Computer Shortcut Keys

Ashwani Prakash Srivastava Thursday, April 08, 2021

  

List of Computer Shortcut Keys

The table given below mentions the list of shortcut keyboard keys, mainly used for operations in MS Office and its applications. Candidates can go through the list carefully and must know them for basic computer operations as well.

Computer Shortcut Keys

S.No.

Shortcut Keys

Function

1

Alt+F

Displays the File menu options

2

Alt+E

Opens the  Edit options 

3

Alt+Tab

Switch between open programs

4

F1

Used by every Windows program for Help

5

F2

To Rename a selected file

6

F5

Refresh the page or current window

7

Ctrl+D

To Bookmarks the current page (for most Browsers)

8

Ctrl+N

Create a new or blank document or open a new tab in the Internet Browser

9

Ctrl+O

To Open a file

10

Ctrl+A

Select the entire text at once

11

Ctrl+B

Change the text to Bold

12

Ctrl+I

Change the Text to Italics

13

Ctrl+U

Underline the selected text

14

Ctrl+S

Save the file or document you are working on

15

Ctrl+X

Cut selected part of the text or image

16

Shift+Del

Remove the selected items

17

Ctrl+C

To copy the text or image

18

Ctrl+V

To Paste

19

Ctrl+Y

Redo last action

20

Ctrl+Z

Undo last action

21

Ctrl+K

Insert hyperlink for selected text.

22

Ctrl+P

To print the document

23

Home

Moves the beginning of the current line

24

Ctrl+Home

Moves to the beginning of the document

25

End

Moves to the end of the line

27

Ctrl+End

Moves to the end of the document

28

Ctrl+Left arrow

Moves one word to the left at a time.

29

Ctrl+Right arrow

Moves one word to the right at a time.

30

Alt+F4

To close the program currently active

31

Alt+Enter

Open the properties for the selected item 

32

Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar 

Create a non-breaking space

33

Ctrl + Shift+ < 

Decrease font size one value

34

Ctrl + Shift + >  

Increase the font size one value

35

Ctrl + [ 

Increase the font size by 1 point

36

Ctrl + ] 

Decrease the font size by 1 point

37

Ctrl + Spacebar

Remove paragraph or character formatting

38

Ctrl + Alt + V 

Paste special

39

Ctrl + Shift + V  

Paste formatting only

40

Ctrl+F10 

Maximise the document window

41

Ctrl + Shift + T 

Enter the current time

42

Ctrl + ;

Enter the current date

43

Shift + F3 

Open the Excel formula window

44

Shift + F5

Bring up search box.

45

Ctrl + F9 

Minimise current workbook

46

Ctrl + F10

Maximise currently selected workbook

47

Ctrl + F6 

Switch between open workbooks/window

48

Ctrl + Page Down 

Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel document

49

Ctrl + Tab

Move between two or more open Excel files

50

Ctrl + Page Up 

Move between Excel worksheet in the same Excel document

51

Alt + =

Create a formula to sum all of the cells

52

Ctrl + ’

Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.

53

Ctrl + Arrow key 

Move to next section to text

54

Ctrl + Space

Select entire column

55

Shift + Space

Select entire row

56

Ctrl+L

To left-align the selected text

57

Ctrl+R

To right-align the selected text

58

Ctrl+J

To justify the selected text

59

Ctrl+E

To centre align the text

60

Ctrl+Del

To delete the word to the right

61

Shift+Del

To permanently delete a file

 

Computer Shortcut Keys – Sample Questions


Q 1. What along with the “ctrl” key needs to be pressed in order to cut a part of the text written in MS Word?

  1. X
  2. C
  3. alt
  4. alt+C
  5. Z

Answer: (1) X; “ctrl+X” needs to pressed to cut a part of text or image from an MS Word document

Q 2. Which of the given pairs of keys need to be pressed in order to move at the beginning of a document?

  1. F1+A
  2. ctrl+alt+home
  3. alt+A
  4. ctrl+home
  5. alt+home+A

Answer: (4) ctrl+home

Q 3. _________ shortcut keys must be used to select an entire row.

  1. ctrl+space
  2. ctrl+alt+shift
  3. shift+space
  4. ctrl+L
  5. alt+shift+L

Answer: (3) shift+space

Q 4. To move between two more MS Excel files, which shortcut keys can be used?

  1. ctrl+Tab
  2. Ctrl+V
  3. Alt+space
  4. Ctrl+T
  5. alt+Tab

Answer: (1) ctrl+Tab

Q 5. Shift+ctrl+___  keys are used to decrease the size of the font by one number. What should come in place of the blank?

  1. +
  2. –
  3. > 
  4. < 
  5. D

Answer: (4) <

Q 6. What is the function of the F2 key?

  1. To increase the brightness of the system
  2. To save a file
  3. To rename a file
  4. To add an extra sheet in MS Excel
  5. To copy the file to another drive

Answer: (3) To rename a file

Q 7. To bookmark the current page, which shortcut keys can be used?

  1. ctrl+D
  2. ctrl+X
  3. shift+D
  4. alt+D
  5. alt+X

Answer: (1) ctrl+D

Q 8. What is the function of the shortcut key “ctrl+shift+T”?

  1. To copy the text from one folder to another
  2. To enter the time
  3. To have a text break in the file
  4. To skip any text break in the document
  5. To open a new tab in Internet Explorer

Answer: (2) To enter the time

Q 9. Which shortcut keys from the given options can be used to add a hyperlink to the selected text?

  1. ctrl+H
  2. ctrl+U
  3. ctrl+P
  4. ctrl+L
  5. ctrl+K

Answer: (5) ctrl+K

Q 10. In MS-Excel, which shortcut keys can be used to create a formula to sum all of the cells?

  1. Alt+sum
  2. alt+=
  3. alt+F
  4. alt+F4
  5. alt+ctrl+F4

Answer: (2) alt+=

 


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