YASH STUDY KNOWLEDGE POINT

“The First Sight Of Knowledge”

CLASS- C.C.C TOPIC- SHORT KEYS SUBJECT-COMPUTER
Ctrl + It is used to go to the beginning
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut keys Home of the document.

It Edits options in the current Ctrl + End Go to the end of a document

Alt + E
program.

Ctrl + S Open the save as a dialogue box.

this is used to switch between the
Alt+Tab
open windows.
Ctrl + Z Undo the last action.

Shows file menu options in the

Alt + F Ctrl + Alt +
current program. Opens Windows task manager.
Del

Alt + F4 This closes the current window.

Ctrl+N Open a new window/document.

Alt + Page
It scrolls up the Entire Screen. Ctrl+H Open the history tab/bar.
Up

Alt + Page Ctrl+J Open the download tab/bar.

It scrolls down the Entire Screen.
Down
Ctrl+F It starts the find utility.
Alt + Left It shows the previous history if it
Arrow is present in Bowser.
Ctrl+P Open the print dialogue box.

Alt + Right Go forward in the browser

Arrow window. Ctrl+Esc Open the Windows start menu.

It shows the property of the Ctrl + “+” Increases the zoom level.
Alt + Enter
selected item.
Ctrl + “–” Decreases the zoom level.
Ctrl + A It is used to select all text.
Ctrl + W /
Closes the current tab.
Ctrl + X It cuts the selected item. Ctrl + F4

Ctrl + Del It deletes selected items. Ctrl+T Open a new tab.

Ctrl + C / Takes the user to the start of the

Used to copy the selected item. Home
Ctrl+Insert current line.

Ctrl + V / This is used to go to the end of

End
Shift + Used to paste the selected item. the current line
Insert
Shift + files will be deleted permanently.
YASH STUDY KNOWLEDGE POINT
“The First Sight Of Knowledge”
CLASS- C.C.C TOPIC- SHORT KEYS SUBJECT-COMPUTER
Delete Windows Maximize the active program
key + ↑ window.

Ctrl + Y This redo the last action.

Move one word to the left at a
Ctrl + ←
time.
It insert hyperlink for the selected
Ctrl + K
text.
Move one word to the right at a
Ctrl + →
time.
Windows This lock the computer, requiring
key + L password entry to access again.
Ctrl + Go to the beginning of the
Home document.
Access the Power User Tasks
Windows
Menu in Windows 8 and
key + X
Windows 10. Ctrl + End Go to the end of the document.

Windows Ctrl + Shift

It Minimize the active program Open Windows Task Manager.
key + Down + Esc
window.
arrow

Highlight from the current

Shift +
Windows position to the beginning of the
It Maximize the active program Home
key + Up line.
window.
arrow

Highlight from the current

Shift + End
Ctrl + Left This key used to move one word position to the end of the line.
arrow to the left at a time.

Ctrl + Right This is used for move one word

arrow to the right at a time.
F2 Used to rename the selected icon.

Ctrl + Y Redo the last action.

This Find anything from our
F3
desktop.
Insert hyperlink for the selected
Ctrl + K
text.
This is used in Windows 95 to XP
F4
to open the locate window.
Access the Power User Tasks
Windows
Menu in Windows 8 and
key + X It is used to refresh the contents of
Windows 10. F5
your Windows system.

Minimize the active program

Windows Used to close the ongoing
window. (That format Should be Alt + F4
key + ↓ program.
used)

Windows Lock the computer, requiring This shortcut is used to swiftly

Ctrl + F4
key + L password entry to access again. close a document.
YASH STUDY KNOWLEDGE POINT
“The First Sight Of Knowledge”
CLASS- C.C.C TOPIC- SHORT KEYS SUBJECT-COMPUTER
This adjusts the widths of all in the current open window.
Ctrl + Plus
columns automatically, in
Key
Windows Explorer.
It minimizes the desktop window
Win + Down
or clear the current application
Arrow
Alt + Print from the screen.
It is used to take a screenshot of
Screen /
the current page.
Win+PrtScn
Win + Up
It is used to maximize the window.
Arrow
Ctrl + Alt + Used to Reboot/Windows task
Del manager.
This shortcut maximizes the
Win + Left
window to the left side of the
Arrow
Ctrl + Esc It activates the start menu. screen.

It is used to open the properties Win + Right It maximizes the window to the
Alt + Enter window for the selected icon or Arrow right side of the screen.
program.

This is used to zoom in using a

Win+
Win + X It shows shutdown options. magnifier.

Win + L It Locks the computer screen. Win- It zooms out using a magnifier.

This display or hide the Start Ctrl + Shift + This is used to open Windows
Win
screen. Esc Task Manager.

Win + D Used to show/hide the desktop. This key is used to go to the

Ctrl + Home
beginning of the document.

Win + E This open file explorer.

This key is used to go to the end of
Ctrl + End
the document.
Win + M It minimizes all open windows.

It highlight from the current

Win + Shift + This shortcut restores all Shift + Home position to the beginning of the
M minimized windows. line.

Select a presentation display It highlight from the current

Win + P Shift + End
mode. position to the end of the line.

Win + Q It opens the search for the menu.

Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys
Win + R It opens the Run dialogue box.
Alt+0248 ø
Win + Z This display the commands used
YASH STUDY KNOWLEDGE POINT
“The First Sight Of Knowledge”
CLASS- C.C.C TOPIC- SHORT KEYS SUBJECT-COMPUTER
Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys Shortcuts Uses of Shortcut Keys

Alt + 0191 ¿ Alt + 35 #

Alt + 0231 ç Alt + 36 $(Dollar sign)

Alt + 0223 ß Alt + 37 %(Percentage sign)

Alt + 0153 ™ ≥(Greater than or equal to

Alt + 242
sign)

Alt + 0177 / Alt +

± (plus/minus symbol)
241 Alt + 243 ≤(Less than or equal to sign)

Alt + 0174 ® Alt + 247 ≈(Almost equal to sign)

Some important short forms:-

Alt + 0176 / Alt + BHIM - Bharat Interface for Money
° (degree symbol)
248
UPI - Unified Payments Interface
USSD - Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
Alt + 0169 © UMANG- Unified Mobile Application for New-
age Governance
Alt + 0128 €(Euro currency) CC - Carbon Copy
BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
Alt + 0162 ¢(Cent symbol) HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
Alt + 0163 £(British Pound currency) DHTML - Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
COBOL - Common Business Oriented Language
Alt + 0165 ¥(Japanese Yen currency) POP3 - Post Office Protocol Version-3
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
Alt + 224 α(Alpha)
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
Alt + 225 ß BIOS - Basic Input Output System
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
Alt + 226 Γ(gamma) AI - Artificial Intelligence
RPA - Robotic Process Automation
Alt + 227 π(Pie Sign) NPCI - National Payments Corporation of India
PAN - Personal Area Network, Permanent Account
Number
Alt+228 Σ(Sigma Sign)

Alt + 239 ∩(Intersection Sign)