Free Time Savers - Shortcut Keys

The one thing that i have started to do just lately is use shortcut keys. These are actually very easy to get used to and, will save you a lot of effort over a period of time.

Below you will find a list of the more common shortcut keys in both Windows and Internet Explorer.

Even if you get used to using one or two of these shortcut keys you will notice the time you start save over a week, hell, i don't even type the whole domain into my IE address bar anymore!

Here are the shortcuts for Windows along with the description of what they do:

Alt + F - File menu options in current program.
Alt + E - Edit options in current program
F1 - Universal Help.
Ctrl + A - Select all text.
Ctrl + X - Cut selected item.
Shift + Del - Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C - Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins - Copy selected item
Ctrl + V - Paste
Shift + Ins - Paste
Home - Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl + Home - Goes to beginning of document.
End - Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End - Goes to end of document.
Shift + Home - Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End - Highlights from current position to end of line.
Ctrl + Left - Moves one word to the left at a time.
Ctrl + Right - Moves one word to the right at a time.
Ctrl + Backspace - Delete word to the left of cursor.
Ctrl + Del - Delete word to the right of cursor.
Alt + Tab - Switch between open applications.
Alt + Shift + Tab - Switch backwards between open applications.
Ctrl + Esc - Bring Up start button.
Alt + Esc - Switch Between open applications on taskbar.
F2 - Renames selected Icon
F3 - Starts find from desktop
F4 - Opens the drive selection when browsing.
F5 - Refresh Contents
Alt + F4 - Closes Current open program.
Ctrl + F4 - Closes Window in Program
Alt + Enter - Opens properties window of Selected icon or program.
Shift + F10 - Simulates right click on selected item.
Shift + Del - Delete programs/files without throwing into the recycle bin.
Holding Shift - Boot safe mode or by pass system files.
Holding Shift - When putting in an audio cd will prevent CD Player from playing.

The following list are shortcut keys when using Internet Explorer:

Alt + Left - Back a page.
Alt + Right - Forward a page.
F5 - Refresh current page / frame.
Esc - Stop page or download from loading.
Ctrl + Enter - Quickly complete an address.
Ctrl + N - Open New browser window.
Ctrl + P - Print current page / frame.

Hopefully this list of shortcut keys will get you saving some time even if its just a few minutes a day. After all, we all know the one thing webmasters need more of is time.

Article written by Lee.

http://www.europeanwebmasters.com