WFMW: Keyboard Shortcuts

When you spend a lot of time on the computer like I do, you come to rely on many shortcuts to make your keystrokes as efficient as possible. Today I want to share with you some of the shortcuts I use most. Some of you may already be familiar with them, some of you may not. I hope these keyboard shortcuts help you move around your computer programs a little more efficiently. Every second you save with a keystroke can be used to find new blogs, right?

PC (You can find more Windows/PC keyboard shortcuts at http://support.microsoft.com)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Ctrl+X	Cut selection
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+F	Find on page
Ctrl+T	New tab in Firefox
Alt+Tab	Switch between open applications
Ctrl+O	Open a file
Ctrl+Number of Tab (For example, say you have three tabs open. You count them from the left. If you're in tab 1 and want to move to the third tab hit Ctrl+3.)	Switch between tabs in Firefox
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+A	Select all items in a window
Shift+Arrow key	Highlight block of text
Ctrl+W	Close tab or document
Ctrl+Q	Quit application

Mac (You can find more Mac keyboard shortcuts at http://support.apple.com)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Command+X	Cut selection
Command+V	Paste
Command+C	Copy selection
Command+F	Find on page
Command+T	New tab in Firefox
Command+Tab	Switch between open applications
Command+O	Open a file
Command+Number of Tab (For example, say you have three tabs open. You count them from the left. If you're in tab 1 and want to move to the third tab hit Command+3.)	Switch between tabs in Firefox
Command+Z	Undo
Command+Y	Redo
Command+A	Select all items in a window
Shift+Arrow key	Highlight block of text
Command+W	Close tab or document
Command+Q	Quit application
Command+Shift+3	Take a picture of the screen
Command+Shift+4	Take a picture of the selection
Command+Shift+4, then press Control while selecting	Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard
Command+Shift+4, then Spacebar	Take a picture of the selected window
Option+Command+Esc	Force Quit
Control+Eject	Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
Control+Command+Eject	Quit all applications and restart
Option+Command+Eject or             Option+Command+Power	Sleep

This post is cross-posted at Blogging Basics 101.

Head back to Works-for-Me Wednesday at Shannon's to see what's working for everyone else this week.

Comments

[phyllis]

this is a great post - i know how many times i use these shortcuts, and how many people just don't know them. you are great:-)

[kate]

Oh those FF short cuts are awesome... can't believe I didn't know those already. I am VERY familiar with control Z though! LOL
Thanks so much!

[pam]

Thank you for a truly useful WFMW. I plan to come back and print this out on some card stock to have close to the computer. I knew some of them, but to have a whole list is wonderful!!

Thanks, Melanie! You're fantabulous : )

[Shalee]

Oh if I ever get my Mac back, I'm all over those shortcuts!

[Karen @ Simply A Musing Blog]

I'm all about ECONOMY of MOTION and keyboard shortcuts are a way of life for me. I can't imagine someone NOT using them. I didn't realize that MAC shortcuts were just a tad bit different from (what do you call a non-mac?) what I use.

[Brandi]

Ooohh! Thank you for the Firefox shortcuts. The Ctrl+# is a new one for me that is sorely needed!

[Amy]

thanks for the reminders...I knew most of them but didn't know about the "alt /tab" one...very handy when you are like me and have a million windows open. :)
~amy

[genny]

Thanks for the great tips. I love a good shortcut!

[Tara]

Thanks.. some of these tips.. I didn't know!!!

[Aggie]

Alt - tab is another one to tab threw to open programs

[Aggie]

sorry! it's listed already