Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Windows Shortcuts - 1

Few shortcuts used frequently in Windows...

1. Ctrl + Shift + A All Caps Makes the selection all capitals (toggle)

2. Alt + Ctrl + 1 ApplyHeading1 Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text
3. Alt + Ctrl + 2 ApplyHeading2 Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text
4. Alt + Ctrl + 3 ApplyHeading3 Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text
5. Ctrl + Shift + L Apply List Bullet Applies List Bullet style to the selected text
6. Alt + F10 App Maximize Enlarges the application window to full size
7. Alt + F5 App Restore Restores the application window to normal size
8. Ctrl+B Bold Makes the selection bold (toggle)
9. Ctrl + PgDn Browse Next Jump to the next browse object
10. Ctrl + PgUp Browse Previous Jump to the previous browse object
11. Alt + Ctrl + Home Browse Select Select the next/prev browse object
12. Esc Cancel Terminates an action
13. Ctrl+E Center Paragraph Centers the paragraph between the indents
14. Shift+F3 Change Case Changes the case of the letters in the selection
15. Left arrow Character Left Moves the insertion point to the left one character
16. Shift + Left arrow Character Left Extend Extends the selection to the left one character
17. Right arrow Character Right Moves the insertion point to the right one character
18. Shift + Right arrow Character Right Extend Extends the selection to the right one character
19. Alt + Shift + C Close Pane Closes the active window pane (if you are in Normal View and have, for example, the Footnote pane open)
20. Alt+Drag (or press Ctrl + Shift + F8 and drag, but Alt + Drag is far easier!) Column Select Selects a columnar block of text
21. Ctrl +Shift+C Copy Format Copies the formatting of the selection
22. Shift + F2 Copy Text Makes a copy of the selection without using the clipboard (press Return to paste)
23. Alt + F3 Create AutoText Adds an AutoText entry to the active template
24. Ctrl+ Backspace Delete Back Word Deletes the previous word without putting it on the Clipboard
25. Ctrl + Del Delete Word Deletes the next word without putting it on the Clipboard
26. Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 Document Close Prompts to save the document and then closes the active window. (But doesn't intercept the menu command)
27. Ctrl + F10 Document Maximize Enlarges the active window to full size
28. Ctrl + F7 Document Move Changes the position of the active window
29. Ctrl + F5 Document Restore Restores the window to normal size
30. Ctrl + F8 Document Size Changes the size of the active window
31. Alt + Ctrl + S Document Split Splits the active window horizontally and then adjusts the split
32. Alt + Shift + F9 Do Field Click Executes the action associated with macro button fields
33. Ctrl + Shift + D Double Underline Double underlines the selection (toggle)
34. Alt R, G Draw Group Groups the selected drawing objects
35. Alt R, I Draw Snap To Grid Sets up a grid for aligning drawing objects
36. Alt R, U Draw Ungroup Ungroups the selected group of drawing objects
37. Ctrl+Shift+F5 (Or: Alt I, K) Edit Bookmark Brings up the bookmark dialog
38. Del Edit Clear Performs a forward delete or removes the selection without putting it on the Clipboard
39. Ctrl+C Edit Copy Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard
40. Ctrl+X Edit Cut Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard
41. Ctrl+F Edit Find Finds the specified text or the specified formatting
42. F5, Ctrl+G Edit Go To Jumps to a specified place in the active document
43. Alt E, K Edit Links Allows links to be viewed, updated, opened, or removed
44. Ctrl+V Edit Paste Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point
45. Alt E, S Edit Paste Special Inserts the Clipboard contents as a linked object, embedded object, or other format
46. Alt + Shift + Backspc Edit Redo Redoes the last action that was undone
47. F4 Edit Redo Or Repeat Repeats the last command, or redoes the last action that was undone (unfortunately, doesn't work for as many commands in Word 2000 as in Word 97 and below, but this is still one of Word's most useful shortcuts, if not the most useful)
48. Ctrl+H Edit Replace Finds the specified text or the specified formatting and replaces it
49. Ctrl+A Edit Select All Selects the entire document
50. Ctrl+Z Edit Undo Reverses the last action
51. Alt + PageDn (to select to end of column, use Alt + Shift + PgDn)
End Of Column Moves to the last cell in the current table column
52. Ctrl+Shift+End End Of Document Extend Extends the selection to the end of the last line of the document
53. Ctrl+End End Of Document Moves the insertion point to the end of the last line of the document
54. End End Of Line Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line
55. Shift+End End Of Line Extend Extends the selection to the end of the current line
56. Alt+End End Of Row Moves to the last cell in the current row
57. Alt + Ctrl + PgDn End Of Window Moves the insertion point to the end of the last visible line on the screen
58. Shift + Alt + Ctrl + PgDn End Of Window Extend Extends the selection to the end of the last visible line on the screen
59. F8 (press Esc to turn off) Extend Selection Turns on extend selection mode and then expands the selection with the direction keys
60. Alt + F4 (<9>) File Close Or Exit Closes the current document, or if no documents are open, quits Word. Horrible command, as it makes it a long winded business to quit Word. But there's a simple solution - assign Alt+F4 to FileExit instead.
61. Alt + F4 (Word 97) File Exit Quits Microsoft Word and prompts to save the documents (does intercept the menu item, but not the keyboard shortcut, or the x button. An AutoExit macro is usually a better way of intercepting this).
62. Ctrl+N File New Default Creates a new document based on the Normal template.
63. Ctrl+O File Open Opens an existing document or template
64. Alt F, U File Page Setup Changes the page setup of the selected sections
65. Ctrl + P File Print Prints the active document (brings up the dialog)
66. Ctrl+F2 File Print Preview Displays full pages as they will be printed
67. Alt F, I File Properties Shows the properties of the active document
68. Ctrl+S File Save File Save
69. Alt F, A (or F12) File SaveAs Saves a copy of the document in a separate file (brings up the dialog)
70. Ctrl+Shift+F Font Activates the Fonts listbox on the formatting toolbar
71. Ctrl+Shift+P Font Size Select Activates the Font Size drop-down on the formatting toolbar
72. Alt + Ctrl + K Format AutoFormat Automatically formats a document (or sometimes, automatically screws it up)
73. Alt O, B Format Borders And Shading Changes the borders and shading of the selected paragraphs, table cells, and pictures
74. Alt O, E Format Change Case Changes the case of the letters in the selection
75. Alt O, C Format Columns Changes the column format of the selected sections (brings up the dialog)
76. Alt O, D Format Drop Caps Formats the first character of current paragraph as a dropped capital (must select it first)
77. Ctrl+D Format Font Brings up the Format + Font dialog
78. Alt + Shift + R Format Header Footer Link Links the current header/footer to the previous section (but does not intercept the button on the Header Footer toolbar)
79. Alt O, P Format Paragraph Brings up the Format Paragraph dialog
80. Alt O, S Format Style Applies, creates, or modifies styles
81. Alt O, T Format Tabs Brings up the Format Tabs dialog
82. Shift + F5 Go Back Returns to the previous insertion point (goes back to up to 3 points, then returns to where you started; this is one of the most useful shortcuts of them all. Also useful when opening a document, if you want to g straight to where you were last editing it)
83. Ctrl + > Grow Font Increases the font size of the selection
84. Ctrl + ] Grow Font One Point Increases the font size of the selection by one point
85. Ctrl + T (or drag the ruler) Hanging Indent Increases the hanging indent
86. F1 Help Microsoft Word Help
87. Shift + F1 Help Tool Lets you get help on a command or screen region or examine text properties
88. Ctrl + Shift + H Hidden Makes the selection hidden text (toggle)
89. Ctrl +Click on it Hyperlink Open Connect to a hyperlink's address
90. Ctrl + M (or drag the ruler) Indent Moves the left indent to the next tab stop
91. Alt + Ctrl + M (or Alt I, M) Insert Annotation Inserts a comment
92. F3 Insert AutoText Replaces the name of the AutoText entry with its contents
93. Alt I, B Insert Break Ends a page, column, or section at the insertion point
94. Alt I, C Insert Caption Inserts a caption above or below a selected object
95. Ctrl + Shift + Return Insert Column Break Inserts a column break at the insertion point
96. Alt + Shift + D Insert Date Field Inserts a date field
97. Alt + Ctrl + D Insert End note Now Inserts an endnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the dialog
98. Alt I, F Insert Field Inserts a field in the active document
99. Ctrl+F9 Insert Field Characters Inserts an empty field with the enclosing field characters
100. Alt I, L Insert File Inserts the text of another file into the active document


1 comment:

vivek said...

is this for windows or MS WORD