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I’m sure that most of us are familiar with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V for Copy/Paste, right?  But what about the rest of the alphabet… 

 

Here’s a list of the “Ctrl+” shortcuts…

 

Ctrl+A : Select All objects

 

Ctrl+B : Bold highlighted text

 

Ctrl+C : Copy selected objects

 

Ctrl+D : Bookmark open web page

 

Ctrl+E : Center text

 

Ctrl+F : Open Find window

 

Ctrl+G : Open Favorites sidebar in IE. Opens Find and Replace in Word

 

Ctrl+H : Open Find and Replace in Microsoft Word.

 

Ctrl+I : Make text Italics

 

Ctrl+J : Opens View downloads in browsers

 

Ctrl+K : Create hyperlink for selected text in Word

 

Ctrl+L : Select address in address bar in browser. Left align text in Word

 

Ctrl+M : Indent selected text in word processors

 

Ctrl+N : Create New instance of the document or program

 

Ctrl+O : Open a new file

 

Ctrl+P : Open print window

 

Ctrl+R : Reload page in browser. Right align text in Word

 

Ctrl+S : Save document

 

Ctrl+T : Create a new tab in IE

 

Ctrl+U : Underline selected text

 

Ctrl+V : Paste copied objects

 

Ctrl+W : Close tab in IE or Word document

 

Ctrl+X : Cut selected object

 

Ctrl+Y : Redo the ‘Undo’ action.

 

Ctrl+Z : Undo any action

 

Ctrl+Esc : Open Start Screen or Start Menu

 

Ctrl+Tab : Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

 

Ctrl+Shift+Esc    : Opens Task Manager in Windows 8

 

Ctrl+WinKey+F  : Opens Find computer box

 

Ctrl+Alt+Del       : Opens screen to Lock, Switch users, etc.