KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS
Shortcut keys are considered as an easy way to give commands to all the software of the computer because with the help of them we can easily give any command or else we have to do many mouse clicks for that task.
Often, Ctrl, Shift key is used along with Alt key to run shortcut keys in Windows computer, whereas in Apple computer, Ctrl, Shift key is used along with command key. To find shortcut keys that are most commonly used in the Windows operating system, we can look next to that menu.
Basic PC shortcut keys
A list of some commonly used shortcut keys is given below which will work with almost any IBM computer and their software. All computer users should try to remember all these keys because these shortcut keys will increase productivity dramatically.
Shortcut Keys | Description |
Alt + F | File menu option of the current program. |
Alt + E | Edit the menu option of the current program. |
Alt + Tab | Switch between open programs |
F1 | Opening of support option in almost every Windows program |
F2 | Rename Selected File |
F5 | Refresh the current program window |
Ctrl+N | Create a new file in the current program |
Ctrl+O | Open a dialog box to open a file already created in the current program |
Ctrl+A | Select all text |
Ctrl+B | Bolding Selected Text |
Ctrl+I | Italicizing selected text |
Ctrl+U | Underline selected text |
Ctrl+F | Open the Find dialog box in the current program |
Ctrl+S | Save current file |
Ctrl+X | Cut selected text |
Ctrl+C | Paste the selected text |
Ctrl+Ins | Copying selected text |
Ctrl+V | Paste the data present in the clipboard |
Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action |
Ctrl+Z | Undo the last action |
Ctrl+K | Enter a hyperlink for the selected text |
Ctrl+P | Print the current page or document. |
Home | Go to start of the current line |
Ctrl+Home | Go to the start of the current document |
End | Go to the end of the current line |
Ctrl+End | End of the current document |
Ctrl+Esc | Jumpstart menu |
Ctrl+Shift+Esc | Opening windows task manager |
Alt + F4 | Shutdown current active program |
Alt + Enter | Open the property window for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.) |
PC shortcut keys for Special Characters
Many special characters can be created by keyboard shortcuts. Below are some popular characters and keyboard shortcuts to create them.
Shortcut Keys | Special Character |
Alt+0224 | at |
Alt+0232 | is |
Alt+0236 | ì |
Alt+0242 | ò |
Alt+0241 | ñ |
Alt+0228 | ä |
Alt+0246 | ö |
Alt+0252 | ü |
Alt+0248 | ø |
Alt+0223 | ß |
Alt+0198 | Æ |
Alt+0231 | ç |
Alt+0191 | ¿ |
Alt+0176 | ° (degree symbol) |
Alt+0177 | ± (plus / minus symbol) |
Alt+0153 | ™ |
Alt+0169 | © |
Alt+0174 | ® |
Alt+0128 | € (Euro currency) |
Alt+0162 | ¢ (Cent symbol) |
Alt+0163 | £ (British Pound currency) |
Alt+0165 | ¥ (Japanese Yen currency) |
