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Copy
Ctrl - C
(C for Copy)
Select the item or text first Hold down the Ctrl key and press the C key You won’t see anything happen, but it’s now in memory or on the clipboard. Paste
Ctrl – V
(V for Velcro or Voila)
Locate where you want to paste the item copied and click to make your cursor blink in that location. Press and hold down the Ctrl key and press the V key once only (don’t keep holding down once will do.
Remove or cut it out So you can paste it somewhere else
Ctrl – X
(X like the shape of scissors to cut it out so you can put it elsewhere)
Highlight the item you want to remove, and then use Ctrl-X to remove it and put it into memory so you can paste it somewhere else. It will now be in memory. Use the Paste action above.
Undo the last action
Ctrl - Z
(Zap, it’s back – or Zounds I goofed)
If you really didn’t want to cut or delete something, you can use Ctrl-Z to undo it.
Select All
Ctrl - A
(A for All)
Click to make you cursor active on the page where you want to select ALL the text and graphics, tables, etc. Press and hold down the Ctrl key and then press the A key once. It will all become highlighted. If you want to copy it all use the Ctrl-C action above.
Hyperlin k
Ctrl - K
Add a hyperlink
Shift - F3 To change a word from lower and UPPER case hold the
shift key and press F3 when the word is selected.
F7 Run spell check
F12 Save As…
--- vs.
Underline plus Tab
When you use --- on a new line in Word it creates a line from margin to margin (must be on a new line). When you select the underline then hit tab it will place a line to the next tab placement. You can do this inside of a paragraph.
Double click on a word To select an entire word, double click on the word.
Triple click on a word To select an entire paragraph, triple click in that
paragraph.
Tab and Shift - Tab
To move forward the next tab press Tab. To move backward to the previous tab, hold Shift and press Tab.
Shift - Enter Adds a line in a bulleted list, placing the curser to the
same indent point as previous line.
Ctrl – Scroll Mouse If you want to zoom in or zoom out, press Ctrl – and then
scroll your mouse.
Forced Page Break
Ctrl - Enter If you want to force a page break, press Ctrl – and then
the enter key.
Different Apps.
Alt - Tab
If you have more than one application or window open, you can shift between them by holding down the Alt key and pressing Tab. Each time you press Tab it moves you to the next one. Minimize All
- M
Reopen Shift - - M
Press and hold the key and then M (or D) to minimize all open windows to see the desktop.
Select B When presenting from PowerPoint you can select B to
black out the screen.
Select W When presenting in PowerPoint and you had selected B
to black out the screen, you can select W to return to your presentation.
Prepared by Carolyn McCarthy, Shiawassee RESD January, 2009
