CTRL commands or keyboard shortcuts for Windows computer
The Control or Ctrl key
is normally found in the bottom left and right corners of any keyboard
in a Windows computer. When used in combination with other keys, it can
perform many useful functions.
For instance in Windows 8.1, when
you click Ctrl + Alt + Delete together, you are presented with a screen
with the following options: Lock this computer, Switch User, Log Off, Change a password and Task Manager.
CTRL commands in Windows
The
Ctrl key keyboard shortcuts may perform a function in a browser and
maybe another in a word processor. Let us have a look at some of the
important one’s.
- Ctrl+A : Select All objects
- Ctrl+B : Bold highlighted text
- Ctrl+C : Copy selected objects
- Ctrl+D : Bookmark open web page
- Ctrl+E : Center text
- Ctrl+F : Open Find window
- Ctrl+G : Open Favorites sidebar in IE. Opens Find and Replace in Word
- Ctrl+H : Open Find and Replace in Microsoft Word.
- Ctrl+I : Make text Italics
- Ctrl+J : Opens View downloads in IE browsers
- Ctrl+K : Create hyperlink for selected text in Word
- Ctrl+L : Select address in address bar in browser. Left align text in Word
- Ctrl+M : Indent selected text in word processors
- Ctrl+N : Create New instance of the document or program
- Ctrl+O : Open a new file
- Ctrl+P : Open print window
- Ctrl+R : Reload page in browser. Right align text in Word
- Ctrl+S : Save document
- Ctrl+T : Create a new tab in IE
- Ctrl+U : Underline selected text
- Ctrl+V : Paste copied objects
- Ctrl+W : Close tab in IE or Word document
- Ctrl+X : Cut selected object
- Ctrl+Y : Redo the ‘Undo’ action.
- Ctrl+Z : Undo any action
- Ctrl+Esc : Open Start Screen or Start Menu
- Ctrl+Tab : Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
- Ctrl+Shift+Esc : Opens Task Manager in Windows 8
- Ctrl+WinKey+F : Opens Find computer box
- Ctrl+Alt+Del : Opens screen to Lock, Switch users, etc.
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