Shortcuts Everyone Should Know

Keyboard shortcuts save you time – no need to use your mouse!

To use the following key combinations, press and hold the Control key on your keyboard while you press the letter key & then release all keys immediately. Do not hold down the letter key.

5 Microsoft Windows Shortcuts:

• Ctrl+a – selects all
• Ctrl+c – copies what you have selected
• Ctrl+v – pastes what you have copied
• Ctrl+p – opens the printer window
• Ctrl+s – saves your changes

10 Microsoft Word & Excel Shortcuts:  

• Ctrl+n - creates a new document or workbook
• Ctrl+Home (key) - moves the cursor/cell selection to the the beginning of the document or spreadsheet
• Ctrl+End (key) - moves the cursor/cell selection to the end of the document or spreadsheet
• Ctrl+f - opens the Find window to find data within the document or spreadsheet
• F7 (function key) - opens Spell Check
• Ctrl+e - centers the selected paragraph (Word only)
• Ctrl+enter (key)- creates a page break (Word only)
• Shift+enter (key)- moves cursor to next line without creating a new paragraph (Word only)
• Ctrl+; (semi-colon) - inserts today's date (Excel only)
• Ctrl+1 (number one) - opens the Format Cells window in Excel; changes line spacing of selection to single spacing in Word.