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Laptop Users Most Commonly Used Keyboard Shortcuts – Common Keyboard Shortcuts For Laptop Users
When you are using a laptop, and you don’t have a USB mouse hooked up, one thing that you should consider is using keyboard shortcuts to get things done a little more quickly. Often times it can cut the time in half that it takes to do something on your laptop without a mouse. Below is list of the most commonly used shortcuts that we suggest everyone get to know and use:
(To use any of these combination’s you have to remember to hold the Ctrl, Alt, or Shift key down and strike the letter key)
| Ctrl + C | Copies the Selection to the clipboard | Ctrl + V | Paste – Inserts the content of the clipboard |
| Ctrl + X | Cut – Removes the selection from the active document and places it on the clipboard | Ctrl + N | Opens a new Word document |
| Ctrl + S or F12 | Saves the active document | Ctrl + F | Find – to search for specific text in an active document |
| Ctrl + P | Prints the active document | Ctrl + O | To open a previously saved document |
| Ctrl + A | Selects all text and graphics in the active window | Ctrl + W | Closes the active window but does not exit word |
| Ctrl + B | Bold – formats the selected text to bold or to remove bold | Ctrl + Z | Undo the last action, can be repeated several times |
| Ctrl + I | Italic – formats the selected text to italic or to remove italic | Ctrl + U | Underline – formats the selected text to underline or to remove underline |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo – after an action has been undone it can be reinstated to the document | Alt + F4 | Exit – closes Microsoft Word |
| Alt + Tab | Quickly switch between open programs | F1 | Opens Word Help |
| Ctrl + left arrow/right arrow | Moves the cursor one word at a time | Ctrl + Home/End | Moves the cursor to the beginning or the end of a document |
| For Highlighting Text: | |||
| Shift + left arrow/right arrow | Highlights one character to the left or right | Ctrl + Shift + left arrow/right arrow | Highlights an entire work from the beginning or the end |
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