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Use Keyboard Shortcuts

How many times a day do you go to your computer’s menu bar to copy, paste, open a file, print a document, make text bold, and so on?

It’s a short journey for your mouse pointer, but when you multiply that by the several hundred times you do it, these commands take up a significant amount of time. Especially when you consider that many of them have shortcuts you can take with just a few taps of your fingers.

Combine Command or Ctrl With Another Key

All keyboard shortcuts start with a combination of two or more keys. Just remember that there’s a difference between Mac and PC shortcuts, and that’s the name of the base key used to trigger the shortcut.

Cmd for Mac
Cmd for Mac
Ctrl for PC
Ctrl for PC

For shortcuts, obviously I use Cmd + F a lot to find things. But I also use custom shortcuts to crop windows, so I can see multiple windows at once. I also frequently use Spotlight search on Mac (Cmd + space) to find things. - Lawrence, training manager

My favorite keyboard shortcut is a classic: Cmd + C/Cmd + V! But there's a lesser known one that I use a lot to move between tabs in Chrome: Cmd + Alt + Arrow (left or right). - Nick, engineering manager

Learn the Basics and Above All, Practice!

Although we’ll be sharing all the most useful shortcuts in this course, if you’re new to shortcuts, here are the most important ones.

 

PC

Mac

 

Double-click

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/

Double-click a word to select it.

Triple-click

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/

Triple-click a word to select the entire paragraph in which the word appears.

Select all

ctrl+a

cmd+a

It selects all!

Copy

ctrl+c

cmd+c

This shortcut copies the selection.

Paste

ctrl+v

cmd+v

This pastes the selection.

Quickly switch applications

alt+Tab

cmd+Tab

Press once to move to the last application you used, or hold down ctrl/cmd and press Tab again to switch between your open applications.

Save

ctrl+s

cmd+s

Saves your progress in the application you currently have open.

Refresh your browser

ctrl+r

cmd+r

Refreshes the web page you’re currently on. This one’s especially handy for developers!

Make text bold

ctrl+b

cmd+b

In a word processor, this makes the selected text bold.

Make text italic

ctrl+i

cmd+i

Makes the selected text italic.

Underline text

ctrl+u

cmd+u

Underlines the selected text.

Undo

ctrl+z

cmd+z

Use this shortcut to undo your last action. This is a very popular one!

Redo

ctrl+y

cmd+y

This lesser-known shortcut restores the last action you undid.

Quit

ctrl+q

cmd+q

This quits the application you have open.

Open

ctrl+o

cmd+o

This is used to open a selection, usually a folder or file.

New

ctrl+n

cmd+n

Depending on the application you’re using, you can use this to open a new document/browser window/etc.

Print

ctrl+p

cmd+p

Print the current page with two keystrokes!

Find on page

ctrl+f

cmd+f

Find a word or phrase in the page or document you’re currently using with this shortcut.

Select multiple items

ctrl+left click

cmd+click

You can select multiple items at the same time by holding down the command key and clicking on each item you want to select.

Let’s Recap!

  • Shortcuts save tiny amounts of time, but when added up throughout the day, they can end up saving you a lot of time.

  • Double-click to select a word and triple-click to select a whole paragraph.

  • We all started with Copy/Paste… try it and see how much time you can save every day!

A Final Word!

Bravo! You should be proud of yourself! Just one last quiz to make sure you’ve fully absorbed the information in this last section, and you’re done with the course!

My final advice to you: remember, only with regular practice will all these tools become second nature. Practice on your own and come back to see me if you ever feel that bad stress starting to take hold. 😀 I’m confident that now that you know how to scale up, break down, plan, automate, and prioritize your work, Murphy’s Law won’t mess with you that much... 😈

I wish you lots of success in your future projects!

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