June 9, 2003 Channel Island PC Users Group

Special Interest Group on the topic of

"Universal" Shortcuts

Tips and tricks that work and MANY different programs

 

Bold .............. Ctrl b

Italics .............. Ctrl i

 

Select All .............. Ctrl a

Copy Text.............. Ctrl c

Paste that text .............. Ctrl v

SAVE .............. Ctrl s

Delete highlighted text .............. Ctrl x

Undo .............. Ctrl z

Print document .............. Ctrl p

Find .............. Ctrl f

Open file .............. Ctrl o

Replace .............. Ctrl h

 

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the following also can be used with the key to highlight text without the mouse

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Move left one word
Move Right one word

Beginning of line

Ending of line g

Top of document (file) h

End of document

 

Web Browser tips

To save any image you're viewing online,
use your [RIGHT] mouse button and click on the image
select "save image as"(note other choices)
choose (and remember) a folder to save the file to
click save

 

This font is Key Caps for Windows 3.1 (that I still use)

 

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
!@#$%^*()_+|}"{}

ABCDEF

To bold text, highlight the text you want bold and press CTRL + B (hold down the Control key and press the B key at the same time).

To italicize text, highlight the text you want to italicize and press CTRL + i.

To select all the text in a document, press CTRL + A.

To delete text, highlight the text you want to delete and To copy text, highlight the text you wan to copy and press CTRL +C press CTRL +X.

 

To paste the text you just deleted (or copied) to another spot in the same document or in another document, position your cursor where you want the text to appear and press CTRL +V.