Top Keyboard Shortcuts Every Computer User Must know

Shortcuts are put in our operating systems like Windows or Mac to enhance and speed up our navigability rate across different platforms on the user interface. But most computer users are ignorant of most of the useful keyboard shortcuts that can be used on their operating system.

Today, i bring you a list of top keyboard shortcuts that's very useful and every PC user should know and have at the back of their mind at any given time.

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TOP KEYBOARD SHORTCUT

SHORTCUTS	DESCRIPTION
CTRL + A	Highlight everything in the current folder, document, or page.
CTRL + C / CTRL + INSERT	Copy the selected text, image, or item to the clipboard.
CTRL + X	Cut (remove) the selected text, image, or item and moves it to the clipboard.
CTRL + F	Accesses “Find” tool.  With the Find tool you can search a document for a keyword or phrase without having to re-read the entire piece. This function is accessible for websites, documents, Excel, PDFs, and various other platforms.
ALT + TAB	Switching between alternate windows.  Have two different programs or browser windows open?  Switch between the two flawlessly by pressing the Alt+Tab keys.  Once you do so, the alternate page will populate.
CTRL + S	To be clear, this is only Save, not Save As.  So it is best to save your document first and rename it what you’d like.  As you continue to make edits after you “Save As”, you can press the Ctrl+S key to save whatever changes you’ve made.
SHIFT + DELETE	Delete a highlighted item (permanently) without first moving it to the Recycle Bin.
WINDOWS KEY + L	Lock your computer screen
CTRL + Z	This undo your works to the last thing you did on any document. More like reversing a mistake.
SHIFT + ARROWS	Highlighting text.  As you go through your document, you can select the text by holding down the Shift key and then using the arrows to go up, down, left or right.
SHIFT + F7	Open thesaurus lookup in Microsoft Word
CTRL + HOME	Move your cursor to the beginning of a document or page.
CTRL + P	Print current document or page.
CTRL + SHIFT + V	Paste current clipboard as plain text.
CTRL + ENTER	Page break.  By pressing Ctrl+Enter, you can enter a page break where ever you’d like in your document.
CTRL + SHIFT + B/O	Open your bookmarks menu (depends on browser)
CTRL + SHIFT + N	Creates a new folder on your desktop screen or anywhere on your computer
WINDOWS KEY + M	Minimize all opened windows.
ALT + UNDERLINED LETTER	Perform corresponding command/shortcut or select corresponding option
CTRL + B	Bold a word or sentence
CTRL + I	Italic a word or sentence
SHIFT + F3	If you find you have typed a sentence or two in CAPITALS, Highlight all the error and press shifted F3. The result is now everything in Lowercase. A second press of shifted F3 will capitalize sentence start letters (Title Case.) and a third press takes you back where you started (Capitals.).

I hope you found these shortcuts helpful.  If you have a favorite shortcut not listed above, drop it in the comments below and share with our readers!