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The most common keyboard shortcut keys in windows PCs: Part 1

The most common keyboard shortcut keys in windows PCs: Part 1

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Thank you for visiting this page. I decided to post these helpful topic in order for everybody to understand the common keyboard shortcut keys on the PCs running Windows Operating System! The advantage of the keyboard shortcuts is simply that they help us accomplish different tasks quickly. These keyboard shortcut keys can be used when you are working with files and folders in the windows explorer or in different application programs.

Key(s) Action(s)
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+Y Repeat/Redo
Ctrl+X Cut text, graphics, file, folder, etc.
Ctrl+C Copy text, graphics, file, folder, etc.
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+Left Arrow Move the cursor/Insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the Insertion point to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl+Up Arrow Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl+Down Arrow Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl+Drag an item Copy the respective item
Ctrl+Shift+Drag an item Delete an item permanently without sending it on the Recycle bin
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow Select/highlight a block of text to the right-hand side of the insertion point
Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow Select/highlight a block of text to the left-hand side of the insertion point
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow Highlight one line of text upwards
Ctrl+Shift+Downwards Highlight one line of text downwards
Ctrl+Esc Display start menu
Ctrl+N Start a new file in the application program e.g. Excel, Word processing, Presentation, etc.
Ctrl+O Open an existing file in the Application Software
Ctrl+A Highlight or select all (text, objects, etc.)
Ctrl+P Print the current document
Ctrl+Tab Move forward from one Tab to another on the dialog box
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Move backward from one Tab to another on the dialog box
Ctrl+Windows
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