Below I have listed what are the simplest but most effective keyboard shortcuts that I personally use the most and which result in the biggest speed gains for the average person. I’ve primarily picked these shortcuts after watching people crawl along trying to do whatever it is they are doing on their computer. My pet peeve is that whole labored approach of moving the mouse about to select, copy and paste some text. I just want to yank them from their chair and do it for them because it just seems soooo slow. But maybe I’m impatient.
- Save (ctrl + s)
- Cut (ctrl + x)
- Copy (ctrl + c)
- Paste (ctrl + v)
- Undo (ctrl + z)
- Redo (ctrl + y)
- Select (ctrl + a)
- Task switch (alt + tab)
The above list is for Windows and may differ on other operating systems. However, unless you happen to use your machine for something completely different to the norm (does NASA use shortcut keys I wonder?) the point of the list (saving time) will apply to Linux and Mac OS also, the actual shortcut keys may just vary.
March 21, 2007 at 01:50AM
This is a good list of general keyboard shortcuts and I use most of these everyday. I also like some of the function keys for shortcuts, F1 for help, F12 to save and F5 to refresh (for internet stuff).