Web User - UK (2019-06-12)

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programs anduse the samekeyboard

shortcuts.Ctrl+S can beusedinmost

programs with aSaveoption, andCtrl+P

isoften usedtoprint, while pressing

Ctrl+C copies selectedtextandCtrl+X

cuts it. You can thenmovethe text

cursorandpressCtrl+V topaste it.

If you don’t wanttouse amouseto

selecttext, pressShift+rightarrowor

Shift+leftarrowtoselecttexttothe

rightorleftof the cursorposition.

Shift+upand Shift+downselects whole

lines oftextaboveorbelowthe cursor.

Ctrl+Aselects everything. Onceyour

textis selected, pressing the leftor

rightarrowkeys moves the cursorto

the start orend of the selection.

Ctrl+B,Ctrl+i andCtrl+U are

common shortcuts toswitchtobold,

italicandunderline.Press the key

combination again toswitchit off.

You can use these formatting

shortcuts tosavegoing through

menus inWord, WordPress,emails

P

rograms thatuse menus let you accesstheir options using

keyboard shortcuts,soyou can navigate aroundthemeven

if you don’t havea mouse. The relevantkeyboard shortcut

isindicatedbyanunderlinedcharacter –if you can’t see any,

switchthemonfromthe Windows 10 Settings(Windows+i)by

clicking ‘Ease ofAccess’, Keyboard, thenscrollingdownonthe

rightandturning on‘Underlineaccesskeys whenavailable’.

Totesthowthisworks,openNotepad. Asyou can see inthe

screengrabonthe right, the ‘F’ inthe File menuisunderlined,

which means Alt+Fopens it. Eachoption onthe menuhas an

underlinedletter, suchas‘S’ inSave, soonce the menuisopen,

you simplypressthe letter. Instead ofusing the mousetoclick

openthe File menuandselectSave, just press Alt+F,thenS.This

works in lotsofprograms,not justMicrosoftones.

Access menu options

using shortcuts

Learn keyboard shortcuts
Menushortcuts let you quickly open
menusbut there are fasterwaysto
accesstheir features. The nexttimeyou
use amenuina program, looktosee if
it displaysa direct shortcuttoits right.
InNotepad for example, asdescribed
above, you needtwo lotsofkeypresses

• Alt+FthenS –tosavea file. But if you
  use the direct shortcut– Ctrl+S –you
  achieve the sameresult with one.
  The nextoptiondown– SaveAs–
  letsyou pressCtrl+Shift+Stosavethe
  fileina different fileformatorgiveit a
  newname.It’s alsousefulif you wantto
  preservethe original draft of a
  document you are working onand save
  any changes you’vemadeseparately.

Use text shortcuts
Somefunctions are common toall

Underlinedletters on menus indicate keyboard

shortcuts, and direct shortcuts are often listed, too

Some keyboard shortcuts can beused inalmost any program – even forms and boxes

on websites

If you seewords thatlook like

they’ve been typed in a

typewriter, follow the instructions

and type themexactly as they

appear, paying closeattentionto

spaces and punctuation.

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