15 Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

Joe Engelking

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Since we like to preach working faster and smarter we thought we would provide a list of the 15 most useful keyboard shortcuts in Windows.  I want you to think about something before you review these keyboard shortcuts by utilizing some basic math.

Using a hotkey saves you, on average, 2 seconds.  If you use hotkeys just 30 times a day, you save a minute per day.  So just by utilizing a handful of hotkeys you can save 6 hours a year.

Every Minute you save a Day, saves you 6 hours a Year.

So you will have wasted at least 2 Weeks of your Working Life (20 Years) dragging a mouse.

CTRL + A = Select All

CTRL + C = Copy

CTRL + X = Cut

CTRL + V = Paste

CTRL + F = Find a word or phrase

CTRL + P = Print

CTRL + S = Save

CTRL + N = New Page

Windows (little flag button on bottom left of the keyboard) + Home = Minimizes all but the current Window

Windows + M = Minimize all Windows

Windows + Up or Down Arrow = Maximizes or minimizes the current Windows

Windows + Right or Left Arrow = Sets the current Window to take up half of the monitor

Windows + L = Lock PC

Windows + M = Minimize all Windows

Windows key + Print Screen( PrtScn) = Takes a picture of your entire screen, which you can pair with CTRL + V  to paste into a Document for easy sharing of error messages for your I.T. Guy

ALT + Tab = Cycle through your open items

ALT + F4 = Shut down the program you are currently in

SHIFT + F7 = Thesaurus function in Word

F2 = Rename a file

15 most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows + Numerical Key will open the corresponding App in your Taskbar

 

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