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General Keyboard shortcuts:

Keyboard shortcuts often make work quicker, easier and more efficient. I know that many of you will know these anyway, I put it up for those who don't.

1. Ctrl+s - Probably one of my most frequently used shortcuts, this saves your work in a program.
2. Ctrl+x - Cuts highlighted text to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere.
3. Ctrl+v - Pastes text from the clipboard.
4. Ctrl+c - Copies text to the clipboard.
5. Win+e - Opens Windows Explorer.
6. Win+f - Opens the Search page.
7. Win+pause - A little-known shortcut that opens the system properties window.
8. Win+m - Minimizes all your windows and shows the desktop.
9. Win+d - It also minimizes all windows. Press it again and they all pop back up...Magic!
10. Win+r - Opens the Run Program window.
11. Alt+F4 - Closes the program you're currently using.
12. Ctrl+F4 - Closes the current window, but not the entire program.
13. F1 - Probably the most famous shortcut, it's been around since the '80s, and it brings up Help.
14. Ctrl-Alt-Del - Also a very famous shortcut. In DOS it reboots the computer, in Windows it brings up the Close Programs box, useful for closing hung programs. Press it again and the computer reboots.
15. Shift+del - This deletes a file permanently, bypassing the Recycle Bin. However there seems to be a little bug in Windows, and it doesn't always work first time. 80% of the time it does work however, so just keep trying it until it works.
16. Ctrl+i - Makes the text italics
17. Ctrl+b - Makes the text bold
18. Ctrl+u - Underlines the text
19. Alt+double click - Brings up the properties box of a file or folder
20. Ctrl+z - Probably the most useful shortcut, this one undo's the last action you made. (not always available)
21. Ctrl+a - Highlights everything on a page


Internet Explorer Shortcuts

1. F5 - Refreshes the webpage.
2. Backspace - Goes back a page.
3. Alt+left arrow - Goes back a page.
4. Alt+right arrow - Goes forward a page.
5. Escape - Stops the website loading.
6. Home - Goes back to top of webpage.
7. End - Goes to end of webpage.
8. Ctrl+mousewheel up - Decreases the size of the text in Internet Explorer.
9. Ctrl+mousewheel down - Increases the size of text on the Internet Explorer.
10. Shift+click hyperlink - This opens the link in a new window.
11. Alt+d - Jumps to the address bar so that you can type a new address.
12. Shift+mousewheel-up - Forward a page.
13. Shift+mousewheel down - Back a page.
14. Ctrl+h - Brings up the history list of visited websites.
15. Ctrl+f - Find a word or phrase in the website.
16. F2 - Used when icon/folder/file is selected (highlighted). It lets you rename the icon/folder/file.
17. Ctrl+Enter - This is a great timesaver! Type google in the address bar and press ctrl-enter. You'll notice it automatically adds

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http://www. and the .com

This works for any address!