Computer Keyboard Shortcuts
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
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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