What are some software key commands that can get me around my computer without a mouse?
Question: What are some software key commands that I can use to get me around my computer without a mouse?
Answer: Keyboard shortcuts are available to save time from moving your hand from the keyboard to the mouse. Here are some of the more common software comand shortcuts:
| Shift + Arrow Key | Start the highlighting process, can substitute an arrow key for Home, End, Page Up, or Page Down to highlight larger groups of text easier. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy highlighted text to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut highlighted text to the clipboard, this will look like it was deleted, rest assured it was not. |
| Ctrl + Esc | Opens the Start menu. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste the text that was recently cut or copied to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo the last thing you did, may work repeatedly to fix several mistakes made |
| Ctrl + A | Select All. |
| Ctrl + B | Switch to Bold font. |
| Ctrl + U | Switch to Underline font. |
| Ctrl + I | Switch to Italic font. |
| Ctrl + N | Open new window. |
Those are just a few of the keyboard shortcuts that are out there, you can always fine more by searching for keyboard shortcuts in any search engine such as Google, Yahoo, or MSN.
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