
If you continue to hold the Alt key down, you can press the Tab key to toggle through all open applications. If you press it once, you will be transferred to the previous application you have opened. This also works the same as Shift-Ins.Ĭtrl+X: Deletes text and copies it to memory.Īlt+Tab: This will switch between open applications. No need to right click and choose Paste anymore. For those who are really old school, you can also press Ctrl-Ins.Ĭtrl+V: Pastes text and images copied to memory. No need to right click and choose Copy anymore. Depending on the amount of text, this quick keystroke can save you time from having the click and drag the mouse across pages of information.Ĭtrl+C : Copies all marked text or images to memory. Some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts will work in any version of Windows and in almost all applications.Ĭtrl+A: Marks all of the text on a page. This may seem a bit trivial to those of you who are addicted to the mouse, but with a little practice, you can save a lot of time using the shortcuts outlined below.


#Windows keyboard shortcuts to search apps series#
Those of you who understand the usefulness of keyboard shortcuts realize that the previous series of Ctrl keys can copy and paste text in about two seconds without ever touching a mouse.

I find myself chanting Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+V. On too many occasions I have watched my fellow administrators take a minute to do a simple copy and paste because they are moving the cursor excruciatingly slow on a laptop touch pad. I hardly ever take my hands off the keyboard unless it can't be avoided. Let me start this article by saying I am a bit of a keyboard shortcut nut.
