| There may be times when it is simply | | | | the Home key will bring you to the beginning of |
| inconvenient to use the click of your mouse for a | | | | the line on which your cursor sits, while pressing |
| specific command or even for an entire working | | | | the Home key while holding down Ctrl will bring |
| session on your computer. Believe it or not, | | | | your cursor back to the beginning of the entire |
| repeated clicking of the mouse can cause physical | | | | document. Similarly, pressing the End key will |
| pain and nerve damage in hands, wrists, arms, | | | | take your cursor to the end of that line, while |
| shoulders or even the neck of some people. | | | | pressing Ctrl plus the End key will take you to the |
| Minimize this risk by taking note of your computer | | | | end of your entire document. Pressing your up |
| habits and replacing some of the most frequently | | | | and down arrow keys will take you either up or |
| used mouse movements with simple, easy to | | | | down one line, while pressing the left and right |
| learn, keyboard shortcuts. You can save time | | | | arrow keys will move your cursor one character |
| and hand movements by implementing these | | | | to the right or left. |
| helpful "tricks". No special keyboard is needed | | | | CTRL KEY -- Now that you have found a way to |
| for the shortcuts described below. | | | | navigate around your screen without using the |
| Because each program has its own unique | | | | mouse, here are a few more helpful shortcuts to |
| shortcuts it would be impossible and a bit | | | | try. The following are 2-key combination |
| overwhelming to try to list them all here. I will | | | | commands. While holding the Ctrl key down, |
| attempt to demonstrate the most common | | | | press the following keys to carry out the |
| shortcuts generally used in most Windows | | | | commands. (Note - do not press the "+" key - |
| applications. | | | | that is only instructing you to press the second |
| FUNCTION KEYS -- Hitting the F1 key in any | | | | key while still holding down the Ctrl key.) |
| program will bring up the Help menu for that | | | | Ctrl + C... to copy file, folder or selected text |
| particular program. F7 will activate a spelling and | | | | Ctrl + X... will cut selected data (remove and place |
| grammar check. F10 activates the menu bar so | | | | in memory) |
| that you can then type the corresponding | | | | Ctrl + V... will paste that file, folder or text |
| underlined letter to drop down that menu list. | | | | Ctrl + U... to activate the underline command (or |
| You can then use the up/down arrow keys to | | | | turn it off) |
| select the appropriate command and press Enter | | | | Ctrl + B...to activate the bold command (or turn it |
| to activate it. Or, while holding down the Alt key, | | | | off) |
| press the spacebar to activate the control menu | | | | Ctrl + I...to activate the italic command (or turn it |
| to minimize, maximize or close out your active | | | | off) |
| window. Again, type in the corresponding | | | | Ctrl + A...will select all |
| underlined letter to carry out the desired | | | | Ctrl + P...to print document |
| command. All this can be done without taking | | | | Ctrl + S...to save document |
| your hands off the keyboard and reaching for | | | | Ctrl + O...to open a document |
| that mouse. | | | | Ctrl + L...left justifies selected text |
| HOME/END KEYS -- You can also navigate within | | | | Ctrl + R...right justifies selected text |
| any document or file by the use of your arrow | | | | Ctrl + E... |
| keys and the "Home" and "End" keys. Pressing | | | | |