Keyboard shortcuts provide a method to complete a simple digital task more efficiently than you would manually. In the keyboard shortcuts listed below, the “+” means that keys listed should be held down while the others are pressed.
IOS
- Cmd + C = copy selected text
- Cmd + V = paste last content that has been copied
- Cmd + Shift + V = paste without formatting
- Cmd + X = cut selected text
- Cmd + T = create a new tab
- Cmd + N = create new window
- Cmd + Z = undo previous action
- Cmd + Y = redo previous action
- Cmd + R = refresh screen
- Cmd + Shift + T = open last tab closed
- Cmd + Shift + Tab = moving between tabs
- Cmd + Shift + N = open incognito window
- Cmd + Shift + 3 = capture screenshot of entire screen
- Cmd + Shift + 4 = capture screenshot of selected area
- Cmd + F = find items in a document
- Cmd + ‘+’ = restore to regular zoom (100%)
- Cmd + ‘-’ = Zoom out
- Cmd + 0 = Restore to regular
Windows
- Ctrl + C = copy selected text / content
- Ctrl + V = paste last content that has been copied
- Ctrl + Shift + V = paste without formatting (following formatting of the text in the new location)
- Ctrl + X = cut selected text / content
- Ctrl + T = create a new tab
- Ctrl + N = create new window
- Ctrl + Shift + T = open last tab closed
- Ctrl + Shift + N = open incognito window**
- Ctrl + R = refresh tab
- Ctrl + B = bold selected text
- Ctrl + I = italicize selected text
- Ctrl + U = underline selected text
- Ctrl + Z = undo previous action
- Ctrl + Y = redo previous action
- Windows + right arrow = fill right half of screen with current window
- Windows + left arrow = fill left half of screen with current window
- Windows + Shift + S = take a screenshot of a selected area and copies it to your clipboard
- Windows + PrtScr = take a screenshot of entire screen (saves to “This PC > Pictures > Screenshots”)
- Windows + Spacebar = switch between keyboard languages (up to down)
- Alt + Shift = switch between keyboard languages (down to up)
- Alt + Tab = move between windows
- Ctrl + a digit = switch to that tab number
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- Ex: Ctrl + 3 will move you to the 3rd tab you have open
- If you have more than 9 tabs open, Ctrl + 9 will move you to your last tab
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- Ctrl + ‘+’ = zoom in
- Ctrl + ‘-’ = zoom out
- Ctrl + 0 = restore to regular zoom (100%)
Ctrl + F = search for a particular word/phrase in a document