the last deleted action
Ctrl + F9 Use these keys to minimize a current window in MS-Excel
Ctrl + F10 Use these keys to maximize the currently selected window in MS-Excel
With the help of these keys, you can move between two or more open MS-
Ctrl + Tab
Excel files
With the help of these keys, you can initiate the formula to add all of the above
Alt + =
cells
With the use of these keys together you can insert the value in the current cell
Ctrl +
from the above cell.
Ctrl + (Right arrow)
With the help of these keys, you can jump on to the next section of text
Ctrl + O Use these keys to open options in MS-Excel
Ctrl + N Use these keys together to open the document in MS-Excel
Ctrl + P Use these keys together to open the print dialog box in MS-Excel
All Computer Shortcut Keys A to Z List-MS Word
Shortcut keys Uses of shortcut keys
Ctrl + X Use these keys together when you want to cut the selected text.
Ctrl + I These commands are used to Italicize highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K When you want to Insert a link, you can use these keys together
Ctrl + N With the help of these keys, you can open a new document.
Ctrl + O Uses these keys when you want to open existing files in ms word.
Ctrl + P These keys are used to open the print window.
Ctrl + F With the help of these keys, you can open the find box.
Ctrl + G With the help of these keys, you can find and replace text.
Ctrl + J These keys are used to justify the alignment of the paragraph
Ctrl + U With help of these keys, you can underline highlighted text.
Ctrl + V With the help of these commands, you can paste copied content.
Ctrl + [ With the help of these keys, you can decrease the selected font by 1
Ctrl + Shift + * With the help of these keys, you can view or hide nonprinting characters
Ctrl + D When you want to open font options use these keys together.
Ctrl + Shift + F With the use of these keys, you can change the font
Ctrl + Shift + > With the help of these keys, you can Increase the selected font by 1
Ctrl + ] With the help of these keys, you can Increase the selected font by 1
Ctrl + B When you press these keys together it will bold highlighted selection.
When you press Ctrl and C together your selected text will be copied, hence it's
Ctrl + C
used to copy selected text
Ctrl + (Left arrow)
Use these keys together when you want to move one word to the left
Ctrl + (Right arrow)
Use these keys together when you want to move one word to the right
These keys are used to delete the whole word which is available right to your
Ctrl + Del
cursor.
These keys are used to delete the whole word which is available left to your
Ctrl + Backspace
cursor.
With the help of these keys, you can move the cursor to the end of the document
Ctrl + End
With the help of these keys, you can move the cursor to the start of the document
Ctrl + Home
When you use these keys together it will Reset highlighted text to the default font
Ctrl + Space
Ctrl + (Up arrow) Use these keys together when you want to move to the start of the line
Ctrl + (Down arrow)
Use these keys together when you want to move to the end of the line
Alt + Shift + D With the help of these keys, you can Insert the current date
Alt + Shift + T With the help of these keys, you can insert the current time
Ctrl + 5 Use these keys together when you want to give 1.5 line spacing
Shift + Insert Use these keys when you want to paste copied content.
F7 Use these keys when you want to check the spell of selected text.
F12 It will open save as a command
Ctrl + S Use these keys together to save your program file
Shift + F12 Use these keys together to save your program file
Ctrl + W Use these keys to close the document
Ctrl + 1 Use these keys together when you want to give single-space in your lines
Ctrl + 2 Use these keys together when you want to give double-space in your lines
Computer Shortcut Keys A to Z List Chart- PowerPoint
Shortcuts Keys Uses of Shortcut Keys
These commands are used to reduce the font size of the selected text by
Ctrl+Shift+<
one size.
CTRL + G With the help of these keys, you can group things together
With the help of these keys, you can create a new slide just after your
Ctrl+M
chosen slide.
Uses these keys together when you want to create a duplicate of your
CTRL + D
current slide.
Use Esc when you want to exit the ongoing slide show and it will redirect
Esc
you to the earlier live view.
Ctrl+K When you want to enter a hyperlink use these keys together.
These commands are used to maximize the font size of the selected text by
Ctrl+Shift+>
one size.
With the help of F5, you can start the presentation from the initial
F5
slide.
These commands are used in a different Powerpoint software window,
Ctrl+N
create a new, blank slide.
 1. Computer Abbreviations for Basic Components
 COMPUTER – Commonly Operated Machine Used for Trade or Technology, Education and Research
 AAC – Advanced Audio Coding
 AI – Artificial Intelligence
 ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
 ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
 ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
 AOL – America Outline
 API – Application Program Interface
 APT – Automatically Programmed Tooling
 ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
 ASP – Active Server Pages
 ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
 AUI – Attachment Unit Interface
 AT – Advanced Technology
 ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 AVI – Audio Video Interleave
 BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
 BASIC – Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
 BPS – Bytes Per Second
 BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
 B HTML – Broadcast Hypertext Markup Language
 BIU – Bus Interface Unit
 BMP – Bitmap
 B2C – Business to Consumer
 B2B – Business to Business
 CUI – Character User Interface
 CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
 CPI – Clock/Cycle Per Instruction
 CC – Carbon Copy
 CAI – Computer-Aided Instruction
 CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
 CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
 COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
 CISC – Complex Instructions Set Computers
 CADD – Computer-Aided Design in Drafting
 CAD – Computer-Aided Design
 CD – Compact Disk
 CD RW – Compact Disk Rewritable
 CMD – Command
 CD ROM – Compact Disk Read Only Memory
 CROM – Computerised Range of Motion
 CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing
 DAT – Digital Audio Tape
 DNA – Distributed Internet Architecture
 DDR – Double Data Rate
 DPI – Dots Per Inch
 DDR-SDRAM – Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
 DML – Data Manipulation Language
 DOS – Disk Operating System
 DOC – Date Optimising Computer
 DHTML – Dynamics Hypertext Markup Language
 Doc – Document
 DVD – Digital Versatile Disk
 DVI -Digital Visual Interface
 DDL – Data Definition Language
 DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
 DBMS – Database Management System
 DVDR – Digital Versatile Disk Recordable
 DVDRW – Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
 DVR – Digital Video Recorder
 DARPANET – Defence Advanced Research Project Agency Network
 E-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
 EDGE – Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution
 EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
 EDP – Electronic Data Processing
 FS – File System
 FTP – File Transfer Protocol
 FORTRAN – Formula Translation
 FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
 FDC – Floppy Disk Controller
 ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
 EDSAC – Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
 EDVAC – Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Compute
 EB – EXAByte
 EiB – EXBIByte
 EROM – Erasable Read-Only Memory
 EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
 EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
 E-Mail – Electronic Mail
 EFS – Encrypted File System
 FAT – Find Allocation Table
 FPS -Frames Per Second
 FLOPS – Floating Point Operations for Second
 FM – Frequency Modulation
 GB – GigaByte
 GiB – GIBIByte
 GIGO – Garbage in Garbage Out
 GHz – Gigahertz
 GIF – Graphics Interchangeable Format
 GDI – Graphical Device Into
 GPRS – General Packet Radio Service
 GUI – Graphical User Interface
 GBPS – Gigabytes/Gigabits Per Second
 3GP – 3rd Generation Project
 3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project
 GML – Geography Markup Language
 GSM – Global System For Mobile Communication
 IBM – International Business Machines
 IC – Integrated Circuit
 IO – Input Output
 IOP – Input Output Processor
 IPV6 – Internet Protocol Version 6
 IPV4 – Internet Protocol Version 4
 IP – Internet Protocol
 INFO – Information
 HDMI – High Definition Multimedia Interface
 HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
 HD – Hard Disk
 HDD – Hard Disk Drive
 HPC – Handheld Personal Computer
 HP – Hewlett Packard/Horsepower
 INTEL – Integrated Electronics
 IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
 ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation
 HSDPA – High-speed Downlink Packet Access
 ICT – Information Communication Technology
 IT – Information Technology
 MIPS – Million Instructions for Second
 MHz – Megahertz
 MBPS – Megabits/Megabytes per Second
 MB – Motherboard/Megabyte
 MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
 LLL – Low-level Language
 Kbps – Kilobits/Kilobytes per Second
 KBD – Keyboard
 KB – Kilobyte
 JSP – Java Server Page
 JS – JavaScript
 JPEG – Joint Photographic Expert Group
 JAD – Job Application Descriptor/Development
 J2EE – Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition
 JAR – Java Archive
 MIME – Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
 MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
 MPEG – Motion Picture Experts Group
 Mp3 – MPEG Audio Layer 3
 Mp4 – MPEG-4 AVC
 NAT – Network Address Translation
 NIC – Network Interface Card
 NIIT – National Institute of Information Technology
 NTP – Network Time Protocol
 NTFS – New Technology File System
 OMR – Optical Mark Reader/Recognition
 OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
 OpenGL – Open Graphics Library
 OSI – Open Systems Interconnection
 PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
 PB – PetaByte
 PiB – PebiByte
 PNG – Portable Network
 PNP – Plug and Play
 PDA – Personal Digital
 PDU – Protocol Data Unit/Power Distribution Unit
 PAN – Personal Area Network
 PROM – Programmable Read-Only Memory
 PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
 POST – Power on Self Test
 PSU – Power Supply Unit
 PING – Packet Internet/Internetwork Groper
 RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
 RIP – Routing Information to Protocol
 RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
 SMPS – Switch Mode Power Supply
 SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
 SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
 SIM – Subscriber Identity Module
 SAM – Software Asset Management/Sequential Access Method
 SNAP – Subnetwork Access Protocol
 SNOBOL – String Oriented Symbolic Language
 SIU – Serial Interface Unit
 SW – Software
 SMS – Short Message Services
 SQL – Structured Query
 TB – Terabyte
 TiB – Tebibyte
 TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
 TBPS – Terabytes Per Second
 TAPI – Telephony Application Programming Interface
 TXT – Text
 UNIVAC – Universal Automatic Computer
 UHF – Ultra High Frequency
 UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
 VAN – Value Added Network
 UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
 UI – User Interface
 VDU – Visual Display Unit
 VIRUS – Vital Information Resource Under Seized
 VCD – Video Compact Disk
 VHF – Very High Frequency
 VOIP – VoiceOver Internet Protocol
 VRAM – Video Random Access Memory
 VPN – Virtual Private Network
 WAN – Wide Area Network
 WAP – Wireless Application Protocol
 WORM – Write Once Read Many
 WWW – World Wide Web
 WBMP – Wireless Bitmap Image
 WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
 WMV – Windows Media Video
 WML – Wireless Markup Language
 WMA – Windows Media Audio
 WINS – Windows Internet Name Service
 XT – Extended Technology
 XMF – Extensible Music File
 XML – Extensible Markup Language
 XMS – Extended Memory Specification
 XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
 XSL – Extensible Style Language
 Yahoo – Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
 YB – Yottabyte
 YiB – Yobibyte
 ZiB – ZebiByte
 ZB – Zetta Byte
3. Computer Short Forms Related to Internet and Network
 DNS – Domain Name Server
 FTP – File Transport Protocol
 HTML – HyperText Markup Language
 HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
 IP – Internet Protocol
 ISP – Internet Service Provider
 LAN – Local Area Network
 PPP – Point to Point Protocol
 SEO – Search Engine Optimisation
 URL -Uniform Resource Locator
 USB – Universal Serial Bus
 VR – Virtual Reality
 VRML – Virtual Reality Mark-up Language