| Up Arrow | Moves cursor up one row (or if on Internet, scrolls up the page) |
| Down Arrow | Moves cursor down one row (or if on Internet, scrolls down the page) |
| Right Arrow Key | Moves cursor right one character (sometimes used on Internet if page is wide) |
| Left Arrow Key | Moves cursor left one character (sometimes used on Internet if page is wide) |
| Ctrl-< or Ctrl-> | Moves cursor to next word on the side of the cursor corresponding to the arrow key pressed |
| Page Up | Moves cursor up rapidly one screen or page at a time (scrolls up rapidly on Internet) |
| Page Down | Moves cursor down rapidly one screen or page at a time (scrolls down rapidly on Internet) |
| F1 Key | Opens Help file for the program running on your computer |
| F2 Key | On most games, begins a new game |
| Ctrl-Z | Undo last operation |
| Ctrl-Y | Redo an undone operation |
| Ctrl-A | SELECT ALL of a document to copy to another document or delete |
| Ctrl-X | Cut from document, selection is copied to clipboard until pasted somewhere |
| Ctrl-C | Copy the selected text, or the whole document if nothing is selected |
| Ctrl-V | Paste information from the clipboard into document that was cut or copied |
| Ctrl-S | Save all changes in document or file |
| Ctrl-U | Underline all highlighted selection |
| Ctrl-P | Print the selected messages or webpage |
| Ctrl-W | Close the current window (Great for zapping popup windows) |
| Windows Key + D | Minimizes all windows and returns user to desktop |
| Windows Key + M | Minimizes all windows and returns user to desktop |
| Ctrl key plus 1 | Single Spacing for Microsoft Word |
| Ctrl key plus 2 | Double Spacing for Microsoft Word |
| Ctrl key plus 5 | 1.5 line spacing for Word |
| Alt plus F4 Key | Exit out of window |
| Alt plus D Key | Select the text in the Address bar |
| Alt + Home Key | Go to Home Page on the Internet |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Go to the next page on the Internet |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Go to the previous page on the Internet or use the Backspace Key |
| F11 Key | Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window - (Full Screen Mode) |
| Shift +Tab Key | Moves back a tab |
| Ctrl-Alt-Del |
Soft-boot -- (When your computer locks up!)
Reboots the computer – eventually. First, it'll tell you what's hung up.
Press again to restart
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| Shift-Ctrl-< | Selects the whole word left of the cursor |
| Shift-Ctrl-> | Selects the whole word right of the cursor |
| Home | Sends cursor to the beginning of the current line |
| End | Sends cursor to the end of the current line |
| Shift-End | Selects rest of row right of the cursor |
| Shift-Home | Selects the beginning of row left of the cursor |
| Ctrl-Home | Sends cursor to the beginning of document |
| Ctrl-End | Sends cursor to the end of document |
| Ctrl-F | Find in document |
| Ctrl-M | New e-mail message in Netscape Inbox |
| Ctrl-R | Reply to the author of the selected message in Netscape Inbox |
| Ctrl-Shift-R | Reply to both the author and all recipients of the selected message in Netscape Inbox |
| Ctrl-L | Forward the selected message in Netscape Inbox |
| Ctrl-F | Forward the selected message in Microsoft Outlook. |
| Ctrl-D | Add the current webpage to your favorites |
| Ctrl Plus Enter | Add "www " to the beginning and " com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar |
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