Have you ever wondered what all of the Ctrl + other button combinations can achieve?
Instead of trying every possible combinations on a Windows computer by yourself, here is an A-Z list to make your life easier and much more efficient especially if you are typing a lot.
- Ctrl+A These two keys will select all text or other objects.
- Ctrl+B Bold highlighted text.
- Ctrl+C Copy any selected text or another object.
- Ctrl+D Bookmark an open web page or open font window in Microsoft Word.
- Ctrl+E Center text.
- Ctrl+F Open find window.
- Ctrl+G Open Find in a browser and word processors.
- Ctrl+H Open the Find and Replace in Notepad, Microsoft Word, and WordPad.
- Ctrl+I Italicize text.
- Ctrl+J View downloads in browsers and set justify alignment in Microsoft Word.
- Ctrl+K Create a hyperlink for the highlighted text in Microsoft Word and many HTML editors.
- Ctrl+L Select address bar in a browser or left align text in a word processor.
- Ctrl+M Indent selected text in word processors and other programs.
- Ctrl+N Create a new page or document.
- Ctrl+O Open a file in most programs.
- Ctrl+P Open a print window to print the page you're viewing.
- Ctrl+R Reload page in browser or right align text in a word processor.
- Ctrl+S Save the document or file.
- Ctrl+T Create a new tab in an Internet browser or adjust tabs in word processors.
- Ctrl+U Underline selected text.
- Ctrl+V Paste any text or another object that has been copied.
- Ctrl+W Close open tab in a browser or close a document in Word.
- Ctrl+X Cut selected text or another object.
- Ctrl+Y These keys will redo any undo action.
- Ctrl+End Moves cursor to the end of a document instead of end of the line.
- Ctrl+Z Pressing these two keys will undo any action.
- Ctrl+Esc Open the Windows Start Menu.
- Ctrl+Tab Switch between open tabs in browsers or other tabbed programs.
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab will go backwards (right to left).
Additional Ctrl shortcuts
Some Ctrl shortcuts are not related to letters. Here are some of them:
- Ctrl+Up Arrow Scroll to the top of any webpage immediately.
- Ctrl+Down Arrow Scroll to the bottom of any webpage immediately.
- Ctrl+Semicolon Cycle through misspelled words in any given document.
- Ctrl+1 (2, 3) Cycle through any open tabs you have in your browser. (Unfortunately, it only works for the first 9 tabs.)
Have you learnt anything new?
Are these shortcuts will going to help your productivity?
Feel free to contact us with your most frequently used shortcuts and we are happy to update out list.
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