NWA-PCUG Newsletter Article
Microsoft Shortcuts
by Cliff Goeke, Vice President, May
2001
cliffg@engineer.com
(click to email author)
Microsoft Word 97
Ctrl + A : Select all the text in a document
Ctrl + B : Bold the selected text
Ctrl + I : Italicize the selected text
Ctrl + U : Underline the selected text
Ctrl + N : Create a new document
Ctrl + O : Display the Open dialog box
Ctrl + P : Print the document
Ctrl + S : Save the document
Ctrl + W : Close the document
Ctrl + X : Cut the selected text or objects
Ctrl + C : Copy the selected text or objects
Ctrl + V : Paste the contents of the Clipboard
Ctrl + ] : Grow Font (increase the size of selected text by 1 point)
Ctrl + [ : Shrink Font (decrease the size of selected text by 1 point)
Ctrl + Y : Repeat last action
Ctrl + Z : Undo last change
Ctrl + F6 : Switch between open (non-minimized) documents
Ctrl + Backspace : Delete one word to the left
Shift + Ctrl + Home : Select all the text from the cursor up to the top of the document
Shift + Ctrl + Page Down : Select all the text from the cursor down to the bottom of the document
Shift + End : Select all the text from the cursor to the end of the current line
Shift + Left or Right arrow : Select text, one character at a time, from the cursor to the left or right
Shift + Up or Down arrow : Select text, one row at a time, from the cursor up or down
Ctrl + Home : Move to the top of the document
Ctrl + End : Move to the bottom of the document
Shift + F5 : Move to the last point of editing (up to the last three locations stored)
Microsoft Excel 97
Ctrl + F12 : Open a spreadsheet file
Ctrl + O : Open a spreadsheet file
Shift + F12 : Save the spreadsheet
Ctrl + S : Save the spreadsheet
Ctrl + Shift + F12 : Print the spreadsheet
Ctrl + P : Print the spreadsheet
F2 : Edit the active cell
F4 : Repeat the last action
F6 : Move to the next pane
F9 : Calculate all sheets in open workbooks
F11 : Create a chart
Ctrl + ; : Insert the current date
Shift + Ctrl + ; : Insert the current time
Ctrl + Y : Repeat the last action
Ctrl + Z : Undo the last change
Internet Explorer 4/5
Alt + Left Arrow : Previous page
Alt + Right Arrow : Next page
Down Arrow : Scroll down
Up Arrow : Scroll up
F4 : Display list of URLs in Address Bar
F5 : Refresh the current page
Ctrl + Enter : Add www. and .com to word to form a URL in the Address bar
Ctrl + D : Add to list of favorites
Ctrl + S : Save page
Windows 98
Ctrl + drag a file : Copy a file
F2 : Rename an item
Ctrl + Esc : Display the Start menu
Alt + Tab : Switch to the last-used window
Alt + F4 : Close current window or close program
Alt + Tab : Display Task Manager so you can switch between open applications
Ctrl + Z : Undo
Shift + F10 : Display context menu of selected item (same as right-clicking)
Right-click : Display context menu of selected item
Alt + Enter : Display properties for selected item
Ctrl + Esc : Display Windows Startup menu
Windows + D : Minimize/maximize all windows
Windows + M : Minimize all windows
Shift + Windows + M : Maximize all windows
Windows + E : Launch Windows Explorer
Windows + R : Open Run dialog box
Windows + F : Open Find all files dialog box
F3 (on desktop) : Open Find all files dialog box
F3 (at DOS command prompt) : Repeat last command entered
Ctrl + Windows + F : Open Find: Computer dialog box
Windows + Pause/Break : Display System Properties
Windows + Tab : Cycle through Taskbar buttons
F1 : Display Help
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