Even more about keyboard shortcuts

So far in the first 2 blogs about keyboard shortcuts, I provided information about specific shortcuts such as cut, copy and paste. Now some generic information about shortcuts.

Have you ever noticed that in many dropdown list in a menu, to the right of the command such as Edit>Cut there is Ctrl+X in this case? Yep, that's the keyboard shortcut for that command. I was teaching a class yesterday and mentioned this to the 2 attendees and they both were surprised that they had "never seen that before".

If you tend to do the same thing over and over again like Edit>Find you may just remember Ctrl+F. You may also find the command you learn in one application is really more generic and works in many applications such as Ctrl+F for Find...

Happy Shortcutting

Other useful shortcuts

So if you like cut, copy, and paste shortcuts, here are some others that can be used every day while working with MS Office applications:

Open - Ctrl + O
Save- Ctrl + S
Print- Ctrl + P
New - Ctrl + N

Give these a try!

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Sometimes learning keystrokes to get something done can be more efficient than grabbing your mouse and clicking or even right clicking to use the shortcut menu as it as called. My favorites are: cut (ctlr+x), copy (ctrl+c) and paste (ctrl+v). These can be used even if you do not have access to a menu or shortcut menu (like in a dialog box, eg). Give it a try!