Important keyboard All shortcut keys

List of All Computer Keyboard shortcut keys Here We collated a list of some of the most commonly used basic shortcut keys that work with almost all IBM international business machine ) compatible computers and software programs. We recommend that all users keep a good reference of these and to try to memorize them.They  Doing so will dramatically increase your productivity.

Shortcut Keys Description

Alt+F     File menu options in the current program.

Alt+E Edit options in current program

Alt+Tab Switch between open programs

F1 Universal Help in almost every Windows program.

F2 Rename a selected file

F5 Refresh the current program window

Ctrl+N Create a new, blank document in some software programs

Ctrl+O Open a file in current software program

Ctrl+A Select all text.

Ctrl+B Change selected text to be Bold

Ctrl+I Change selected text to be in Italics

Ctrl+U Change selected text to be Underlined

Ctrl+F Open find window for current document or window.

Ctrl+S Save current document file.

Ctrl+X Cut selected item.

Shift+Del Cut selected item.

Ctrl+C Copy selected item.

Ctrl+Ins Copy selected item

Ctrl+V Paste

Shift+Ins Paste

Ctrl+Y Redo the last action

Ctrl+Z Undo last action

Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink for selected text

Ctrl+P Print the current page or document.

Home Goes to beginning of current line.

Ctrl+Home Goes to beginning of the document.

End Goes to end of current line.

Ctrl+End Goes to end of the document.

Shift+Home Highlights from current position to the beginning of a line.

Shift+End Highlights from current position to end of a line.

Ctrl+Left arrow Moves one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl+Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.

Ctrl+Esc Opens the START menu

Ctrl+Shift+Esc Opens Windows Task Manager

Alt+F4 Close the currently active program

Alt+Enter Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)

PC shortcut keys for Special Characters

Shortcut Keys Special Character

Alt+0224 à

Alt+0232 è

Alt+0236 ì

Alt+0242 ò

Alt+0241 ñ

Alt+0228 ä

Alt+0246 ö

Alt+0252 ü

Alt+0248 ø

Alt+0223 ß

Alt+0198 Æ

Alt+0231 ç

Alt+0191 ¿

Alt+0176 °  (degree symbol)

Alt+0177 ±  (plus/minus symbol)

Alt+0153 ™

Alt+0169 ©

Alt+0174 ®

Alt+0128 €  (Euro currency)

Alt+0162 ¢  (Cent symbol)

Alt+0163 £  (British Pound currency)

Alt+0165 ¥  (Japanese Yen currency)