What are Computer Shortcut Keys?

Computer shortcut keys are quick combinations of keyboard presses used to

perform specific tasks or commands, enhancing efficiency and productivity.
For example, the shortcut key for copying is Ctrl + C. To use this shortcut, you
would press and hold the Ctrl key while pressing the C key.

Basic Computer Shortcut Keys (A to Z)

Basic Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys A to Z

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Alt + E It Edits options in the current program.

Alt+Tab this is used to switch between the open windows.

Alt + F Shows file menu options in the current program.

Alt + F4 This closes the current window.

Alt + Page Up It scrolls up the Entire Screen.

Alt + Page Down It scrolls down the Entire Screen.

It shows the previous history if it is present in

Alt + Left Arrow
Bowser.

Alt + Right Arrow Go forward in the browser window.

Alt + Enter It shows the property of the selected item.

Basic Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys A to Z

Ctrl + A It is used to select all text.

Ctrl + X It cuts the selected item.

Ctrl + Del It deletes selected items.

Ctrl + C / Ctrl+Ins Used to copy the selected item.

Ctrl + V / Shift + Ins Used to paste the selected item.

Ctrl + Home It is used to go to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl + End Go to the end of a document

Ctrl + S Open the save as a dialogue box.

Ctrl + Z Undo the last action.

Ctrl + Alt + Del Opens Windows task manager.

Ctrl+N Open a new window/document.

Ctrl+H Open the history tab/bar.

Ctrl+J Open the download tab/bar.

Basic Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys A to Z

Ctrl+F It starts the find utility.

Ctrl+P Open the print dialogue box.

Ctrl+Esc Open the Windows start menu.

Ctrl + “+” Increases the zoom level.

Ctrl + “–” Decreases the zoom level.

Ctrl + W / Ctrl + F4 Closes the current tab.

Ctrl+T Open a new tab.

Home Takes the user to the start of the current line.

End This is used to go to the end of the current line

Shift + Delete files will be deleted permanently.

Ctrl + Y This redo the last action.

Ctrl + K It insert hyperlink for the selected text.

This lock the computer, requiring password entry to

Windows key + L
access again.
Basic Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys A to Z

Access the Power User Tasks Menu in Windows 8

Windows key + X
and Windows 10.

Windows key + Down

It Minimize the active program window.
arrow

Windows key + Up
It Maximize the active program window.
arrow

This key used to move one word to the left at a

Ctrl + Left arrow
time.

This is used for move one word to the right at a

Ctrl + Right arrow
time.

Ctrl + Y Redo the last action.

Ctrl + K Insert hyperlink for the selected text.

Access the Power User Tasks Menu in Windows 8

Windows key + X
and Windows 10.

Minimize the active program window. (That format

Windows key + ↓
Should be used)

Lock the computer, requiring password entry to

Windows key + L
access again.
Basic Computer Keyboard Shortcut Keys A to Z

Windows key + ↑ Maximize the active program window.

Ctrl + ← Move one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl + → Move one word to the right at a time.

Ctrl + Home Go to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl + End Go to the end of the document.

Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Windows Task Manager.

Highlight from the current position to the beginning

Shift + Home
of the line.

Highlight from the current position to the end of

Shift + End
the line.

Computer Shortcut Keys for Windows

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

F2 Used to rename the selected icon.

F3 This Find anything from our desktop.

This is used in Windows 95 to XP to open the locate

F4
window.
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

It is used to refresh the contents of your Windows

F5
system.

Alt + F4 Used to close the ongoing program.

Ctrl + F4 This shortcut is used to swiftly close a document.

This adjusts the widths of all columns automatically,

Ctrl + Plus Key
in Windows Explorer.

Alt + Print Screen /

It is used to take a screenshot of the current page.
Win+PrtScn

Ctrl + Alt + Del Used to Reboot/Windows task manager.

Ctrl + Esc It activates the start menu.

It is used to open the properties window for the

Alt + Enter
selected icon or program.

Win + X It shows shutdown options.

Win + L It Locks the computer screen.

Win This display or hide the Start screen.

Win + D Used to show/hide the desktop.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Win + E This open file explorer.

Win + M It minimizes all open windows.

Win + Shift + M This shortcut restores all minimized windows.

Win + P Select a presentation display mode.

Win + Q It opens the search for the menu.

Win + R It opens the Run dialogue box.

This display the commands used in the current

Win + Z
open window.

It minimizes the desktop window or clear the

Win + Down Arrow
current application from the screen.

Win + Up Arrow It is used to maximize the window.

This shortcut maximizes the window to the left side

Win + Left Arrow
of the screen.

It maximizes the window to the right side of the

Win + Right Arrow
screen.

Win+ This is used to zoom in using a magnifier.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Win- It zooms out using a magnifier.

Ctrl + Shift + Esc This is used to open Windows Task Manager.

This key is used to go to the beginning of the

Ctrl + Home
document.

Ctrl + End This key is used to go to the end of the document.

It highlight from the current position to the

Shift + Home
beginning of the line.

It highlight from the current position to the end of

Shift + End
the line.

Computer Shortcut keys for MS Office

Shortcut Key Function

Ctrl + N New document

Ctrl + O Open document

Ctrl + S Save document

Ctrl + P Print document

Ctrl + Z Undo action

Shortcut Key Function

Ctrl + Y Redo action

Ctrl + A Select all

Ctrl + C Copy selected text

Ctrl + X Cut selected text

Ctrl + V Paste copied text

Ctrl + B Bold text

Ctrl + I Italicize text

Ctrl + U Underline text

Ctrl + F Find text

Ctrl + H Replace text

Ctrl + K Insert hyperlink

Ctrl + L Align left

Ctrl + E Align center

Shortcut Key Function

Ctrl + R Align right

Ctrl + J Justify text

Ctrl + D Font dialog box

Ctrl + Shift + > Increase font size

Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease font size

Ctrl + Space Remove formatting

Ctrl + Enter Insert page break

Computer Shortcut Keys for MS Excel

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + C It is used to copy selected cells.

Ctrl + V It is used to paste select cells.

Ctrl + Shift + Arrow

It selects multiple cells.
Keys

F2 This edit the selected cell.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

F4 This repeats the last action.

F5 it is used to go to a specific cell.

It is used for Spell check on selected text and/or

F7
documents.

F11 Created Chart.

Ctrl + Shift + ; It entered the current time.

Ctrl + ; This entered the current date.

Alt + Shift + F1 It inserts a new worksheet.

Shift + F3 This opens the Excel formula window.

Shift + F5 Bring up the search box.

Ctrl + B It is used for bold highlighted selections.

Ctrl + I It is used for italicizing highlighted selections.

Ctrl + D Fill

Ctrl + K It is used to insert Links.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + F / Ctrl + H Used for open find and replace options.

Ctrl + G Used to open go-to options.

Ctrl + U It is used to underline highlighted selections.

Ctrl + Y It is used to underline selected text.

Ctrl + 5 Used to strikethrough highlighted selection.

Ctrl + O It is used to open Options.

Ctrl + N This opens a new document.

Ctrl + F9 It minimizes the current window.

Ctrl + F10 It maximizes the currently selected window.

Ctrl + P It opens the print dialogue box.

Ctrl + Z This undoes the last action.

Ctrl + F6 It switches between open workbooks/windows.

It is used to insert the value of the above cell into

Ctrl +
the current cell.
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + Page up & Page

It moves between Excel sheets.
Down

Ctrl + Shift + $ This format number is in currency format.

Used to create the formula to sum all of the above

Alt + =
cells.

It is used to move between two or more open Excel

Ctrl + Tab
files.

Ctrl + Shift + ! Used to format numbers in comma format.

This is used to format numbers in a percentage

Ctrl + Shift + %
format.

Ctrl + Shift + ^ This is used to format numbers in scientific format.

This shortcut is used to format numbers in date

Ctrl + Shift + #
format.

Ctrl + W Close document.

Ctrl + Space This is used to select the entire column.

Ctrl + Shift + @ This format number is in time format.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + Right arrow It moves to the next section of the text.

Shift + Space It selects the entire row.

Computer Shortcut Keys for MS Word

MS Word is the basic computer software However and there is a complete list
of Computer Shortcut Keys that makes typing on MS Word easier and more
comforting.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection

Ctrl + C Copy selected text

Ctrl + X Cut selected text

Ctrl + N Open a new/blank document

Ctrl + O Open options

Ctrl + P Open the print window

Ctrl + F Open find box

Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Ctrl + K Insert link

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + V Paste Selected Text

Ctrl + G / Ctrl + H Find and replace options

Ctrl + J Justify paragraph alignment

Ctrl + L It is used to align selected text or lines to the left

Ctrl + Q It is used to align selected paragraphs to the left

This shortcut is used to align the selected text or line

Ctrl + E
to the centre.

This shortcut is used to align selected text or lines to

Ctrl + R
the right

Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph

Ctrl + T Hanging indent

Ctrl + D Font options

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font

Ctrl + Shift + > / Ctrl

Increase selected font +1
+]

Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1

Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non-printing characters

Ctrl + (Left arrow) Move one word to the left

Ctrl + (Right arrow) Move one word to the right

Ctrl + (Up arrow) It moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph

Ctrl + (Down arrow) Move to the end of the paragraph

Ctrl + Del This Delete the word to the right of the cursor

Ctrl + Backspace This deletes the word to the left of the cursor

It is used to move the cursor to the end of the

Ctrl + End
document

This moves the cursor to the beginning of the

Ctrl + Home
document
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Ctrl + Space Reset highlighted text to the default font

Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines

Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines

Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing

Ctrl + Alt + 1 Change text to heading 1

Ctrl + Alt + 2 Change text to heading 2

Ctrl + Alt + 3 Change text to heading 3

Shift + F3 Change the case of the selected text

Shift + Insert Paste

F4 Repeat the last action performed

F7 Spell-check selected text and/or document

Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus

F12 Save as
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys

Ctrl + S / Shift + F12 Save

Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date

Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time

Ctrl + W Close document

Ctrl + = Set chosen text as a subscript.

Ctrl + Shift + = Set chosen text as superscript.

Computer Shortcut Keys for MS PowerPoint

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + C Copy slide.

Ctrl + V Paste slide.

F5 Start a slideshow.

It opens a new, blank slide in a different PowerPoint program

Ctrl + N
window.

Used to exit the slide show and go back to the earlier live
Esc
view.
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + M It Includes a new, blank slide after the chosen slide.

Ctrl + D Used to duplicate the current slide

Ctrl + K It is used to enter a hyperlink.

Ctrl + Shift +
It increases the chosen text size by one font size.
>

Ctrl + Shift +
Used to decrease the chosen text size by one font size.
<

CTRL + G It is used to group things together

Computer Functions Key (F1 – F12) Uses

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

F1 It displays help.

F2 It renames the selected item.

F3 This is used to search for a file or folder.

F4 It shows the address bar.

F5 This is used to Refresh the windows.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

F6 It moves the cursor in the address bar of different browsers

F10 It activates the menu bar in the active application.

F11 Used to enable and disable the fullscreen.

F12 This shortcut is used to save a file as save as.

Computer Shortcuts Keys for Special Characters

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Alt + 0224 / Alt + 133 À

Alt + 0232 / Alt + 138 È

Alt + 0236 / Alt + 141 Ì

Alt + 0242 / Alt + 149 Ò

Alt + 0241 Ñ

Alt + 0228 / Alt + 132 Ä

Alt + 0246 / Alt + 148 Ö

Alt + 0252 / Alt + 154 Ü

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Alt+0248 Ø

Alt + 0191 ¿

Alt + 0231 Ç

Alt + 0198 / Alt + 146 Æ

Alt + 0223 ß

Alt + 0153 ™

Alt + 0177 / Alt + 241 ± (plus/minus symbol)

Alt + 0174 ®

Alt + 0176 / Alt + 248 ° (degree symbol)

Alt + 0169 ©

Alt + 0128 €(Euro currency)

Alt + 0162 ¢(Cent symbol)

Alt + 0163 £(British Pound currency)

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Alt + 0165 ¥(Japanese Yen currency)

Alt+1

Alt + 16 ►

Alt + 17 ◄

Alt + 171 ½ (Vulgar fraction one half)

Alt + 172 ¼ (Vulgar fraction one fourth)

Alt + 224 α(Alpha)

Alt + 225 ß

Alt + 226 Γ(gamma)

Alt + 227 π(Pie Sign)

Alt+228 Σ(Sigma Sign)

Alt + 239 ∩(Intersection Sign)

Alt + 35 #
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Alt + 36 $(Dollar sign)

Alt + 37 %(Percentage sign)

Alt + 242 ≥(Greater than or equal to sign)

Alt + 243 ≤(Less than or equal to sign)

Alt + 247 ≈(Almost equal to sign)

Computer Shortcut Keys for Gmail

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

.a It is used to reply to all.

.c Used to compose a new email.

.e Archive the email and return it to the inbox.

.g Go to inbox.

.r This is used to reply to the sender.

+u Mark as unread.

++c It adds cc recipients.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

++b It is used to add bcc recipients.

.] It archives the email and proceeds to the next email.

Computer Shortcut Keys for YouTube

Shortcut Key Uses of Shortcut Keys

Space Play/Pause

K Play/Pause

J Rewind 10 seconds

L Fast forward 10 seconds

Left Arrow Rewind 5 seconds

Right Arrow Fast forward 5 seconds

Up Arrow Increase volume

Down Arrow Decrease volume

M Mute/unmute

F Enter/Exit fullscreen
Shortcut Key Uses of Shortcut Keys

C Toggle captions/subtitles

0-9 Seek to 0-90% of the video

Home Go to the beginning

End Go to the end

/ Search within the video

N Next video in playlist

P Previous video in playlist

+/= Increase playback speed

– Decrease playback speed

Shift + > Increase playback speed (by 10%)

Shift + < Decrease playback speed (by 10%)

Computer Shortcut Keys for Google Chrome

Here are some commonly used Google Chrome shortcuts keys:
Shortcut Key Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + T Open a new tab

Ctrl + W Close the current tab

Ctrl + Shift + T Reopen the last closed tab

Ctrl + Tab Switch to the next tab

Ctrl + Shift + Tab Switch to the previous tab

Ctrl + 1 to Ctrl + 8 Switch to specific tab (1 is leftmost)

Ctrl + 9 Switch to the rightmost tab

Ctrl + N Open a new Chrome window

Ctrl + Shift + N Open a new Incognito window

Ctrl + L or F6 Highlight the address bar

Ctrl + Enter Add “www.” and “.com” around typed address

Ctrl + Shift + B Toggle the bookmarks bar on/off

Ctrl + H Open the browsing history

Shortcut Key Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + Shift + Delete Open the Clear browsing data dialog

Ctrl + F Find on the current page

Ctrl + G or F3 Find next occurrence

Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3 Find previous occurrence

Ctrl + Shift + J Open the Chrome DevTools

Ctrl + Shift + C Inspect an element with the DevTools

Ctrl + + Zoom in

Ctrl + – Zoom out

Ctrl + 0 Reset zoom to default

Ctrl + Shift + R Reload the current page, bypassing cache

Alt + Left Arrow Go back one page

Alt + Right Arrow Go forward one page

F5 or Ctrl + R Reload the current page

Shortcut Key Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + Shift + B Toggle the bookmarks bar on/off

Ctrl + D Bookmark the current page

Ctrl + Shift + D Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a folder

Ctrl + Shift + O Open the Bookmarks Manager

Ctrl + Shift + P Open an Incognito window

Ctrl + J Open the Downloads page

Ctrl + U View page source

Ctrl + S Save the current page

Ctrl + P Print the current page

Ctrl + F5 Clear the cache and reload the page

Computer Shortcut Keys for Competitive Exams

Here are some commonly used computer shortcut keys that can be helpful in
all competitive exams such as UPSC Civil Services Exam, SSC CGL, IBPS
PO/Clerk, RRB NTPC, SBI PO/Clerk, NDA Exam, CDS Exam, IES Exam, RBI Grade
B Exam, LIC AAO Exam, UGC NET, TET, CAT.
Shortcut Keys Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + C Copy

Ctrl + X Cut

Ctrl + V Paste

Ctrl + Z Undo

Ctrl + Y or Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo

Ctrl + S Save

Ctrl + P Print

Ctrl + A Select All

Ctrl + F Find

Ctrl + H Replace

Ctrl + B Bold

Ctrl + I Italic

Ctrl + U Underline
Shortcut Keys Uses of Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + + (Plus sign) Zoom In

Ctrl + – (Minus sign) Zoom Out

Close the current

Ctrl + W
window/Tab

Ctrl + N New File/Document

Ctrl + O Open File/Document

F5 or Ctrl + R Refresh

Alt + Tab (Windows) or Command + Tab

Switch between application
(Mac)