I blame the lack of keyboard shortcut awareness on the Mouse . Highlighting , right clicking , copying and pasting with countless clicks isn't fast or efficient , no matter how quickly you can click . Although the humble mouse did help to make computers accessible to the masses .
So while touch screen technology may well take over from the traditional clackety keyboard , it still has a few tricks up its sleeve .especially when your mouse or touch pad has stopped working and you need to navigate a screen to solve the problem
Copy and Paste
These are the keyboard shortcuts everyone learns , so if you don't know them , it's essential that you do . These will save you massive amounts of time which you'd otherwise waste highlighting , right clicking , copying , right clicking and pasting with a Mouse .
Ctrl and X will cut , transferring whatever you have selected to the clipboard and removing it from its original location .
Ctrl and C will copy whatever you have selected without removing the original , this is what I'd recommend as it's safer - if you don't want something you can always just delete it later .
Ctrl and V will paste the contents of the
clipboard into the currently selected window .
The great thing about these particular commands is that they work in most applications so you can use them to move images , text or even your files and folders . Also they work between applications , so as an example you could copy a picture or text from a webpage then paste it into a document or email .
I'm also an avid user of Ctrl and S , which automatically saves whatever you've just changed in a document . In fact , I seem to do it after every small change , which is a real like saver when your PC or the program you're using crashes .
Windows Key
Located bottom left of your keyboard is the Windows Key with its familiar Windows 'panes' logo .
Press it once to launch the Start Menu and use the Cursor Keys to navigate the menus and use the Enter Key to launch applications .
Hold down the Windows Key and use the left and right Cursor Keys to scroll through the windows you currently have open .
Alternatively , hold down the Windows Key and press numbers 1 through to 9 to quickly access applications pinned to the Taskbar .
So let's say that Internet Explorer is the first shortcut pinned to your Taskbar , you could launch this by holding down the Windows Key and pressing the 1 Key .
And quickly clear everything on your screen , you can also hold down the Windows Key and press D . Simply press it again to bring everything back .
Browser Shortcuts-
There are also some very handy keyboard shortcuts you can use when browsing the web . For example , to save you from having to click of Scrollbars with your Mouse and keep dragging it down the page , simply use the Up and Down Cursor Keys to scroll up and down the page .
If you want to go Back to the previous page , the Backspace Key will take you there . Meanwhile Alt and the Right Cursor Key will take you forward to the next page .
If you find text on a website is too small for you to read , or too large , you can hold the CTRL Key and use the + and - Keys to shrink or enlarge the text . Just be sure to put the text back to how it was when you found it , because this change in settings could affect the text on other websites that you visit .
Given above few of the shortcuts you can use to speed up internet browsing and work more efficiently . They might take a little bit of practice , but once you get used to them , you'll end up using them every day . Ctrl and S to quickly save your work in particular.
That's it.
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