The Best Windows Keyword Board Shortcuts

Windows keyboard shortcuts can be a real time saver, so I've collected together the best ones that I use all the time. Now let's speed up how you work and wow your friends just by pressing two keys together at the same time! Personally, I blame the lack of keyboard shortcut awareness on the Mouse. Highlighting, right clicking, copying and pasting with countless clicks isn't fast or efficient, no matter how quickly you can click. Although the humble mouse did help to make computers accessible to the masses. So while touch screen technology may well take over from the traditional clackety keyboard, it still has a few tricks up its sleeve... especially when your mouse or touch pad has stopped working and you need to navigate a screen to solve the problem! Copy and Paste Combos These are the keyboard shortcuts everyone learns, so if you don't know them, it's essential that you do. These will save you massive amounts of time which you'd otherwise waste highlighting, right clicking, copying, right clicking and pasting with a Mouse. Ctrl and X will cut, transferring whatever you have selected to the clipboard and removing it from its original location. Ctrl and C will copy whatever you have selected without removing the original, this is what I'd recommend as it's safer - if you don't want something you can always just delete it later. Ctrl and V will paste the contents of the clipboard into the currently selected window. The great thing about these particular commands is that they work in most applications so you can use them to move images, text or even your files and folders. Also they work between applications, so as an example you could copy a picture or text from a webpage then paste it into a document or email. I'm also an avid user of Ctrl and S, which automatically saves whatever you've just changed in a document. In fact, I seem to do it after every small change, which is a real like saver when your PC or the program you're using crashes. Windows Key Located bottom left of your keyboard is the Windows Key with its familiar Windows 'panes' logo. Press it once to launch the Start Menu and use the Cursor Keys to navigate the menus and use the Enter Key to launch applications. Hold down the Windows Key and use the left and right Cursor Keys to scroll through the windows you currently have open. Alternatively, hold down the Windows Key and press numbers 1 through to 9 to quickly access applications pinned to the Taskbar. So let's say that Internet Explorer is the first shortcut pinned to your Taskbar, you could launch this by holding down the Windows Key and pressing the 1 Key. And quickly clear everything on your screen, you can also hold down the Windows Key and press D. Simply press it again to bring everything back. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7395012