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The Super Basics - Everyone should know these and they are mostly used within an application (ex. Word)

Action Description Mac PC

1 Save Saves the active file. S Ctrl+S

2 Copy Copies highlighted text or objects C Ctrl+C

3 Paste Pastes the last text or object that was copied V Ctrl+V

4 Cut Cuts highlighted text or objects. These can then be

pasted.

X Ctrl+X

5 Undo Will "undo" the last action (press repeatedly for

multiple undo)

Z Ctrl+Z

6 Select All Selects everything in the active window or document A Ctrl+A

7 Print Open printer dialog box for active document/

application

P Ctrl+P

8 Quick Look Opens preview of document, image, video, etc.

without having to launch application. This is a fantastic

timesaver (frustration saver?)

click to

highlight file,

press space

bar

Win7 can do

this but Ive

never tried

Navigation Shortcuts - These help you get around and include the use of the windows key (Win). Normally

pressing the windows key opens the start menu, so you have to press the combination key pretty quickly.

Action Description Mac PC

9 Run Application Run an application without opening any folders or

searching for the application. You must know the name

of the application (see table 1 below for more info)

Space Win+R

10 Lock Desktop Immediately locks desktop Its complicated Win+L

11 Show Desktop Minimizes all active windows, press again to restore F11 Win+D

12 Application Switching Toggles between open applications Tab Alt+Tab

Web Browsers - We spend a lot of time on the web, knowing a few shortcuts can absolutely make you more efficient.

Action Description Mac PC

13 Find (in page) Will look for a word in the active page. Very helpfulwhen conducting research

F Ctrl+F

14 Open new tab Opens a new, empty tab T Ctrl+T

15 Open link in new tab Forces link to open in new tab in active window +link Ctrl+link

16 Page Down Moves the page down without scrolling Space Bar Space Bar

17 Full Screen mode Toggles fullscreen mode on Chrome (other browsers

might work too but I like Chrome)

F F11

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Run Commands - Opening a program without having to go to the Start Menu (PC) or applications folder/dock (Mac)

is a nice timesaver. On the Mac, simply pressSpace to open Spotlight and begin typing the name of the

application. Select the one you want from the list that appears and press return to launch. On a windows machine

you have to know the proper name of the application to use the run command (Win+R). Below is a list of the ones I

use the most (this is on Windows XP... possibly they made it more intuitive on later versions).

Press Win+R to open the run dialogue box and then type whats in the type this... column to open the desired

application.

Type This... To Open...

1 calc Calculator

2 winword Word

3 powerpnt PowerPoint

4 chrome Chrome

5 safari Safari

6 firefox Firefox

7 appwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs

On the Mac...

= Command

= Shift

= Option/Alt

= Control