Hot keys are a combination of two or three keys on the keyboard that allows you to quickly perform a specific action. There is no need to use a mouse and there is no need to call up a menu.
There are many lists of hotkeys: for Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac, for Photoshop, for Word, AutoCAD, etc. But not all computer users use them.
Why do we need hotkeys if there are? Anything can happen: the mouse may break, and wireless mouse- the battery is dead.
Sometimes there are problems with software when connecting a new mouse, but the old one has already “decided to live a long time”. And the touchpad can fail, and some people simply don’t know how to handle it correctly, having gotten used to clicking with the mouse.
When you need to do something urgently, and the mouse is useless, knowledge of keyboard shortcuts can come in very handy. In addition, using them, you can significantly increase productivity when working on a computer.
Here are the ten most used combinations that you can also successfully use:
1 . Many people probably know these combinations. Hotkeys Copy:
Ctrl+C or
They are needed to copy a selected piece of text as follows:
- First, select the text (or picture, table).
- Then press the Ctrl key and, without releasing it, simultaneously press the key with the letter C (in short it is written like this: Ctrl + C).
- We release the keys, now the selected fragment is copied to the clipboard (in RAM computer).
The Copy procedure does not appear externally on the computer screen. To “get” from the computer’s memory what we placed there using the Copy hotkeys:
- you need to place the cursor in the place where you want to place the copied fragment, and
- Press the hotkeys Paste: Ctrl + V.
What keyboard shortcut can you use to copy text or objects to the clipboard?
For this there are hotkeys Copy: Ctrl + C and Paste: Ctrl + V. They can be called a sweet couple. They are most often used in one combination, that is, first they copy the selected fragment using Ctrl + C, then immediately paste it using the Ctrl + V keys.
Another sweet pair you can use to Copy Paste is Ctrl + Insert and Shift + Insert. Here, as they say, it's a matter of taste.
2. Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert – hotkeys Insert text or object copied to the clipboard.
3. Ctrl + Z And Ctrl+Y- Hotkeys Cancel.
Using these commands, you can undo any changes, for example, if you accidentally cut or deleted text.
To cancel multiple latest changes, you need to press one of these combinations (Ctrl + Z, or Ctrl + Y) several times.
Ctrl + X – Hotkeys Cut
This combination allows you to cut out what you need and at the same time put it on the clipboard. Then you can paste the cut into the desired place.
4. Ctrl + F- Hotkeys Search.
A very useful “couple” of keys that opens the search bar in almost any program or browser.
Sometimes Ctrl + F is also called the Find hotkey.
5. Alt + Tab- Hotkeys switch windows.
Convenient for fast switching between the windows open source software. If this is new to you, just try it. There is a chance that you will prefer this method to your usual mouse.
If you add Shift to these combinations (you get Shift+ Alt+ Tab), you will move in the opposite direction, that is, you can return to the program in which you were in the previous step.
Ctrl+Tab– hotkeys for switching tabs. With their help, you can quickly navigate between tabs in
6. Ctrl + Backspace- Hotkeys Delete. They will save a lot of time if you need to quickly delete a word while typing. These keyboard shortcuts do not work in Notepad, but they work fine in Word.
We type a word, place the cursor immediately after the word and then, if the word needs to be deleted, simply press Ctrl + Backspace. In this case, Word will delete the entire word to the left of the cursor.
7. Ctrl + S- Hotkeys Save. They are used to quickly save a file in many programs. Use it if you are working on something important, for example when your laptop battery runs out.
8. Crtl + Home or Crtl + End moves the cursor to the begining or end of document respectively.
Page navigation keys Page Up(up) and Page Down(down) can replace the scroll bar.
9. Crtl + P- Hotkeys Seal.
Used to open a preview window of the current page in a browser or to call a document print window in text editors.
As soon as you write the title, immediately save the document so that in case of unforeseen circumstances, you don’t lose the document you’ve been working on all day!
Save a document in Word 2010 and newer versions
To save a document in Word 2010, go to the File tab. Then move the cursor down and click on the line Save as
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In the window that opens, on the left, we see a list of folders on your computer. In this list, the folder is highlighted in gray My Documents, in which it is proposed to save the new document by default. But you can choose another place to save. Scroll the list using the slider (highlighted with a red frame) and click the desired folder or disk (flash drive)
Part of the first line of your text is automatically entered into the File name field. You can agree with the proposed name of the document or change it to your own. Leave the File type field unchanged.
If necessary, you can specify below Additional information to your document: author, keywords, title, topic, etc.
Paying attention! If you have forgotten the name of your last document and the folder where you saved it, then go to the File tab (Fig. 3) and select Recent. On the right you will see a list text documents, with which you worked, as well as the folders in which you saved them.
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Saving a document in Word 2007
To save the document in Word 2007, press button 1 (Figure 4). Then move the cursor down to the Save as 2 button, and from there, follow the arrow to the right and click the Word Document 3 button
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The "Save Document" window will open:
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In the window that opens, on the left, we see a list of folders on your computer. In this list, the Documents folder is highlighted in gray, in which the computer offers to save the new document. You can disagree and, by clicking on the folders, open the one in which you want to save.
The File Name window highlights the name your computer wants to give your document. You can immediately replace this name with your own.
Paying attention! If you did not change the name of the document and the destination folder, then at least remember where you saved the document. Because novice users often press the button Save, and then spend half a day searching for where the saved document is located.
Saving a document in Word 2003
So, you typed the phrase " Much needed article", now, at the top of the Word window, click the File menu button, and in the menu that opens, select Save as... .
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In the window that opens Saving a document you see the name of the folder (My Documents) in which Word offers to save the new document. Under the folder name we see a list of documents already available in that folder. Instead of the suggested folder, you are on your computer. The main thing is don’t forget where you saved it!
The computer also suggests a file name, but you can immediately replace it with another one. File Type: Word Document should remain this way. In the future, to open a document it will be enough to click on the title of the article, and it will open immediately in the Word window. There will be no need to launch Word first! Now press the button Save and the document is saved!
Save a Word document using the keyboard
Above I showed you how to save a new document using the menu. However, there is more quick method To save a document, you just need to remember the required key. Key F12 is in top row keyboards. After pressing the F12 key, a window will open
saving the document (Figure 6 - for Word 2003, Figure 4 - for Word 2007). Then proceed according to my tips under the pictures.
If, after saving the document, you continue to type text, Word will automatic mode Periodically save the text you type. But you can save it yourself, immediately after making changes to the document, by pressing the keys Shift + F12. I am this
I do this: I press the right Shift key with my right thumb, and the F12 key with my middle finger. Try it - it’s very convenient and quick.
Combination | Menu equivalent | Context | Action |
---|---|---|---|
F1 | all windows | Opens the corresponding section of the user manual in the browser. | |
Ctrl-Q | File → Exit | Exit Gwyddion. | |
Ctrl-O | File → Open | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Open data file. |
Ctrl-S | File → Save | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Save the current data (a file name will be suggested if it is not already associated with the data). |
Ctrl-Shift-S | File → Save As | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Save the current data under a different name. The file name associated with the data will be changed to something else. |
Ctrl-W | File -> Close | Close the file containing the current data. | |
Ctrl-Shift-M | File → Merge | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Append data from a file to the current file. |
Ctrl-H | File → Latest Files → Previous documents | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Open a window for viewing previous documents (or show its window on top of the others if it is already open). |
Ctrl-D | Make a copy in Data Browser | any kind of data window (image, 3D, XYZ, volume, graph), tool window, data browser | Make a duplicate of the data in the current window as a new data block in the same file. |
Ctrl-Insert | Extract to new file in Data Browser | any kind of data window (image, 3D, XYZ, volume, graph), tool window, data browser | Create a new file containing only the current data block. |
Ctrl-Delete | Delete in Data Browser | any kind of data window (image, 3D, XYZ, volume, graph), tool window, data browser | Delete the current block of data from a file |
Ctrl-Z | Edit → Undo | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Undo the last processing step applied to the current data. |
Ctrl-Y | Edit → Redo | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Repeat the last processing step applied to the current data. |
Ctrl-K | Edit → Remove Mask | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Remove the mask from the current data window. |
Ctrl-Shift-K | Edit → Delete presentation | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Remove a presentation from the current data window (image). |
F3 | data window, tool window, tool window | Show the tool window if it is hidden. Hide the tool window if it is shown. | |
Ctrl-Shift-B | View metadata(in the context menu) | image, XYZ or volume data window | Show a metadata viewer for the data being displayed. |
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= | any type of data window (image, 3D, XYZ, volume, graph) | Zoom into the image in the current data window. | |
- | any type of data window (image, 3D, XYZ, volume, graph) | Move out the image in the current data window. | |
Z | any type of data window (image, 3D, XYZ, volume, graph) | Scale the current data window to 1:1 scale. | |
Ctrl-F | Data processing → Repeat last | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Apply the last data processing function with the last used parameters to the current data. Typically the operation will be silently and invisibly reapplied to the data, but if a given processing step is not possible without human intervention, a dialog box will be displayed. |
Ctrl-Shift-F | Data processing → Repeat with last setting | tool window, data window, 3D view window, graph window, tool window | Show the parameter dialog for the last data processing function again. If the operation does not require setting parameters, it will be carried out immediately. |
You can assign your own key combinations to all functions in the menu, and it is also possible to call tools using a key combination.
To change the key combination for a menu item, simply select it using the mouse or arrow keys, press the desired key combination, and it will be set immediately. The key combination must be either a special key, i.e. F3, or a combination including modifiers, i.e. Ctrl-Shift-D. You cannot assign simple alphanumeric keys, such as Q .
To prevent accidental changes to key combinations, they can only be changed when the Edit → option is enabled Keyboard shortcuts. Changes are turned off by default, which is recommended for normal use.
All key combinations are stored in the file ui/accel_map in the user's directory, which is usually called ~/.gwyddion (Unix) or Documents and Settings\gwyddion (MS Windows). You can assign keyboard shortcuts to instruments only by editing this file. Each line corresponds to an action caused by that key combination. For example, the default line for the Mask Editor tool looks like this:
; (gtk_accel_path "
Semicolons indicate comments, i.e. lines. those starting with them will be inactive. Therefore, to assign a keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-E Mask Editor tool, remove the semicolon to make this line active and write your keyboard shortcut in the empty space between the quotes:
(gtk_accel_path "
Hotkeys
We can’t do without a keyboard; we use it to type text, but not only that, you can use the keyboard to control the computer. It happens that the mouse does not work, then help will come keyboard.
When you work with documents, you will probably navigate through them using the keyboard arrows or buttons PageUp(scroll up the page) and PageDown(page down).
- To delete files, it is more convenient to use the key Del.
- Menu, in which all programs installed on the computer live, is easier to call using a special button with an image Windows logo(four colored flag).
However, it is possible that this is a matter of taste... But there are cases when using a keyboard is much easier. For example, it is more convenient to switch the text input language (from Russian to English and vice versa) using the keyboard. Windows suggests using the Alt and Shift key combination for this, which is not very convenient... But then, install the miracle program Punto Switcher on your computer. you can switch between languages with one single key Ctrl. In addition, Punto can independently correct words typed in the wrong layout, turning rubbish like cby
Working with documents and web pages
Create, view and save documents
Search, replace and transitions
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
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Search for text, formatting and special characters. | CTRL+F |
Repeat the search (after closing the Find and Replace window). | ALT+CTRL+Y |
Replace text, formatting, and special characters. | CTRL+H |
Jump to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, note, picture, or other document element. | CTRL+G |
Jump between the last four change locations. | ALT+CTRL+Z |
Open a list of search options. Use the arrow keys to select an option, then press Enter to begin searching the document. | ALT+CTRL+HOME |
Go to the location of the previous change. | CTRL+PAGE UP |
Move to the location of the next change. | CTRL+PAGE DOWN |
Changing viewing mode
Structure mode
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
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Move a paragraph to a higher level. | ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Move a paragraph to a lower level. | ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Convert a paragraph to body text. | CTRL+SHIFT+N |
Move selected paragraphs up. | ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Move selected paragraphs down. | ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Expand the text under the title. | ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN |
Collapsing text under the title. | ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN |
Expand or collapse all text or all headings. | ALT+SHIFT+A |
Hide or show character formatting. | Slash (/) on the numeric keypad |
Display the first line of body text or all of the body text. | ALT+SHIFT+L |
Displays all headings styled "Heading 1". | ALT+SHIFT+1 |
Display all headings up to the header styled as "Heading" n". | ALT+SHIFT+ n |
Insert a tab character. | CTRL+TAB |
Printing and previewing documents
Document review
Full screen reading mode
References, footnotes and endnotes
Working with web pages
Editing and moving text and pictures
Deleting text and pictures
Copy and move text and pictures
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
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Microsoft Office Clipboard Panel Output | Press Alt+Z to go to the Home tab, and then press A, H. |
Copy selected text or selected pictures to the Microsoft Office clipboard. | CTRL+C |
Delete selected text or graphics from the Microsoft Office clipboard | CTRL+X |
Paste the latest addition to the Microsoft Office clipboard. | CTRL+V |
Move text or graphics once. | F2 (and then move the cursor and press ENTER) |
Copy text or picture once. | SHIFT+F2 (then move the cursor and press ENTER) |
Opens the Create New Building Block dialog box when text or an object is selected. | ALT+F3 |
When a building block, such as a SmartArt graphic, is selected, display its associated context menu. | SHIFT+F10 |
Removal to the piggy bank. | CTRL+F3 |
Inserting the contents of a piggy bank. | CTRL+SHIFT+F3 |
Copy a header or footer from a previous section of the document. | ALT+SHIFT+R |
Inserting special characters and elements
Inserted character | Hotkeys |
---|---|
Field | CTRL+F9 |
Line break | SHIFT+ENTER |
Page break | CTRL+ENTER |
Column break | CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER |
Em dash | ALT+CTRL+minus sign |
En dash | CTRL+minus sign |
Soft transfer | CTRL+HYPHEN |
Non-breaking hyphen | CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN |
Non-breaking space | CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR |
Copyright sign | ALT+CTRL+C |
Protected trademark | ALT+CTRL+R |
Trademark | ALT+CTRL+T |
Ellipsis | ALT+CTRL+PERT |
Opening single quote | CTRL+`(single quote), `(single quote) |
Closing single quote | CTRL+" (single quote), " (single quote) |
Double opening quotes | CTRL+` (single quote), SHIFT+" (single quote) |
Double closing quotes | CTRL+" (single quote), SHIFT+" (single quote) |
AutoText element | ENTER (after you type the first few characters of the AutoText item name and the tooltip appears) |
Inserting characters using character codes
Highlighting text and pictures
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
Enable highlight mode. | F8 |
Selecting the nearest character. | F8 and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW |
Selection expansion. | F8 (press once to highlight a word, twice to highlight a sentence, etc.) |
Reduce discharge. | SHIFT+F8 |
Disable highlight mode. | ESC |
Extends the selection one character to the right of the cursor. | SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Extends the selection one character to the left of the cursor. | SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Extend the selection to the end of the word. | CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Extending the selection to the beginning of the word. | CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Extends the selection to the end of the line. | SHIFT+END |
Extends the selection to the beginning of the line. | SHIFT+HOME |
Extends the selection down one line. | SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Extends the selection one line up. | SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Extend the selection to the end of the paragraph. | CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Extend the selection to the beginning of the paragraph. | CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Extend the selection one page down. | SHIFT+PAGE DOWN |
Extend the selection one page up. | SHIFT+PAGE UP |
Extends the selection to the beginning of the document. | CTRL+SHIFT+HOME |
Extends the selection to the end of the document. | CTRL+SHIFT+END |
Extends the selection to the end of the window. | ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN |
Select the entire document. | CTRL+A |
Selecting a vertical block of text. | |
Extends a selection to a specific location in the document. | F8 and then use the cursor keys; To exit selection mode, press the ESC key |
Selecting text and pictures in a table
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
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Selects the contents of the next cell. | TAB |
Selects the contents of the previous cell. | SHIFT+TAB |
Selecting several adjacent cells. | While holding down the SHIFT key, press the corresponding cursor key several times |
Column selection. | Use the arrow keys to move to the top or bottom cell of a column, and then do one of the following:
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Expanding a selection (or block). | CTRL+SHIFT+F8 and then use the cursor keys; To exit selection mode, press the ESC key |
Selecting the entire table. | ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with the NUM LOCK indicator off) |
Navigate through a document
Moving | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
One sign to the left | LEFT ARROW |
One character to the right | RIGHT ARROW |
One word to the left | CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
One word to the right | CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
Up one paragraph | CTRL+UP ARROW |
One paragraph down | CTRL+DOWN ARROW |
One cell to the left (in a table) | SHIFT+TAB |
One cell to the right (in a table) | TAB |
To previous line | UP ARROW |
TO next line | ARROW TO DOWN |
To the end of the line | END |
To the beginning of the line | HOME |
To the beginning of the screen | ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP |
To the end of the screen | ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN |
Up one screen | PAGE UP |
One screen down | PAGE DOWN |
To the beginning of the next page | CTRL+PAGE DOWN |
To the beginning of the previous page | CTRL+PAGE UP |
To the end of the document | CTRL+END |
To the beginning of the document | CTRL+HOME |
To previous correction | SHIFT+F5 |
To the position where the cursor was the last time the document was closed (after the document was opened) | SHIFT+F5 |
Moving around the table
Inserting paragraph and tab marks in a table
Formatting characters and paragraphs
Copy formatting
Changing the font or text size
Formatting characters
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
Opens the Font dialog box to change character formatting. | CTRL+D |
Changing the case of letters. | SHIFT+F3 |
Converts all letters to uppercase. | CTRL+SHIFT+A |
Using bold style. | CTRL+B |
Applying underscore. | CTRL+U |
Underlining words (not spaces). | CTRL+SHIFT+W |
Double underline text. | CTRL+SHIFT+D |
Convert to hidden text. | CTRL+SHIFT+H |
Using italic style. | CTRL+I |
Convert all letters to small caps. | CTRL+SHIFT+K |
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing). | CTRL+EQUAL SIGN |
Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing). | CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN |
Removing additional formatting from selected characters. | CTRL+SPACEBAR |
Design of selected characters in Symbol font. | CTRL+SHIFT+Q |
View and copy text formatting
Setting line spacing
Paragraph alignment
Apply paragraph styles
Merge and fields
Performing a merge
Working with fields
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
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Insert a DATE field. | ALT+SHIFT+D |
Insert a LISTNUM field. | ALT+CTRL+L |
Insert a PAGE field. | ALT+SHIFT+P |
Insert a TIME field (current time). | ALT+SHIFT+T |
Insert an empty field. | CTRL+F9 |
Updating linked data in a source Microsoft document Office Word. | CTRL+SHIFT+F7 |
Update selected fields. | F9 |
Breaking connection with the field. | CTRL+SHIFT+F9 |
Switch between the selected field's code and its value. | SHIFT+F9 |
ALT+F9 | |
Activating field codes GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON in a value field. | ALT+SHIFT+F9 |
Move to the next field. | F11 |
Move to previous field. | SHIFT+F11 |
Field blocking. | CTRL+F11 |
Unblocking a field. | CTRL+SHIFT+F11 |
Language bar
Handwriting recognition
Function Key Reference
Function keys
SHIFT+function key
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
Display context-sensitive help or formatting information. | SHIFT+F1 |
Copying text. | SHIFT+F2 |
Changing the case of letters. | SHIFT+F3 |
Repeat the Find or Go action. | SHIFT+F4 |
Go to last change. | SHIFT+F5 |
Move to the previous window area or frame (after pressing F6). | SHIFT+F6 |
Selecting the Thesaurus command (Review tab, Review group). | SHIFT+F7 |
Reduce discharge. | SHIFT+F8 |
Switch between field values and their codes. | SHIFT+F9 |
Display the context menu. | SHIFT+F10 |
Move to previous field. | SHIFT+F11 |
Selecting the Save command (Microsoft Office Button). | SHIFT+F12 |
CTRL+function key
CTRL+SHIFT+function key
ALT+function key
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
Move to the next field. | ALT+F1 |
Creating a new building block. | ALT+F3 |
Quit Office Word 2007. | ALT+F4 |
Restoring the previous size of the program window. | ALT+F5 |
Navigate from an open dialog box to the document (for dialog boxes such as Find and Replace that support this behavior). | ALT+F6 |
Find the next spelling or grammatical error. | ALT+F7 |
Running a macro. | ALT+F8 |
Switch between the values of all fields and their codes. | ALT+F9 |
Maximizing the program window. | ALT+F10 |
Display Microsoft Visual Basic code. | ALT+F11 |