For the longest time, people have asked me about ways to make themselves more effective while working on their computer or doing project work and one thing that always gets overlooked is the wonderful little tool called the shortcut.
By effectively using your mouse to highlight and key combinations you can really make your life easier especially while in the Microsoft Office Suite which is a dominant force in the computer world. Keep in mind also that this works with Open Office as well and probably some of the other lesser known products out there.
In this blog though, I just wanted to give you a basic list of some of the really useful tools that you might use on a regular or semi-regular basis. They're listed below:
Glossary of Terms
ctrl (the control button)
ctrl + c (Copy - probably the easiest to remember)
ctrl + x (Cut - think of scissors)
ctrl + v (Paste - don't know why they chose v, but that's paste)
ctrl + b (Bold - another kind of easy one)
ctrl + n (New - open new document)
ctrl + u (Underline - makes sense)
ctrl + i (Italic - again, kind of intuitive)
ctrl + o (Open - opens the document browser to open a new file)
ctrl + p (Print - I guess this might be why paste is the V and not the P)
now 2 that are EXTREMELY useful when making lots of changes
ctrl + z (Undo - make a mistake? This changes back the last changes)
ctrl + y (Redo - change your mind again? This will put the change back)
Ok, now that you've got some of the basics, try and use them more and more and I really think that once you've become accustomed to using them, you'll also find that you've become more productive along the way.
Thanks for Reading
Dave Haertel
Port City Technology, LLC
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