Most of us are familiar with the Ctrl key, located at the bottom right and bottom left on our keyboards, because we either press it to restart (Ctrl+Alt+Del) our computers or press it to log on to a network (also Ctrl+Alt+Del). But this little used key has many uses that can make our lives much easier.
As lover of keyboard shortcuts, I'm going to post a few keyboard shortcuts that use the Ctrl key. Some will have generic use for all programs.
Ctrl + P Brings up the print dialog box. This is much faster than navigating to File>Print. As far as I know, all programs use this shortcut.
Ctrl + B / I Pressing this key combination bolds / Italicize the selected text (when in Excel or text editors), open the bookmark panel in firefox
Ctrl + U set bold for text when in editors, view source in Firefox.
Ctrl + E Focus on search
Ctrl + L In the Firefox browser, pressing this key combination will move the cursor to the Address Bar. In Internet Explorer you will be presented with a dialog box similar to the Address Bar where you can type a URL. Internet Explorer savvys can also use the IE shortcut Alt + D
Ctrl + D Bookmark a page
Ctrl + F Find (Work on most Windows and Linux programs). Firefox also have a quickfind key "/"
Ctrl + Enter Complete .com address
Ctrl + Shift + Enter Complete .org address
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
What's the Ctrl Key for Anyway?
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