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Keyboard Shortcuts Jasper Showers

November 26th, 2008

I love keyboard shortcuts! Who wants to tediously reach all the way over to the mouse, just to do something that could be done by pressing a key combination? Here are a few of my favorites, reply with some of yours.

Internet Browsing:

  • Alt + d (or) F6 = Place your cursor in the address bar of the browser.
  • Alt + <- (left arrow) = Go back one page.
  • Alt + -> (right arrow) = Go forward one page.
  • Ctrl + w = Close the current tab, or if no tabs are open, close the browser.
  • Ctrl + t = Open a new tab.

General Use:

  • Ctrl + z = Undo the last action. (I use this constantly)
  • Ctrl + y = Redo the action that you undid.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Esc = Open the Windows Task Manager directly, bypassing the annoyance of having to Ctrl + Alt + Delete first.
  • Alt + F4 = Close the current window/program.
  • Ctrl + c = Copy the selected item.
  • Ctrl + x = Cut the selected text.
  • Ctrl + v = Paste the copied item.
Most of the listed commands are universal (in that they work for Windows, Linux, and Mac) but some are OS specific.
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  1. One Response to “Keyboard Shortcuts”

  2. By rebecca on Dec 8, 2008 | Reply

    if you type the part of a url into the address bar that you want to appear between the www. and .com, when you hit the Ctrl + Enter it will add the rest of the address for you. only works with .com’s.

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