BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + F
Alt + E
F1
Ctrl + A
Ctrl + X
Shift + Del
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + Ins
Ctrl + V
Shift + Ins
Home
Ctrl + Home
End
Ctrl + End
Shift + Home
Shift + End
Ctrl + 
Ctrl + 
File menu options in current program
Edit options in current program
Universal help (for all programs)
Select all text
Cut selected item
Cut selected item
Copy selected item
Copy selected item
Paste
Paste
Go to beginning of current line
Go to beginning of document
Go to end of current line
Go to end of document
Highlight from current position to beginning of line
Highlight from current position to end of line
Move one word to the left at a time
Move one word to the right at a time
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + Tab
Alt + Shift + Tab
Alt + Print Screen
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Ctrl + Esc
Alt + Esc
F2
F3
F4
F5
Alt + F4
Ctrl + F4
Ctrl + Plus Key
Switch between open applications
Switch backwards between open applications
Create screen shot for current program
Reboot/Windows task manager
Bring up start menu
Switch between applications on taskbar
Rename selected icon
Start find from desktop
Open the drive selection when browsing
Refresh contents
Close current open program
Close window in program
Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows
Explorer
Alt + Enter
Open properties window of selected icon or program
Shift + F10
Simulate right-click on selected item
Shift + Del
Delete programs/files permanently
Holding Shift During Boot Boot safe mode or bypass system files
up
Holding Shift During Boot When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from
up
playing
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WINKEY SHORTCUTS
WINKEY + D
WINKEY + M
WINKEY + SHIFT + M
WINKEY + E
WINKEY + Tab
WINKEY + F
WINKEY + CTRL + F
WINKEY + F1
WINKEY + R
WINKEY + Pause/Break
WINKEY + U
WINKEY + L
Bring desktop to the top of other windows
Minimize all windows
Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D
Open Microsoft Explorer
Cycle through open programs on taskbar
Display the Windows Search/Find feature
Display the search for computers window
Display the Microsoft Windows help
Open the run window
Open the system properties window
Open utility manager
Lock the computer (Windows XP & later)
MANAGE TABS IN CHROME
Ctrl + t
Ctrl + w/Ctrl+F4
Ctrl + Shift + t
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8
Ctrl+9
Ctrl + Tab/Ctrl + Shift +
Tab
Ctrl + n
Ctrl + Shift + n
Alt+F4
Ctrl and click on link
Shift + ctrl and click on
link
Shift and click on link
Alt and click on link
Drag link to existing tab
Drag link to tab bar
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Open new tab
Close tab (or close Chrome if only one tab is open)
Reopen last tab closed. Up to 10 tabs.
Jump to first tab, second tab, etc.
Switch to the last tab
Switch to the next / previous tab (or use ctrl + page up/ctrl +
page down)
Open new Chrome window
Open new Chrome window in incognito mode
Close current window
Open link in a new background tab
Open link in a new foreground tab
Open link in a new window
Download link
Open link in selected tab
Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab
strip.
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ADDRESS BAR IN CHROME
Alt + D/ Ctrl + L
Ctrl + E
Home/End in address bar
Ctrl + A in address bar
Type name of site and
press Ctrl + Enter
Type name of site and
press Alt + Enter
Type search term and
press Enter
Jump to address bar; highlights current webpage URI if
available
Enter search query in address bar
Jump to beginning / end of address bar
Select all text of address. Also use shift + end with cursor at
beginning or shift + home with cursor at end
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and opens
the web address in current tab.
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and opens
the web address in new background tab.
Perform a search using the search engine associated with
the keyword or the URI.
VIEW WEBPAGES IN CHROME
F6
Arrow Down/Arrow up with
focus on webpage
Page Down/Page Up
Home/End
Ctrl++ / Ctrl+Ctrl+0 (zero)
Ctrl + u
F11
Alternate focus between address bar and webpage
Scroll down / scroll up
Scroll one page down / one page up. Also use space/shift +
space
Jump to beginning / to end of webpage
Zoom in / zoom out (or ctrl + mouse wheel)
Return to normal text size
View webpage source
Turn full screen on / off
BROWSE BETWEEN WEBPAGES IN CHROME
Alt + Home
Alt + Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
F5/ Ctrl + r
Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5
Esc
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Jump to homepage
Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next webpage
Reload current webpage
Reload current webpage with cache override
Stop webpage loading
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BROWSE WITHIN WEBPAGES IN CHROME
Tab/Shift + Tab with focus on
webpage
Enter on link
Ctrl + Enter on link
Shift + Ctrl + Enter on link
Shift + enter on link
Alt + enter on link
Shift+F10
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + c with content selected
Jump to next / previous link
Open link in current tab
Open link in a new background tab
Open link in a new foreground tab
Open link in a new window
Download link
Open context menu (simulate right mouse button)
Select all content on webpage
Copy selected content to clipboard
ACCESS BROWSER FEATURES IN CHROME
Ctrl + p
Ctrl + o
Ctrl + s
Alt + f
Print current webpage
Open file
Save current webpage
Open Wrench Menu (I'd call it file menu to remember the
shortcut)
Open History tab
Open Downloads tab
Ctrl + h
Ctrl + j
SEARCH IN CHROME
Ctrl + f
Enter with text found on
webpage
Shift + Enter with text
found on webpage
Esc
Ctrl + Enter with text
found on webpage
Find text on webpage
Find next match
Find previous match
Close Search Window
If current highlighted found text is part of a link, open that
link.
BOOKMARKS SHORTCUTS IN CHROME
Ctrl + Shift + b
Ctrl + d
Ctrl + Shift + d
Drag URI to bookmark
bar
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Show or hide bookmarks bar
Add bookmark for current webpage
Add bookmark for current webpage and edit details
Bookmark webpage (can be URI from address bar or link
from page)
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Alt + d, then f6
Alt + f, then b
Jump to bookmark toolbar. Use arrow keys and enter to
access bookmarks
Open Bookmark Manager Tab
WORD SHORTCUT KEYS
CTRL + A
CTRL + B
CTRL + C
CTRL + X
CTRL + N
CTRL + O
CTRL + P
CTRL + F
CTRL + I
CTRL + K
CTRL + U
CTRL + V
CTRL + Y
CTRL + Z
CTRL + G
CTRL + H
CTRL + J
CTRL + L
CTRL + Q
CTRL + E
CTRL + R
CTRL + M
CTRL + T
CTRL + D
CTRL + Shift + F
CTRL + Shift + >
CTRL + ]
CTRL + shift + <
CTRL + [
CTRL + Shift + *
CTRL + 
CTRL + 
CTRL + 
CTRL + 
CTRL + Del
CTRL + Backspace
CTRL + End
CTRL + Home
CTRL + Space
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Select all contents of the page
Bold highlighted selection
Copy selected text
Cut selected text
Open new/blank document
Open options
Open the print window
Open find box
Italicize highlighted selection
Insert link
Underline highlighted selection
Paste
Redo the last action performed
Undo last action
Find and replace options
Find and replace options
Justify paragraph alignment
Align selected text or line to the left
Align selected paragraph to the left
Align selected text or line to the center
Align selected text or line to the right
Indent the paragraph
Hanging indent
Font options
Change the font
Increase selected font + 1
Increase selected font + 1
Decrease selected font -1
Decrease selected font -1
View or hide non printing characters
Move one word to the left
Move one word to the right
Move to beginning of the line or paragraph
Move to the end of the paragraph
Delete word to right of cursor
Delete word to left of cursor
Move cursor to end of document
Move cursor to beginning of document
Reset highlighted text to default font
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CTRL + 1
CTRL + 2
CTRL + 5
CTRL + Alt + 1
CTRL + Alt + 2
CTRL + Alt + 3
F1
Shift + F3
Shift + Insert
F4
F7
Shift + F7
F12
Ctrl + S
Shift + F12
Alt + Shift + D
Alt + Shift + T
Ctrl + W
Single-space lines
Double-space lines
1.5 line spacing
Change text to heading 1
Change text to heading 2
Change text to heading 3
Open help
Change case of selected text
Paste
Repeat last action performed (Word 2000+)
Spell check selected text and/or document
Activate the thesaurus
Save as
Save
Save
Insert the current date
Insert the current time
Close document
EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS
F2
F5
F7
F11
CTRL + Shift + ;
CTRL + ;
Alt + Shift + F1
Shift + F3
Shift + F5
CTRL + A
CTRL + B
CTRL + I
CTRL + C
CTRL + V
CTRL + D
CTRL + K
CTRL + F
CTRL + G
CTRL + H
CTRL + U
CTRL + Y
CTRL + 5
CTRL + O
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Edit the selected cell
Go to a specific cell
Spell check selected text and/or document
Create chart
Enter the current time
Enter the current date
Insert new worksheet
Open the Excel formula window
Bring up search box
Select all contents of worksheet
Bold highlighted selection
Italicize highlighted selection
Copy selected text
Paste
Fill
Insert link
Open find and replace options
Open go-to options
Open find and replace options
Underline highlighted selection
Underline selected text
Strikethrough highlighted selection
Open options
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CTRL + N
CTRL + P
CTRL + S
CTRL + Z
CTRL + F9
CTRL + F10
CTRL + F6
CTRL + Page up & Page
Down
CTRL + Tab
Alt + =
CTRL + *
CTRL + Shift + !
CTRL + Shift + $
CTRL + Shift + #
CTRL + Shift + %
CTRL + Shift + ^
CTRL + Shift + @
Ctrl + 
Ctrl + Space
Shift + Space
Ctrl + W
Open new document
Open print dialog box
Save
Undo last action
Minimize current window
Maximize currently selected window
Switch between open workbooks/windows
Move between Excel worksheets in the same document
Move between two or more open Excel files
Create formula to sum all of above cells
Insert value of above cell into current cell
Format number in comma format
Format number in currency format
Format number in date format
Format number in percentage format
Format number in scientific format
Format number in time format
Move to next section of text
Select entire column
Select entire row
Close document
OUTLOOK SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + S
CTRL + C
CTRL + X
CTRL + P
CTRL + K
CTRL + B
CTRL + I
CTRL + U
CTRL + R
CTRL + F
CTRL + N
CTRL + Shift + A
CTRL + Shift + O
CTRL + Shift + I
CTRL + Shift + K
CTRL + Shift + C
CTRL + Shift + J
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Send the email
Copy selected text
Cut selected text
Open print dialog box
Complete name/email typed in address bar
Bold highlighted selection
Italicize highlighted selection
Underline highlight selection
Reply to an email
Forward an email
Create a new email
Create a new appointment to your calendar
Open the outbox
Open the inbox
Add a new task
Create a new contact
Create a new journal entry
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