Computer Awareness-Part 8-Imp. Shortcut Keys

Computers, as we know, have become a very crucial part of the Banking System. As the Bank employees are frequent users of computers, they are required to know about the keyboard shortcut keys. The questions related to the computer shortcut keys not only come in the computer section but may also become a part of the General Awareness section sometimes.

Hence, we are providing you a list of these shortcut keys to prepare you to counter questions related to it.

List of Computer Shortcut Keys

Given below is a compilation of important shortcut keyboard keys. These keys are specifically used for operations in MS Office and its applications.

Excel shortcut keys

Given below are some short-cuts for MS Excel:

• F2 — Edit the selected cell.
• F5 — Go to a specific cell.
• F7 — Spell check selected text and/or document.
• F11 — Create chart
• Ctrl + Shift + ; — Enter the current time.
• Ctrl + ; — Enter the current date
• Alt + Ctrl + P — Open print dialog box.
• Ctrl + S — Save.
• Ctrl + Z — Undo last action.
• Ctrl + F9 — Minimize current window.
• Ctrl + F10 — Maximize currently selected window.
• Ctrl + F6 — Switch between open workbooks/windows.
• Ctrl + Page up & Page Down — Move between Excel worksheets in the same document.
• Ctrl + Tab — Move between two or more open Excel files
• Shift + F1 — Insert new worksheet.
• Shift + F3 — Open the Excel formula window.
• Shift + F5 — Bring up the search box
• Ctrl + A — Select all contents of a worksheet.
• Ctrl + B — Bold highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + I — Italicize highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + C — Copy selected text.
• Ctrl + V — Paste
• Ctrl + D — Fill
• Ctrl + K — Insert link
• Ctrl + F — Open find and replace options.
• Ctrl + G — Open go-to options.
• Ctrl + Shift + @ — Format number in time format.
• Ctrl + (Right arrow) — Move to next section of text.
• Ctrl + Space — Select entire column.
• Shift + Space — Select entire row.
• Ctrl + H — Open find and replace options.
• Ctrl + U — Underline highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + Y — Underline selected text.
• Ctrl + 5 — Strikethrough highlighted selection.
• Ctrl + O — Open options.
• Ctrl + N — Open new document.
• Alt + = — Create the formula to sum all of the above cells.
• Ctrl + — Insert the value of above cell into the current cell.
• Ctrl + Shift + ! — Format number in comma format.
• Ctrl + Shift + $ — Format number in currency format.
• Ctrl + Shift + # — Format number in date format.
• Ctrl + Shift + % — Format number in percentage format.
• Ctrl + Shift + ^ — Format number in scientific format.
• Ctrl + W — Close document.

Conclusion

Given above is the list of most commonly and frequently used shortcut keys that make the use of the computer programs easier and quicker. Therefore, candidates must learn them by heart so that they can easily answer the questions related to the shortcut keys.

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