Computer literacy nowadays is a MUST and to be considered a computer literate, one must know how to operate and use the computer per se, as well as Office Apps such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint to the least. Being proficient in these computer apps also goes hand in hand with familiarization on keyboard shortcuts.
Knowing and practicing keyboard shortcuts provide us some benefits that most of us tend to overlook. Practicing keyboard shortcuts helps prevent soreness on wrists, hands, and arms since it practically speed things up on whatever you are doing by saving you those seconds of lifting your hand off the keyboard to reach for the mouse.
In addition, you can get things done faster because these shortcuts will help you navigate some of the functions in those apps especially when there is no mouse present around, and of course, it kind of makes you tech-savvy and cool among your friends and co-workers knowing these tricks.
Below are some of the keyboard shortcuts which ranges from basic to complex actions:
Other basic keyboard shortcuts also include:
- Ctrl + Alt + Del or Windows + L – Lock Computer
- Alt + Tab – change window/ switch between open items
- Window + D – show Desktop
- Window + M – minimize all windows
- Window + E – Show My Computer
- Window + F – Search for a file or folder
- Window + Space Bar – Desktop preview
- Ctrl + Alt + Del – Lock Computer
- Ctrl + F4 – Close active document
- Alt + Esc – Cycle through items open
- Ctrl + Esc – show Start Menu
- F5 – Refresh
- Ctrl + Shift + Esc – Open Task Manager
- Ctrl + Tab – move through tabs
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