Important Computer Shortcut Keys for Government Exams
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Computer Shortcut Keys For Government Exams:- Computer Awareness is a common section for the various Bank, Insurance, SSC, and RRB exams conducted in the country. The list of computer shortcut keys is a question that may not just be asked as a part of the Computer section but may also be asked in the General Awareness section in a few cases.
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Important Computer Shortcut Keys for Government Exams
BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS
- Alt + F – File menu options in current program
- Alt + E – Edit options in current program
- Alt + Tab – Switch between open programs
- Ctrl + A – Select all text
- Ctrl + B – Make letters Bold
- Ctrl + I – Make letters Italic
- Ctrl + U – Make letters underline
- Ctrl + F – Open find window for current document or window
- Ctrl + S – Save current document file
- Ctrl + C – Copy selected item
- Ctrl + X – Cut selected item
- Ctrl + V – Paste selected item
- Ctrl + K – Insert hyperlink for selected text
- Ctrl + P – Print the Current page or Document
- Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
- Ctrl + Y – Redo the last action
- Ctrl + [ – Increase the font size by 1 point
- Ctrl + ] – Decrease the font size by 1 point
- Alt + F4 – Close current active programme
- Ctrl + Home – Go to beginning of document
- Ctrl + End – Go to end of document
- Ctrl + Spacebar – Remove paragraph or character formatting
FUNCTION KEYS
- F1 – Universal Help in almost every Windows program
- F2 – Rename a selected file
- F3 – search for files and folders
- F5 – refresh action on Windows and all common browsers
- F11 – Opens full screen mode in Windows Explorer and all browsers
- F12 – Opens Save As window on MS Office
- Ctrl+F2 – Choose the print preview command (Microsoft office Button)
- Ctrl+F3 – Cut on the spike
- Ctrl+F4 – Close the window
- Ctrl+F6 – Go to the next window
- Ctrl+F9 – Insert an empty field
- Ctrl+F10 – Maximise the document window
- Ctrl+F11 – Lock a field
- Ctrl+F12 – Choose the Open command (Microsoft Office Button)
- Ctrl+F2 – Choose the print preview command (Microsoft office Button)
- Ctrl+F3 – Cut on the spike
- Ctrl+F4 – Close the window
MS WORD SHORTCUT KEYS
- Ctrl + A – Select all contents of the page
- Ctrl + B – Bold highlighted selection
- Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
- Ctrl + X – Cut selected text
- Ctrl + N – Open new document
- Ctrl + O – Open options
- Ctrl + P – Open the print window
- Ctrl + F – Open find box
- Ctrl + I – Italic highlighted selection
- Ctrl + K – Insert Hyperlink
- Ctrl + U – Underline highlighted selection
- Ctrl + V – Paste
- Ctrl + Y – Redo the last action
- Ctrl + Z – Undo last action
- Ctrl + J – Justify paragraph alignment
- Ctrl + L – Align selected text or line to the left
- Ctrl + Q – Align selected paragraph to the left
- Ctrl + E – Align selected text or line to the center
- Ctrl + R – Align selected text or line to the right
- Ctrl + M – Indent the paragraph
- Ctrl + D – Font options
- Ctrl + Shift + F – Change the font
- Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase selected font +1
- Ctrl + ] – Increase selected font +1
- Ctrl + Shift + < – Decrease selected font -1
- Ctrl + [ – Decrease selected font -1
- Ctrl + f – Move one word to the left
- Ctrl + g – Move one word to the right
- Ctrl + h – Move Cursor to beginning of the line or paragraph
- Ctrl + i – Move Cursor to the end of the paragraph
- Ctrl + Del – Delete word to right of cursor
- Ctrl + Backspace – Delete word to left of cursor
- Ctrl + End – Move cursor to end of document
- Ctrl + Home – Move cursor to beginning of document
- Ctrl + Space – Reset highlighted text to default font
- Ctrl + 1 – Single-space lines
- Ctrl + 2 – Double-space lines
- Ctrl + 5 – 1.5-line spacing
- Ctrl + Alt + 1 – Change text to heading
- Ctrl + Alt + 2 – Change text to heading 2
- Ctrl + Alt + 3 – Change text to heading 3
- F1 – Open help
- Shift + F3 – Change case of selected text
- Shift + Insert – Paste
- F4 – Repeat last action performed
- F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
- F12 – Save as
- Ctrl + S – Save
- Shift + F12 – Save
- Alt + Shift + D – Insert the current date
- Alt + Shift + T – Insert the current time
- Ctrl + W – Close document
MS EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS
- F2 – Edit the selected cell
- F5 – Go to a specific cell
- F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
- F11 – Create chart
- Ctrl + Shift + ; – Enter the current time
- Ctrl + ; – Enter the current date
- Shift + F3 – Open the Excel formula window
- Shift + F5 – Bring up search box
- Ctrl + A – Select all contents of the worksheet
- Ctrl + B – Bold highlighted selection
- Ctrl + I – Italic highlighted selection
- Ctrl + U – Underline highlighted selection
- Ctrl + P – Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing
- Ctrl + Z – Undo last action
- Ctrl + F9 – Minimize current workbook
- Ctrl + F10 – Maximize currently selected workbook
- Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open workbooks/window
- Ctrl + Page Up – Move between Excel worksheet in the same Excel document
- Ctrl + Page Down – Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel document
- Ctrl + Tab – Move between two or more open Excel files
- Alt + = – Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
- Ctrl + ’ – Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected
- Ctrl + Arrow key – Move to next section to text
- Ctrl + Space – Select entire column
- Shift + Space – Select entire row
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