Tired of clicking? Try some keyboard shortcuts

Almost everyone I know uses the mouse more than the keyboard.  We all are so used to using the mouse for everything except typing.  I’m included in that group.  You can do a lot with the mouse, but you can save a lot of time if you keep your fingers on the keyboard.  Here is a quick list of keyboard shortcuts that work for almost every Windows program in existence:

Ctrl-X Cut
Ctrl-C Copy
Ctrl-V Paste
Ctrl-P Print
Ctrl-N New (Window, Document, Spreadsheet, File, etc.)
Ctrl-A Select All
Ctrl-F Search
Ctrl-S Save
Ctrl-O Open
F1 Help
Ctrl-Z Undo
Ctrl-Y Redo
Alt-F4 Closes the current window
Alt-Tab Switch between windows
Ctrl-Tab Switch between tabs(Firefox/Internet Explorer)
System-L Locks the computer
System-D Minimize every window
System-F Windows Search

There are tons more.  Each program is different though.  To figure out what keyboard shortcut does what, just go through the menu with your mouse.  They are all listed on the same line as the menu item.

Happy shortcutting.

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