swatrecruiting's keyboard tips - briefing

Those of us who research for a living don't like to wait for anything when we are online.  You can move much faster and save wear on your wrist by learning and using keyboard shortcuts.

Tutorial
Copying & Pasting Resumes From the Net

 

Keys for working with pages  
Create a new page CTRL + N
Open a page CTRL + O
Create a hyperlink on a page CTRL + K
Preview a page in a Web browser CTRL + SHIFT + B
Print a page CTRL + P
Display non-printing characters CTRL + SHIFT + 8
Display HTML tags CTRL + /
Refresh a page F5
Switch between open pages CTRL + TAB

or CTRL + SHIFT + TAB

Close a page CTRL + F4
Save a page CTRL + S
Find text on pages or in HTML CTRL + F
Replace text on pages or in HTML CTRL + H
Check spelling on a page F7
Look up a word in the Thesaurus SHIFT + F7
Cancel an action ESCAPE
Undo an action CTRL + Z

or ALT + BACKSPACE

Redo or repeat an action CTRL + Y

or SHIFT + ALT + BACKSPACE

Keys for formatting text and paragraphs  
Change the font CTRL + SHIFT + F
Change the font size CTRL + SHIFT + P
Apply bold formatting CTRL + B
Apply an underline CTRL + U
Apply italic formatting CTRL + I
Apply superscript formatting CTRL + PLUS SIGN
Apply subscript formatting CTRL + MINUS SIGN
Copy formatting CTRL + SHIFT + C
Paste formatting CTRL + SHIFT + V
Remove manual formatting CTRL + SHIFT + Z

or CTRL + SPACEBAR

Center a paragraph CTRL + E
Left align a paragraph CTRL + L
Right align a paragraph CTRL + R
Indent a paragraph from the left CTRL + M
Indent a paragraph from the right CTRL + SHIFT + M
Keys for editing and moving text and graphics  
Delete one character to the left BACKSPACE
Delete one character to the right DELETE
Delete one word to the left CTRL + BACKSPACE
Delete one word to the right CTRL + DELETE
Cut selected text to the clipboard CTRL + X

or SHIFT + DELETE

Copy text or graphics CTRL + C

or CTRL + INSERT

Paste the clipboard contents CTRL + V

or SHIFT + INSERT

Insert a line break SHIFT + ENTER
Insert a non-breaking space CTRL + SHIFT + SPACEBAR
Keys for selecting text and graphics To extend a selection, Press...
One character to the right SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW
One character to the left SHIFT + LEFT ARROW
To the end of a word CTRL + SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW
To the end of a line SHIFT + END
To the beginning of a line SHIFT + HOME
One line down SHIFT + DOWN ARROW
One line up SHIFT + UP ARROW
To the end of a paragraph CTRL + SHIFT + DOWN ARROW
To the beginning of a paragraph CTRL + SHIFT + UP ARROW
One screen down SHIFT + PAGE DOWN
One screen up SHIFT + PAGE UP
To include the entire page CTRL + A
Display the properties of a selection ALT + ENTER
Insert a table SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + T
Select the next cell's contents TAB
Select the preceding cell's contents SHIFT + TAB
Extend a selection to adjacent cells Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly
Select a column Click in the column's top or bottom cell, then hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly
Keys for help  
Display the online help F1
Display context sensitive help SHIFT + F1