Don’t Forget Those Control Key Shortcuts

We all like to be as efficient as we can be. Whether you are in Word or composing an e-mail, if you prefer the keypad to the mouse, using control- keys can save you a lot of time!

You’ve probably seen at least some of these, but here’s a comprehensive list of Control+one letter commands.

• Ctrl + A    Select All
• Ctrl + B    Bold the selection or toggle Bold on and off
• Ctrl + C    Copy the selected text
• Ctrl + D    Open the Font Dialog Box
• Ctrl + E    Center align text
• Ctrl + F    Open Find Dialog Box
• Ctrl + G    Open GoTo Dialog Box
• Ctrl + H    Open Find and Replace Dialog Box
• Ctrl + I     Italicize selected text or toggle Italicize on and off
• Ctrl + J     Justifies the selected text (aligns to both left and right margins)
• Ctrl + K    Insert Hyperlink
• Ctrl + L     Left align text
• Ctrl + M    Indent the paragraph
• Ctrl + N    Open new blank document
• Ctrl + O    Opens the Open Document Dialog Box
• Ctrl + P     Opens Print Dialog Box
• Ctrl + Q    Remove Paragraph Formatting
• Ctrl + R    Right align text
• Ctrl + S    Save open document
• Ctrl + T    Create hanging indent
• Ctrl + U    Underline selected text or toggle underline on and off
• Ctrl + V    Paste previously copied text
• Ctrl + W   Close Word document
• Ctrl + X    Cut selected text
• Ctrl + Y    Redo an undone action, or repeat an action
• Ctrl + Z    CtrlZ is the hero of control keys. While holding down the Ctrl key, press the Z and it will undo your last action. Inadvertently deleted the text from your term paper? No problem, before you do anything else, press CtrlZ and your text will magically reappear!