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 |