Keyboard Shortcuts that every developer should know.

Keyboard shortcuts make our life very easy, but many seem to care less about them. In this article, we will see the basic keyboard shortcuts everyone should know.

Shortcut KeysDescription Alt + F File menu options in current program.
Alt + EEdit options in current program
Alt + Tab Switch between open programs

F1Universal Help in almost every Windows program.

F2 Rename a selected file

F5Refresh the current program window

Ctrl + N Create a new, blank document in some software programs

Ctrl + O Open a file in current software program

Ctrl + A Select all text.

Ctrl + BChange selected text to be Bold

Ctrl + IChange selected text to be in Italics

Ctrl + U Change selected text to be Underlined

Ctrl + F Open find the window for current document or window./ Search.

Ctrl + SSave current document file.

Ctrl + XCut selected item.Shift + DelCut selected item.

Ctrl + CCopy selected item.Ctrl + InsCopy selected item

Ctrl + VPasteShift + InsPaste

Ctrl + KInsert hyperlink for selected text

Ctrl + PPrint the current page or document.HomeGoes to beginning of current line.

Ctrl + Home Goes to beginning of the document.

Ctrl + EndGoes to end of the document.

Ctrl + Left arrow Moves one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.

Ctrl + Esc Opens the START menu

Ctrl + Shift + EscOpens Windows Task Manager

End Goes to end of current line.

Shift + Home Highlights from current position to the beginning of the line.

Shift + End Highlights from the current position to end of the line.

Alt + F4Close the currently active program 

Alt + EnterOpen the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)

More keyboard shortcuts at:
https://codingsec.net/2016/05/keyboard-shortcuts/

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