ENGBasic PC Keyboard Shortcuts
Basic PC Shortcut Keys
Shortcut Keyboard
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Description
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Alt+F
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File menu options in the current program.
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Alt+E
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Edit options in current program
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Alt+Tab
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Switch between open programs
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F1
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Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
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F2
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Rename a selected file
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F5
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Refresh the current program window
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Ctrl+N
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Create a new or blank document in some software programs.
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Ctrl+O
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Open a file in the current software program
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Ctrl+A
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Select all text.
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Ctrl+B
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Change selected text to be Bold
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Ctrl+I
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Change selected text to be in Italics
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Ctrl+U
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Change selected text to be Underlined.
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Ctrl+F
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Open find the window for current document or window.
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Ctrl+S
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Save current document file.
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Ctrl+X
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Cut selected item.
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Shift+Del
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Cut selected item.
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Ctrl+C
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Copy selected item.
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Ctrl+Ins
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Copy selected item
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Ctrl+V
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Paste
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Shift+Ins
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Paste
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Ctrl+Y
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Redo the last action
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Ctrl+Z
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Undo last action
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Ctrl+K
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Insert hyperlink for selected text
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Ctrl+P
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Print the current page or document.
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Home
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Goes to beginning of current line.
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Ctrl+Home
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Goes to beginning of the document.
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End
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Goes to end of current line.
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Ctrl+End
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Goes to end of the document.
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Shift+Home
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Highlights from current position to the beginning of the line.
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Shift+End
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Highlights from current position to end of the line.
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Ctrl+Left arrow
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Moves one word to the left at a time.
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Ctrl+Right arrow
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Moves one word to the right at a time.
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Ctrl+Esc
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Opens the Start menu
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Ctrl+Shift+Esc
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Opens Windows Task Manager
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Alt+F4
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Close the currently active program
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Alt+Enter
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Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)
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PC shortcut keys for Special Characters
Many special characters can be created using keyboard shortcuts. Below are some of the more common and popular special characters and the keyboard shortcuts to create them.
Shortcut Keyboard
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Special Characters
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Alt+0224
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à
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Alt+0232
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è
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Alt+0236
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ì
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Alt+0242
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ò
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Alt+0241
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ñ
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Alt+0228
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ä
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Alt+0246
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ö
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Alt+0252
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ü
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Alt+0248
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ø
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Alt+0223
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ß
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Alt+0198
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Æ
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Alt+0231
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ç
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Alt+0191
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¿
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Alt+0176
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° (degree symbol)
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Alt+0177
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± (plus/minus symbol)
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Alt+0153
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™
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Alt+0169
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©
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Alt+0174
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®
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Alt+0128
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€ (Euro currency)
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Alt+0162
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¢ (Cent symbol)
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Alt+0163
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£ (British Pound currency)
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Alt+0165
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¥ (Japanese Yen currency)
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