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COMPUTER SHORTCUTS. How I can save keystrokes?. We will be looking at. Use of (some of) the ‘ Function ’ keys. Key combinations using the ‘ Control ’ ( Ctrl ) key. Other, miscellaneous tips. The ‘Function’ keys.
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COMPUTER SHORTCUTS How I can save keystrokes?
We will be looking at . . . • Use of (some of) the ‘Function’ keys. • Key combinations using the ‘Control’ (Ctrl) key. • Other, miscellaneous tips.
The ‘Function’ keys • F1 – Contextual Help Key. (Regardless of what you are doing, the F1 key will always provide appropriate help information.) • F5 – ‘Refreshes’ the screen.
The ‘Function’ & ‘Control’ keys F1 F5 Control (Ctrl) key
‘Control’ key combinations • In order to execute these instructions, hold-down the ‘Control’ (CTRL) key and press . . . • C – COPY highlighted material • X – CUT highlighted material • V – PASTE highlighted material • S – SAVE what you are working on • Z – REDO your last instruction • Y – UNDO your last instruction
‘Control’ key combinations (cont.) • P – PRINT the page currently displayed • B – BOLD highlighted text • R – REFRESH the page currently displayed • F – FIND what you are looking for • L – LEFT align text • A – SELECT ALL to highlight the whole of a document • D – BOOKMARK the web site you are viewing
Miscellaneous Tips: • Highlighting text &/or pictures/images: • Place the cursor at the beginning of the section you want to highlight. • Hold-down the SHIFT key. • Move the cursor to the end of the section you want to highlight and left-click.
Miscellaneous Tips: (cont.) • Highlighting text &/or pictures/images: (cont.) • When using M/S Word, place the cursor in the left margin opposite the beginning of the section you want to highlight. • Hold-down the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. • Drag the cursor down the left margin to the end of the section you want to highlight and release the left mouse button.
Miscellaneous Tips: (cont.) • Highlighting text &/or pictures/images: (cont.) • Place the cursor at the beginning of the section you want to highlight. • Hold-down the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. • Drag the cursor down to the end of the section you want to highlight and release the left mouse button.
Miscellaneous Tips: (cont.) • Highlighting a single word: • Place the cursor anywhere within the word you want to highlight and double-click. • Highlighting a whole paragraph: • Place the cursor anywhere within the paragraph you want to highlight and triple-click. • Don’t forget the use of your ‘END’ key: • This automatically moves your cursor to the end the line you are working on.
The ‘End’ key End key
Miscellaneous Tips: (cont.) • Highlighting lists: • To highlight the whole of a list, place the cursor at the beginning of the list, hold-down the ‘SHIFT’key, move the cursor to the end of the list and left-click. • To highlight individual entries in a list, highlight the first entry, hold-down the ‘CTRL’ key, highlight each of the other entries you want to include, then execute your action (e.g. delete).
Miscellaneous Tips: (cont.) • Don’t be afraid to use your ‘UNDO’ icon: • The ‘UNDO’ icon is at the very top of the screen in most applications. (It’s the blue arrow pointing to the left.) • Clicking on this icon will literally ‘undo’ your last action. You’ll understand this better when we create some text to practice on in a short while.
Exercise!! I now want you to create a few paragraphs of random text on which we can practice what we’ve just been talking about. They don’t need to be particularly long paragraphs – just a couple of sentences each - and the subject-matter doesn’t matter at all.