Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts

Overview: 

Keyboard shortcuts are useful tools that can help you perform common tasks more quickly and efficiently. This guide provides a list of helpful keyboard shortcuts to improve your productivity, covering general computer use, text editing, web browsing, taking screenshots, and window management.

Instructions: 

Quickly Lock Your Computer

  • Windows Key + L: Lock your computer screen. This is a quick way to secure your computer when you need to step away briefly.

Text-Editing Time-Savers

These shortcuts help you navigate and edit text more efficiently:

  • Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow: Move the text cursor to the next separator character (e.g., space, period). Holding Shift while doing this selects the text as you move.
  • Ctrl + Backspace: Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
  • Ctrl + Del: Delete the word to the right of the cursor.
  • Ctrl + I: Italicize selected text.
  • Ctrl + B: Bold selected text.

Web Browser Power User Shortcuts

These shortcuts are useful for navigating and managing browser tabs in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge:

  • Ctrl + T: Open a new browser tab.
  • Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen the last closed tab.
  • Ctrl + W: Close the currently open tab.
  • Ctrl + Tab: Move to the next tab.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Move to the previous tab.
  • Ctrl + 1-8: Jump to tabs 1 through 8. Ctrl + 9 jumps to the last tab on the tab bar.
  • Ctrl + L: Highlight the URL bar for quick navigation.

Taking Screenshots the Easy Way

To capture a part of your screen:

  • Windows Key + Shift + S: Open Snip & Sketch, allowing you to select a specific area of the screen to capture. The captured image is saved to your clipboard for easy pasting.

Using Tiling for Efficient Window Management

These shortcuts help you organize open windows on your screen:

  • Windows Key + Left Arrow: Dock the current window to the left half of the screen.
  • Windows Key + Right Arrow: Dock the current window to the right half of the screen.

These keyboard shortcuts should help you save time and improve your workflow. If you need further assistance or additional shortcuts, contact your IT support team for more information.

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