Useful Computer Shortcuts

[polly_mer]

I was reading just now and learned that command + shift + t will reopen the last tab in my browser (control + shift + t for Windows folks).  No more trying to find it in my history menu for that D'oh! moment.

Any not-obvious computer shortcuts you've come across recently that might help us all be more productive?

[clean]

highlight  Control c to copy
Control v to paste.

Control p to bring up print commands

the ever favorite and too often used, Control Alt Delete  !!

Control z to unto the last command. (very useful when the laptop somehow interprets some command to delete because of the way my hand is resting on the base).

If editing, highlight and Control b will make it bold.

I think that is about the limit of my fast command knowledge.

[Juvenal]

This is Mac:

"command," "shift," "4" [simultaneously] for ease at taking a screen shot--first position cursor where you want to start the screen shot, then you get a reticle that you can drag across what you want a screen shot of; once outlined, then click the mouse.  Saves to desktop.

[monarda]

In Microsoft Office products, command Y to do the same command you just did over again.

When I do this command (often) I say to myself, "yup", "yup", "yup" with each command Y.

Also, hold down option while selecting will allow you to select a single column, in cases when using the mouse selects the whole table, not just the column you want.

[aside]

Handy when reading the fora, to return to top of page:

Control + up arrow [pc]
Command + up arrow [mac]
Double tap at top of screen [iPhone]

[Conjugate]

highlight  Control c to copy
Control v to paste.

Control p to bring up print commands

the ever favorite and too often used, Control Alt Delete  !!

Control z to unto the last command. (very useful when the laptop somehow interprets some command to delete because of the way my hand is resting on the base).

If editing, highlight and Control b will make it bold.

I think that is about the limit of my fast command knowledge.

Also, Ctrl-Y to re-do the last undo (Windows machines).

I find it useful to know (and have memorized) some of the shortcuts for extended characters in Windows.  Here is a list of shortcuts for Windows.  Notice that these require a numeric keypad!

For other Unicode characters, it is a little tougher.

In a few applications, you can enter a 2- to 5-digit hex code, immediately follow it by Alt+x, and it will be converted to Unicode.  Thus, 2A37 becomes ⨷. But those applications are mostly word processors; the editor for the fora, for instance, won't do this.

[secondAuthor]

Check out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts
for more

Wikipedia contributors. (2019, July 16). Table of keyboard shortcuts. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:44, July 18, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts&oldid=906478734