Keyboard Commands
COMMON KEYBOARD COMMANDS
for most word processing programs
When you are in a program that allows you to type a letter or similar document you are using a WORD PROCESSOR. At some point in the experience you`ll find that you may want to edit your document after you have entered some text. When most people first start using a word processor they have a tendency to edit while they type. For example, they will punch out a bunch of text and suddenly realize they`ve made a mistake four words back and begin BACKSPACING to fix it. Erasing everything they’ve already typed correctly.
Well, those days are over for you my friend. The following cheat sheet will help you edit a document AFTER all of the tedious typing is finished. Why not just fly through that bad-boy, mistakes be damned, because you can go back and edit later.
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The great thing about this tutorial is,
you don’t have to remember all these tips
just SAVE THE FILE IN YOUR DOCUMENTS folder
and go back to it when you need it.
LETS GET STARTED
MOVING AROUND IN A DOCUMENT
Use the ARROW KEYS to MOVE though your document without making any changes to it. You will move ONE CHARACTER (letter, line or space) at a time
(Hold down) Ctrl KEY then press the left or right ARROW KEY to move through a document
ONE WHOLE WORD at a time.
Press the END key to go to the end of a sentence
Press the Home key to go to the beginning of a sentence
NOTE: Be careful using these next ones if you have a long document
because it could be a pain in the butt returning to where you were before you hit the end key.
(Hold) Ctrl key then press the END to go to the end of the document
(Hold) Ctrl key then press the HOME key to go to the beginning of the document
SELECTING TEXT
(BLOCKING)
These commands are used for EDITING your document.
Once your text is BLOCKED you will be able to COPY or PASTE the selected text as well as other various commands which become available when editing a document
(Hold) SHIFT then press your ARROW KEYS
and you will be SELECTING TEXT (known as BLOCKING). You will be Blocking all of the characters your cursor passes.
ONE CHARACTER, LINE or SPACE at a time
(Hold) Cntl and SHIFT then press your ARROW KEYS
and you will SELECT ONE WHOLE WORD at a time.
ADDITIONAL BLOCKING NOTES
COPY text
Press Ctrl and the letter C key
PASTE text
Press the Ctrl key and the letter V key
BOLD text
Press the Ctrl key and the letter B
ITALIC text
Press the Ctrl key and the letter I
If you go to the Edit command (which is at the top left of most Windows based programs) and click on the word EDIT to activate the “drop down” menu you will see the commands I’ve listed above along with their keyboard short-cuts next to them.
HAVE FUN!
Soon you’ll be typing documents with the skills of a pro.
PeAcE,
CuzzO
Peace
