{"id":1692,"date":"2012-03-22T15:35:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T14:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2012-03-22T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T14:35:37","slug":"keyboard-commands-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/keyboard-commands-for-windows","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Commands for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought about how much quicker working on a document would be if you did not have to click so many buttons in order to complete a simple task? If so, have you thought about using the keyboard driven commands? Many tasks that can be done with a mouse can be achieved quicker and easier with keyboard shortcuts. Download <a href=\"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/General-key-commands.pdf\">General key commands<\/a> which tells you how you can speed up day-to-day running and make more efficient use of your time.<\/p>\n<p>Your reference guide to keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft products<br \/>\nSidmouth College ICT Dept.<br \/>\nGeneral key commands<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + X: Cut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + V: Paste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + Z: Undo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + B: Bold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + U: Underline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + I: Italic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + C: Copy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CTRL + A: Select all the items in the current window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>F1: Help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>ALT + TAB: Switch between open programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>ALT + F4: Quit program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SHIFT + DELETE: Delete item permanently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Key + L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you want to delete something without having to empty recycle bin?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SHIFT + DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>General switching commands<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ALT + TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>ALT + F4: Closes the current window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you want to copy a file?<br \/>\nPress and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.<br \/>\nInside My Computer?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>F5: Refreshes the current window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>BACKSPACE: Switch to the previous folder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Left ALT + left SHIFT + PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Key + R: Run dialog box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Key + M: Minimize all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Key + E: Windows Explorer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Key + F: Find files or folders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Key + D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought about how much quicker working on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,7],"tags":[65,156,185,207,238,239,285,320,398],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-how-to","category-parent-support","tag-college","tag-ict","tag-keyboard-commands","tag-microsoft","tag-office-2007","tag-office-2010","tag-productivity","tag-sidmouth","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sidmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk\/ictblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}