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Shortcut keys ABCs
Basic PC shortcut keys
F1 - F12 function keys
Linux / Unix shortcut keys
Macintosh and Apple shortcut keys
Microsoft Windows shortcuts
and windows keys
Microsoft Excel shortcut keys
Microsoft Word shortcut keys
Microsoft Internet Explorer shortcut keys
Microsoft FrontPage shortcut keys
Microsoft Outlook shortcut keys
Mozilla Firefox
Keyboard terms
Shortcut keys ABCs
Shortcut keys help provide
an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using
computer software
programs. Shortcut keys are commonly accessed by using the
Alt (on IBM compatible computers),
command key (on Apple
computers), Ctrl, and/or Shift in conjunction with a single letter.
The de facto standard
for listing a shortcut is listing the modifier
key, a plus
symbol, and the single character.
Or in other words, "ALT+S" is telling you to press
the Alt key and while continuing to hold the Alt key,
press the S key to perform the shortcut.
In addition to the shortcuts
listed on this page, users can find the shortcut keys to
their most popular program by looking for underlined
letters in their menus. For example, in the below picture, you
can notice that the "F" in File has been
underlined. You will then know that you can
press the Alt key and F to access the File menu (Note: Some
programs require the user press and hold ALT to see the
underlined characters). Finally, as you can also see in the below
picture some of
the common features such as Open and Save have shortcut keys
assigned to them. In the below example, pressing Ctrl+O would
perform the open for the program.
As you begin to work with shortcut keys
you will notice that several
applications share the same shortcut keys. We have listed many
of these keys in our basic PC shortcut keys section.
Note:
Users outside the United States or users using a foreign
copy of a Microsoft Windows or Microsoft application may not
be able to get all the below shortcut keys to perform the
function listed below.
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