Today's Mighty Helpful Links are brought to you by the ever-popular and knowledgeable Jordan from Momma Blogga. She has graciously agreed to guest post for me all week while I bask in the glory that is a family reunion. Welcome Jordan (as you always do) and leave her many comments so she'll come back!
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 application or document |
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+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 Don't Try This at Home.
