BECOME A KEYBOARD SNAKE CHARMER

I used to sit in awe watching the IT people blaze through my computer, rifle through the files, and manipulate the web like an Indian Snake Charmer. Speed and efficiency is the name of the game. The secret to their success is their ability to use "Shortcuts." If you play close enough attention, you'll see they don't touch the mouse often. In fact, Deep, an IT master guru at my office, flips the mouse up-side-down and relies solely on the keyboard shortcuts. It takes years of practice to perfect shortcuts but understanding a few basic shortcut commands can help you master the keyboard!

Here are a few of the most popular shortcuts:

THE BASICS:

Undo

PC: CTRL + Z

MAC: CMD + Z

Redo

PC: CTRL + Y

MAC: Shift + CMD + Z

Cut

PC: CTRL + X

MAC: CMD + X

Copy

PC: CTRL + C

MAC: CMD + C

Paste

PC: CTRL + V

MAC: CMD + V

Select All

PC: CTRL + A

MAC: CMD + A

SURFING THE WEB SHORTCUTS:

Open New Tab

PC: CTRL + T

MAC: CMD + T

Open New Window

PC: CTRL + N

MAC: CMD + N

Open a Link in a new Tab

PC: CTRL + Left Click

Mac: CMD + Left Click

Quickly Close A Tab

PC: CTRL + F4

MAC: CMD + W

Quickly Close Your Browser

PC: ALT + F4

MAC: CMD + Q

SCREENSHOT SHORTCUTS:

Often we need to “save” what we see on the screen and send it to your web guy or save a portion of a website for future reference. Sorry PC users, but this is where MACs shine!

Copy Screenshot of the entire screen

PC: Print Screen or CTRL+Print Screen

MAC: Ctrl+ Shift+ Cmd+3

Save a Screenshot as a .jpg

PC: (none at this time, sorry)

MAC: Shift + CMD + 3

Save a “Section” of the screen

PC: (none)

MAC: Shift + CMD + 4

EDITING DOCUMENTS SHORTCUTS:

Save

PC: CNTL + S

MAC: CMD + S

Save As

PC: CTRL + Shift + S

MAC: CTRL + Shift + S

Delete right of cursor

PC: DEL

MAC: Fn+backspace

Delete word right of cursor

PC: CTRL+ DEL

MAC: Opt + Fn + Backspace

Go to start of the line

PC: Home

MAC: CTRL + A

Go to end of line

PC: END

MAC: CTRL + E

Go To Find

PC: CRTL + F

MAC: CMD + F