We are all accustomed to using a mouse to control a computer, but there are alternative options, including using the keyboard. Which is often an even faster way to achieve the desired result. This is especially true when using a laptop.
This is where hot key combinations, also called hot key, shortcut, quick key, come to the rescue and are programmed to perform a specific action. Most of them work the same on Windows 7/8/10.
Beginner computer users may not be familiar with them, so let's talk about them in a nutshell before moving directly to the available features. The principle of operation is simple, you need to press two or more keys on the keyboard at the same time, that is, press the first one and, without releasing it, press the next one. To record key combinations, the plus sign is used; you do not need to press it (unless it itself is part of it). Previously, we already talked about some Windows hotkeys , and now we’ll look at a keyboard shortcut for working with text.
After all, to enter text into Word or another text editor, we already have our hands on the keyboard, and many operations are easier and faster to perform using the keyboard than switching to the mouse. This is especially true for selecting, copying, and pasting operations . At the same time, some keyboard shortcuts work regardless of where the text is located.
They will work in a text editor, excel, a browser page, an input field, a program window, and so on, even if the cursor position is visually absent. In other words, clicking on a site page will not change anything externally, but the keyboard shortcuts associated with the selection will use the click location as a starting point. Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for text.
Ctrl+ A - selects all text in the current window
Ctrl+ Сor Ctrl+ Insert - copy selected text to clipboard
Ctrl+ X - cuts the selected text and places it on the clipboard
Delete — deletes the selected fragment or character to the right of the cursor if nothing is selected
Ctrl+ Delete — delete text from the current cursor position to the end of the word
Backspace — deletes the selected text or character to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+ Backspace — delete text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the word
Ctrl+ Vor Shift+ Insert - paste the contents of the clipboard
Ctrl+ Z — cancel the last operation
Ctrl+ Y - repeat the last operation again
← → ↑ ↓(Arrows) - move the cursor one position in the corresponding direction
Ctrl+ →(right arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl+ ←(left arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl+ ↓(down arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl+ ↑(up arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Shift+ →(right arrow) - selects one character to the right of the current cursor position
Shift+ ←(left arrow) - selects one character to the left of the current cursor position
Shift+ ↑(up arrow) - selects a block of text from the current cursor position to the same position on the previous line
Shift+ ↓(down arrow) - selects a block of text from the current cursor position to the same position on the next line
Ctrl+ Shift+ →(right arrow) - selects text by words to the right of the cursor
Ctrl+ Shift+ ←(left arrow) - selects text by words to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+ Shift+ ↓(down arrow) - select text line by line starting from the current position
Ctrl+ Shift+ ↑(up arrow) - select text line by line upward starting from the current position
Shift+ Home - selection from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line
Shift+ End - selection from the current cursor position to the end of the line
Page Up - scrolls up one screen
Page Down - scrolls down one screen
Shift+ Page Up — selection to the height of the screen from the current position up
Shift+ Page Down — selection to the height of the screen from the current position down
Home — move the cursor to the beginning of the current line
End — moving the cursor to the end of the current line
Ctrl+ Home - places the cursor at the beginning of the text
Ctrl+ End - places the cursor at the end of the text
Ctrl+ Shift+ Home - selection from the current position to the beginning of the document
Ctrl+ Shift+ End - selection from the current position to the end of the document
Ctrl+ Alt+ Page Up - moves the cursor to the beginning of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ Alt+ Page Down - moves the cursor to the end of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ Page Up - selection from the current position to the beginning of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ Page Down - selection from the current position to the end of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ B — makes the text bold
Ctrl+ I — makes the text italic
Ctrl+ U — makes the text underlined
Ctrl+ Shift+ U - makes a double underscore
Ctrl+ = - switch to subscript characters
Ctrl+ Shift+ + - switch to superscript characters
Ctrl+ L — left alignment
Ctrl+ E — center alignment
Ctrl+ R — right alignment
Ctrl+ J — width alignment
Ctrl+ M — increase paragraph indentation
Ctrl+ Shift+ M - decrease paragraph indentation
Shift+ Enter - inserts a line break
Ctrl+ Enter — insert a page break
Shift+ F3 - changes the case of the text sequentially (lowercase - uppercase - the first letter of the word is uppercase)
Ctrl+ D - opens the font settings window
Ctrl+ ] — increase the font size
Ctrl+ [ — decrease font size
Ctrl+ Space(Space) - set the default font
Ctrl+ F — opens the search bar
Ctrl+ H — search and replace window
Ctrl+ -(minus on the numeric keypad) - inserts an en dash
Ctrl+ Alt+ -(minus on the numeric keypad) - inserts an em dash
Ctrl+ Shift+ Space(Space) - inserts a non-breaking space
Ctrl+ Shift+ -(hyphen) - insert a non-breaking hyphen
Ctrl+ K — insert a hyperlink
Alt+ Shift+ D - insert a field with the current date
Alt+ Shift+ T - insert a field with the current time
F9 — updating the selected field
Alt+ = - insert equation
Ctrl+ P — dialog prints the document
Ctrl+ N - creating a new empty document
Ctrl+ O — file open dialog
Ctrl+ S — saving the current document
F12 - “Save As” dialog
Ctrl+ W — close the document
Using these Windows keyboard shortcuts when working with text instead of using the mouse can significantly improve productivity, especially on a laptop. There are also key combinationsWIN that are useful for use in the Windows interface.
This is where hot key combinations, also called hot key, shortcut, quick key, come to the rescue and are programmed to perform a specific action. Most of them work the same on Windows 7/8/10.
Beginner computer users may not be familiar with them, so let's talk about them in a nutshell before moving directly to the available features. The principle of operation is simple, you need to press two or more keys on the keyboard at the same time, that is, press the first one and, without releasing it, press the next one. To record key combinations, the plus sign is used; you do not need to press it (unless it itself is part of it). Previously, we already talked about some Windows hotkeys , and now we’ll look at a keyboard shortcut for working with text.
After all, to enter text into Word or another text editor, we already have our hands on the keyboard, and many operations are easier and faster to perform using the keyboard than switching to the mouse. This is especially true for selecting, copying, and pasting operations . At the same time, some keyboard shortcuts work regardless of where the text is located.
They will work in a text editor, excel, a browser page, an input field, a program window, and so on, even if the cursor position is visually absent. In other words, clicking on a site page will not change anything externally, but the keyboard shortcuts associated with the selection will use the click location as a starting point. Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for text.
Ctrl+ A - selects all text in the current window
Ctrl+ Сor Ctrl+ Insert - copy selected text to clipboard
Ctrl+ X - cuts the selected text and places it on the clipboard
Delete — deletes the selected fragment or character to the right of the cursor if nothing is selected
Ctrl+ Delete — delete text from the current cursor position to the end of the word
Backspace — deletes the selected text or character to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+ Backspace — delete text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the word
Ctrl+ Vor Shift+ Insert - paste the contents of the clipboard
Ctrl+ Z — cancel the last operation
Ctrl+ Y - repeat the last operation again
← → ↑ ↓(Arrows) - move the cursor one position in the corresponding direction
Ctrl+ →(right arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl+ ←(left arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl+ ↓(down arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl+ ↑(up arrow) - moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Shift+ →(right arrow) - selects one character to the right of the current cursor position
Shift+ ←(left arrow) - selects one character to the left of the current cursor position
Shift+ ↑(up arrow) - selects a block of text from the current cursor position to the same position on the previous line
Shift+ ↓(down arrow) - selects a block of text from the current cursor position to the same position on the next line
Ctrl+ Shift+ →(right arrow) - selects text by words to the right of the cursor
Ctrl+ Shift+ ←(left arrow) - selects text by words to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+ Shift+ ↓(down arrow) - select text line by line starting from the current position
Ctrl+ Shift+ ↑(up arrow) - select text line by line upward starting from the current position
Shift+ Home - selection from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line
Shift+ End - selection from the current cursor position to the end of the line
Page Up - scrolls up one screen
Page Down - scrolls down one screen
Shift+ Page Up — selection to the height of the screen from the current position up
Shift+ Page Down — selection to the height of the screen from the current position down
Home — move the cursor to the beginning of the current line
End — moving the cursor to the end of the current line
Ctrl+ Home - places the cursor at the beginning of the text
Ctrl+ End - places the cursor at the end of the text
Ctrl+ Shift+ Home - selection from the current position to the beginning of the document
Ctrl+ Shift+ End - selection from the current position to the end of the document
Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts for text
In addition to system-wide hotkey combinations, each program may have its own. The following lists some of the available Word keyboard shortcuts, but keep in mind that the list of available options may vary depending on the version of the program.Ctrl+ Alt+ Page Up - moves the cursor to the beginning of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ Alt+ Page Down - moves the cursor to the end of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ Page Up - selection from the current position to the beginning of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ Page Down - selection from the current position to the end of the visible part of the screen
Ctrl+ B — makes the text bold
Ctrl+ I — makes the text italic
Ctrl+ U — makes the text underlined
Ctrl+ Shift+ U - makes a double underscore
Ctrl+ = - switch to subscript characters
Ctrl+ Shift+ + - switch to superscript characters
Ctrl+ L — left alignment
Ctrl+ E — center alignment
Ctrl+ R — right alignment
Ctrl+ J — width alignment
Ctrl+ M — increase paragraph indentation
Ctrl+ Shift+ M - decrease paragraph indentation
Shift+ Enter - inserts a line break
Ctrl+ Enter — insert a page break
Shift+ F3 - changes the case of the text sequentially (lowercase - uppercase - the first letter of the word is uppercase)
Ctrl+ D - opens the font settings window
Ctrl+ ] — increase the font size
Ctrl+ [ — decrease font size
Ctrl+ Space(Space) - set the default font
Ctrl+ F — opens the search bar
Ctrl+ H — search and replace window
Ctrl+ -(minus on the numeric keypad) - inserts an en dash
Ctrl+ Alt+ -(minus on the numeric keypad) - inserts an em dash
Ctrl+ Shift+ Space(Space) - inserts a non-breaking space
Ctrl+ Shift+ -(hyphen) - insert a non-breaking hyphen
Ctrl+ K — insert a hyperlink
Alt+ Shift+ D - insert a field with the current date
Alt+ Shift+ T - insert a field with the current time
F9 — updating the selected field
Alt+ = - insert equation
Ctrl+ P — dialog prints the document
Ctrl+ N - creating a new empty document
Ctrl+ O — file open dialog
Ctrl+ S — saving the current document
F12 - “Save As” dialog
Ctrl+ W — close the document
Using these Windows keyboard shortcuts when working with text instead of using the mouse can significantly improve productivity, especially on a laptop. There are also key combinationsWIN that are useful for use in the Windows interface.