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Universal Keyboard Shortcuts

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl A is for Selecting All

Select ALL allows you to select ALL text, files, or other displayed objects.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl V is for Pasting Contents

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก + ๐™‘ allows you to paste contents and/or text.

Do you know why it’s ๐™‘ and not P to paste? ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก + ๐™‘ is based on the original proofreader’s symbol for insertion, which is an upside-down ๐™‘.

Easily open yourย searchย window with this shortcut.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl C is for Copying Images or Text

๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š• + ๐™ฒ allows you to copy text or images.

Do you know who created this most commonly used shortcut? His name is Larry Tesler. He created the concept for human-to-computer interaction while working at Xerox.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl X is for Cutting Selected Text or Images

๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’๐’ + ๐‘ฟ allows you to cut a selected section of text, image, and/or other objects.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl Z is for Undoing

Undo a recent action & press ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ + ๐™

Press it repeatedly to undo multiple actions/steps.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl S is for Saving modifications

แด„แดษดแด›ส€แดสŸ + ๊œฑ

Allows you to save modifications to a document/worksheet. Creating this shortcut as a habit will help you reduce the chances of losing the data in your file.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl P is for Printing

๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ก + ๐™ฅ allows you to print the current page you are on, whether you’re working on a document, spreadsheet, or even an email.

“๐•Žhat ๐•ou ๐•Šee ๐•€s ๐•Žhat ๐•ou ๐”พet” is a phrase closely tied to Larry Tesler. His original phrase was “What you see on the screen should be what you get when you ๐Ÿ…ฟ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…ธ๐Ÿ…ฝ๐Ÿ†ƒ it.”

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Atl F4 is for Force Quitting

๐“๐“ต๐“ฝ + ๐“•4 allows you to quickly force quit onย pc. No need to pull up your task manager or command prompt.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Alt Tab is for Switching between Windows and Programs

๐€๐ฅ๐ญ + ๐“๐š๐› allows you to switch between all the open windows/programs. Combine it with a โ† ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ or ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ โ†’ arrow and it allows you to select the window/program of your choosing.

๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ: ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl B is for Bolding text

๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ†ƒ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…ป + ๐Ÿ…ฑ

Applies ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ formatting to your plain text selection. Whether you’re working on an email or a Microsoft ยฎ product like Word or Excel.

Moreover, it is a keyboard shortcut used to toggle ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ text on & off.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl I is for italicizing text

๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ก + ๐™„

Allows you to ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ your highlighted selection. Whether you’re working on an email or a Microsoft ยฎ product like Word or Excel.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl U is for underline text

๐šŒ๐š๐š›๐š• + ๐šž

Allows you to uฬฒnฬฒdฬฒeฬฒrฬฒlฬฒiฬฒnฬฒeฬฒ the selected text. Whether you’re working on an email or a Microsoft ยฎ product like Word or Excel. Moreover, it is a keyboard shortcut used to toggle uฬฒnฬฒdฬฒeฬฒrฬฒlฬฒiฬฒnฬฒeฬฒ text on & off.

Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl F is to open a find box.

๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ†ƒ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…ป + ๐Ÿ…ต is used to open a ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ box.

Once opened, use the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ box to locate a specific word, character, or even a whole phrase.

Thisย shortcutย can be used on a web page, document, or spreadsheet.
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Cal Computer teaches handy shortcuts - Ctrl H is for Search and Replace

๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ†ƒ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…ป + ๐Ÿ…ท has two very different functions.

Thisย shortcutย can be used on a document, or spreadsheet to find and ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•”๐•– a specific word, character, or even a whole phrase.

However, if you’re on an internet browser, such asย Chrome, using the ๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ†ƒ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…ป + ๐Ÿ…ทย keyboardย shortcut opens the history tab of the current internet browser you’re using.