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Ten Key Facts That May be Mildly Interesting!
7 years ago
I’ve been using a computer for over twenty years of my life now. As such there are certain actions that are just hardcoded into my memory by now. Little things that make tasks easier or quicker that seem like so much common sense to me that I am often times surprised when someone doesn’t know about them!
Today I would like to share some of them with anyone who cares to read this. Feel free to leave a comment if you learned something new or if you have a shortcut that you use all the time yourself that I didn’t list.
1. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: almost everyone who has ever touched a computer knows the shortcut of Ctrl + Alt + Delete to close your current application or to bring up the Windows lock screen so you can get to the Task Manager to terminate a program that’s bugging out or not responding. This key combo cuts out the middle man and instantly calls up the Task Manager without having to jump between screen transitions!
2. Alt + Tab: I hope most of you know this one, it’s super helpful. This one lets you swap between your currently open applications. So you can jump from your browser to your chat program and back or pop out of a full screen game to see what messages you might have gotten while it’s open; and so on and so on. Super useful.
3. Ctrl + X/C/V: These go together because they all function together. These are the shortcuts for Cut/Copy/Paste respectively. Copy of course copies whatever you have selected, text, files, or whatever. Paste will paste in whatever is currently on your clipboard from using Copy or Cut. Cut is like Copy but it removes the original version once it has been Pasted into a new location (with files at least, text is instantly removed).
4. Ctrl + Z: UNDO! This hotkey undoes the last thing you did, if possible. Probably one of the most useful things you could ever need to know if you do a lot of typing or digital drawing (if you have a free hand for pressing it I suppose!)
5. F5: Refresh. This button will refresh the current browser page you’re on. Always helpful.
6. Ctrl + T/Ctrl + Shift + T: These are also browser based shortcuts! The first one will open a new blank tab and the second one will reopen the last closed browser tab/window. Useful if you close something by mistake.
7. Ctrl + S/Ctrl + Shift + S: SAVE and SAVE AS! Cause saving stuff is important. Save As lets you change the name of the file you are saving so you don’t save over the previous version, if you need to do that for some reason.
8. Ctrl + Page Up/Down: Another browser based shortcut. This lets you switch between your currently open tabs. It’s like Shift + Tab but for tabs!
9. Ctrl + I/U/B: These ones are for text and typing, it doesn’t usually work in messenger programs however. These hotkeys will toggle Italics/Underline/Bold on whatever editable text is currently selected.
10. Ctrl + +/-: That’s the control key and the plus key (technically the = key) or minus key. Browser based one last time. This combo will zoom in or out on your current page. This can be useful to enlarge a video or a stream that normally takes up a small part of the screen without having to use a full screen mode.
Today I would like to share some of them with anyone who cares to read this. Feel free to leave a comment if you learned something new or if you have a shortcut that you use all the time yourself that I didn’t list.
1. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: almost everyone who has ever touched a computer knows the shortcut of Ctrl + Alt + Delete to close your current application or to bring up the Windows lock screen so you can get to the Task Manager to terminate a program that’s bugging out or not responding. This key combo cuts out the middle man and instantly calls up the Task Manager without having to jump between screen transitions!
2. Alt + Tab: I hope most of you know this one, it’s super helpful. This one lets you swap between your currently open applications. So you can jump from your browser to your chat program and back or pop out of a full screen game to see what messages you might have gotten while it’s open; and so on and so on. Super useful.
3. Ctrl + X/C/V: These go together because they all function together. These are the shortcuts for Cut/Copy/Paste respectively. Copy of course copies whatever you have selected, text, files, or whatever. Paste will paste in whatever is currently on your clipboard from using Copy or Cut. Cut is like Copy but it removes the original version once it has been Pasted into a new location (with files at least, text is instantly removed).
4. Ctrl + Z: UNDO! This hotkey undoes the last thing you did, if possible. Probably one of the most useful things you could ever need to know if you do a lot of typing or digital drawing (if you have a free hand for pressing it I suppose!)
5. F5: Refresh. This button will refresh the current browser page you’re on. Always helpful.
6. Ctrl + T/Ctrl + Shift + T: These are also browser based shortcuts! The first one will open a new blank tab and the second one will reopen the last closed browser tab/window. Useful if you close something by mistake.
7. Ctrl + S/Ctrl + Shift + S: SAVE and SAVE AS! Cause saving stuff is important. Save As lets you change the name of the file you are saving so you don’t save over the previous version, if you need to do that for some reason.
8. Ctrl + Page Up/Down: Another browser based shortcut. This lets you switch between your currently open tabs. It’s like Shift + Tab but for tabs!
9. Ctrl + I/U/B: These ones are for text and typing, it doesn’t usually work in messenger programs however. These hotkeys will toggle Italics/Underline/Bold on whatever editable text is currently selected.
10. Ctrl + +/-: That’s the control key and the plus key (technically the = key) or minus key. Browser based one last time. This combo will zoom in or out on your current page. This can be useful to enlarge a video or a stream that normally takes up a small part of the screen without having to use a full screen mode.
2: Alt-Shift-Tab lets you go backwards through the program switching cycle.
3: Did you know that shift-delete and shift-insert work for cut and paste also?
4: Ctrl-Alt-Z lets you go backwards in photoshop's history, allowing for more than one "undo"
5: Ctrl-R works in most places now, which is handy if your keyboard doesn't have F keys, or makes you do a button combination to use em.
6: Ctrl-N and Ctrl-Shift-N work in a number of browsers for opening a new window and reopening a closed window, too.
7: ...Yeah I got nothin. Don't forget to save, peeps. Edit: Ctrl-O for open, usually?
8: In Internet Explorer and Edge it's Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab (asked nobody ever.)
Okay, uh, here's one that's actually useful instead: You can use alt-<- and alt- -> (arrow keys) to go forward and back pages.
9: On FA you can use the buttons in the text box, but there's also a lot of others! http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/User:Sta.....Tags_and_Codes
10: You can also do this with the mouse by holding right click and scrolling the mouse wheel up and down! Ctrl-0 resets the zoom to default.
...26 years of compooter. C:\>WIN ftw(indows) ;3
Win-Shift-S: Quick select screenshot
Win-.: Emoticon entry form for ANY app. 👌
Win-Tab: Task/Desktop Switcher
Ctrl-Win-<- & Ctrl-Win-->: Switch desktops. Can also be done with four fingers on a compatible trackpad.
Win-<-/->/^/V: Snap/Maximize/minimize current window
Win-Pause/Break: Show System Info
Win-X: Same menu as when you right click start button, very useful menu!
...Nerd.