Handy Shortcuts for Business Computer Users

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These keyboard shortcuts work on modern versions of Windows and in most Windows applications.

Ctrl+X: Cut the highlighted text or selected object (copies the object to the Windows clipboard and deletes it from the current view)
Ctrl+C: Copy the highlighted text or selected object.
Ctrl+V: Paste the current contents of the clipboard into the current document.
ÿ+V: Open the clipboard history.
Ctrl+Z: Undo the previous action/edit.
Ctrl+A: Select all text or objects.
Ctrl+F: Find (search for text in a document)
Ctrl+B: Turn on bold text formatting.
Ctrl+I: Turn on italics text formatting.
Ctrl+U: Turn on underline text formatting.
Ctrl+←: Move the cursor one word to the left.
Ctrl+→: Move the cursor one word to the right.
Ctrl+↑: Move the cursor one paragraph up.
Ctrl+↓: Move the cursor one paragraph down.
Shift+←/→: Highlight text starting at the current position, one character at a time.
Shift+↑/↓: Highlight text starting at the current position, one line at a time.
Ctrl+Shift+←/→: Highlight text starting at the current position, one word at a time.
Ctrl+Shift+↑/↓: Highlight text starting at the current position, one paragraph at a time.
Home: Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Shift+Home: Highlight from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line.
End: Move the cursor to the end of the line.
Shift+End: Highlight from the current cursor position to the end of the line.

Alt+Tab: Switch between open application windows. (Hold Alt, and repeatedly press Tab to select other open windows.)
ÿ+Tab: Display Task View. (Show all open application windows.)
ÿ or Ctrl+Esc: Open the Start menu.
Tab: Move to next field in a multi-field dialog box.
Shift+Tab: Move to previous field in a multi-field dialog box.
Enter: OK
Esc: Cancel
Alt+Enter: Properties of selected file/object.
Ctrl+Shift+S: Open the snipping/screenshot tool.
Ctrl+scroll wheel: Zoom in/out.

Ctrl+T: Open a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopen last closed tab.
Ctrl+Tab: Cycle through tabs.
Ctrl+J: Show downloads
Ctrl+N: Open a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+O: Show favorites.
Ctrl+H: Show history.
Ctrl+Shift+Y: Open collections in Edge.
Ctrl+Shift+U: Read page aloud in Edge.
Shift+Esc: Open the browser task manager (helps determine which tabs are using memory or processor power).