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Keyboard Shortcuts To use, hold down the first key listed, press and release the second key listed, release the first key.
Ctrl + C Copies Highlighted Text
Ctrl + G Gets a Member Profile
Ctrl + K Opens the Keyword Box
Ctrl + I Opens Instant Message
Ctrl + L Locates a Member Online
Ctrl + M Opens New E-Mail
Ctrl + N Opens a Notepad
Ctrl + P Opens the Print Dialogue Box
Ctrl + R Opens Your Mailbox
Ctrl + V Pastes Copied Text
Ctrl + X Cuts Highlighted Text
Ctrl + Y Adds to My Calendar
Ctrl + a Select all text
Ctrl + b bold selected text
Ctrl + c copy selected text
Ctrl + d open font dialog box
Ctrl + e center line
Ctrl + f open find dialog box
Ctrl + g open go to dialog box
Ctrl + h open replace dialog box
Note: case doesn’t matter! These commands work with the letters in either upper or lowercase.
Newsletter Archives November 9, 2003
Question: I am still pretty new to using a computer and, because of that and my arthritis, am having some trouble using the mouse. My granddaughter told me that I can use the keyboard in place of the mouse. What does she mean by this? By the way, I just love the informative emails that you send. Between that and the classes you give at my library, I am learning so much about my computer.
Answer:
She’s referring to what are called Keyboard Shortcuts. Here’s an example: to open the Start menu, you can click on the Start button, bottom left. If you would prefer to use your keyboard instead, find the Windows button. It’s usually on the bottom row of the keyboard, over to the left side, and has that little Windows logo on it. Press it, and you will see that it opens up the Start menu for you.
September 28, 2003
The Windows Key
Take a look at your keyboard - you will notice a key with the Windows logo on it; usually found between your Ctrl and Alt keys.
You might not have paid any attention to this key before; or maybe you wondered what it does. This new key could represent a big improvement in the way you work with your computer because, among other things, it automatically activates the Windows Start menu. Give it a try
Press the Windows key. The Start menu appears. Now you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move up and down the Start menu until you've highlighted
The choice you want; then press Enter. Use your right or left arrow to move into submenus.
Using this key, you can get to any program or recently saved document on your computer, without moving your hands from the keyboard.
August 10, 2003
Display the Context Menu
Right click on just about anything and you will display a context menu. This is a list of commands that you can give to the object you just right clicked on. If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, the context menu can be displayed with Shift F10. Hold down the Shift key, press and release the F10 key, release the Shift key.
August 10, 2003
Closing Windows
Holding down the Alt Key and then pressing F4 will close down the active application.
December 1, 2002 Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are a few Internet Explorer shortcuts that you may find useful.
- To search for a particular word or phrase on a web page just press CTRL + F to open the Find dialog.
- Hold down the shift key when you click a link to have it open in a new window. If you plan on returning to that page, a new window is faster to open and close than backing up through pages.
- Press the Backspace key on your keyboard to go back a page, or press ALT + the Left Arrow. ALT + the Right Arrow goes forward a page, and ALT + Home take you to your home page.
- Press the Spacebar to move down the page one screen length. Hold the shift key down as you press the Spacebar to jump UP the page. Use the Up and Down Arrows to scroll slower.
- In IE 5.5 and above, in most cases you can just type "domain_Name.com" instead of typing the "www" first. IE knows to search for it on the web. Works for most sites, but a few can't be found without the www – that’s a problem with that site and not Internet Explorer.
- Press the F11 key to open your browser into full screen mode. This hides all the other stuff that can get in your way of viewing things. Press it again to leave full screen mode.
- CTRL + O opens the dialog to type in a web address. Useful for full screen mode surfers.
- Right-click the tool bar and select Auto-hide. This hides the tool bar for true full screen surfing. To use the hidden tool bar, just move your mouse to the top edge of the screen. Move your mouse away and it disappears again. (Note: You can do this with your taskbar too, by clicking the Start button, pointing to settings, and clicking Taskbar & Start Menu. Then place a check by the Autohide feature and click Apply.)
- Press the F5 key to reload the page. Press F4 & F5 at the same time to have the page reloaded at the page top instead of wherever you had scrolled to.
- Press the Esc key to stop the current page from loading.
- Press CTRL + N to open the current page in a new window.
- All the usual shortcuts work as well. CTRL + P opens the print dialog, CTRL + A highlights everything on the page, CTRL + C copies what you have highlighted.
- To get a drop-down list of recently-visited pages, click F4.
- To highlight (select) the address, click F6. Then just type in the address of the web page you want to go to.
November 24, 2002
Keyboard Shortcuts
For when you’d rather not use the mouse. To use, hold down the first key listed, press and release the second key listed, release the first key. Try them out!
ALT+SPACEBAR - Displays the System menu for the window you’re in.
CTRL+ESC - Displays the Start button menu
ALT+ Underlined Letter In A Menu Name – Opens the corresponding menu (ex. Alt F opens the File menu in most programs). The underlined letter in a command name on an open menu performs that command (ex S, when the File menu is open, gives the command to save the file)
F10 key - Activates the menu bar. You can then use the Right Arrow or Left Arrow to move to commands to the right or left. When you’re on the one you want, use the down arrow to open the menu and highlight the command you want to use. Press the Enter key to give the command.
F6 key - In Internet Explorer, this highlights the address bar; then just type in the address you want to go to.
August 11, 2002
Starting Programs with Keyboard Shortcuts
The following is a question from a newsletter subscriber:
I have such a hard time using the mouse. Do you know of a computer that I can buy that doesn’t require the use of a mouse?
Answer: Although it would be a good idea to practice the mouse, you will get better at it with practice! - You can give your computer commands with the keyboard instead of with the mouse.
For example, you can open programs in the Start button menu by using your keyboard. To open the menu, press the Windows key (that’s the button on the bottom left of the keyboard with the little Windows logo on it). This will open the menu. Once the menu is opened, you can use the Up Arrow key (bottom right on the keyboard) to maneuver the blue bar to the choice you want (if you’re using Windows XP, you may have to use the right and left arrow keys as well). Once your choice turns blue, press Enter. That will open the next menu or start the program, whichever the case may be.
Using the arrow keys and the Enter key, maneuver through the menus to the program you want. When that program is highlighted, Enter will open it for you.
There are many keyboard shortcuts that will eliminate the need for the mouse; your mouse skills, however, can be practiced and improved with easy to use and fun programs like Solitaire and Paint.
April 22, 2002
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts are quick ways to give commands and replace the longer method of opening and maneuvering through menus to perform the same process.
These shortcuts use the Ctrl key. There is one Ctrl key on each end of the bottom row of the keyboard (only one, usually, if you have a laptop). To use the shortcut, you simply hold down the Ctrl key and press the letter for the shortcut you want. After you have pressed the letter, you can release the Ctrl key.
Some Example of Keyboard Shortcuts
Instead of using the Edit menu commands to copy text, try using keyboard shortcuts instead.
Ctrl & C - Copies data. If you want to copy some text, simply highlight the text, and then use Ctrl+C to copy it to the clipboard.
Ctrl & V - Pastes data. After you have copied the text, click once where you want to put it, and use Ctrl+V to past it in its new location.
Ctrl & X - Cuts data. This works the same as the copy command above, but it removes the text from its original location and places it where you pasted it.
These shortcuts work in all Windows programs.
May 11, 2001
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts can be one of the fastest methods of navigating through menus and opening new windows. By pressing one or more keys to do a certain task, keyboard shortcuts can be used instead of picking a menu option with your mouse.
Keyboard shortcuts appear next to the commands in a menu.
A popular keyboard shortcut to quickly save a file in Windows is Ctrl+S.
Following is a list of some useful keyboard shortcuts:
- Activate the menu bar in programs: F10 or ALT
- Carry out the corresponding command on the menu: ALT + underlined letter in menu
- Close the current window or quit a program: ALT+F4
- Copy the selected item: CTRL+C
- Cut the selected item: CTRL+X
- Paste the selected item: CTRL+V
- Delete the selected item: DELETE
- Undo: CTRL+Z
- Display Help on the selected dialog box item: F1
- Display the current window's system menu: ALT+SPACEBAR
- Display the shortcut menu for the selected item: SHIFT+F10
- Display the Start menu: CTRL+ESC
- Display the system menu for MDI programs: ALT+HYPHEN (-)
- Switch to the window you last used : ALT+TAB |
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