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.

Important Shortcut Keys
S. No.	Shortcut Keys	Function
1	Alt+E	Displays the File menu options
2	Alt+F	Opens the Edit options
3	Alt+Tab	Switch between open programs
4	F1	Used by every Windows program for Help
5	F2	To Rename a selected file
6	F5	Refresh the page or current window
7	Ctrl+D	To Bookmarks the current page (for most Browsers)
8	Ctrl+O	To Open a file
9	Ctrl+N	Create a new or blank document or open a new tab in the Internet Browser
10	Ctrl+A	Select the entire text at once
11	Ctrl+B	Change the text to Bold
12	Ctrl+I	Change the Text to Italics
13	Ctrl+U	Underline the selected text
14	Ctrl+S	Save the file or document you are working on
15	Ctrl+X	Cut selected part of the text or image
16	Shift+Del	Remove the selected items
17	Ctrl+C	To copy the text or image
18	Ctrl+V	To Paste
19	Ctrl+Y	Redo the last action
20	Ctrl+Z	Undo the last action
21	Ctrl+K	Insert hyperlink for the selected text.
22	Ctrl+P	To print the document
23	Home	Moves the beginning of the current line
24	Ctrl+Home	Moves to the beginning of the document
25	End	Moves to the end of the line
27	Ctrl+End	Moves to the end of the document
28	Ctrl+Left arrow	Moves one word to the left at a time.
29	Ctrl+Right arrow	Moves one word to the right at a time.
30	Alt+F4	To close the program currently active
31	Alt+Enter	Open the properties for the selected item
32	Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar	Create a non-breaking space
33	Ctrl + Shift+ <	Decrease font size one value
34	Ctrl + Shift + >	Increase the font size one value
35	Ctrl + [	Increase the font size by 1 point
36	Ctrl + ]	Decrease the font size by 1 point
37	Ctrl + Spacebar	Remove paragraph or character formatting
38	Ctrl + Alt + V	Paste special
39	Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste formatting only
40	Ctrl+F10	Maximize the document window
41	Ctrl + Shift + T	Enter the current time
42	Ctrl + ;	Enter the current date
43	Shift + F3	Open the Excel formula window
44	Shift + F5	Bring up search box.
45	Ctrl + F9	Minimize current workbook
46	Ctrl + F10	Maximize currently selected workbook
47	Ctrl + F6	Switch between open workbooks/window
48	Ctrl + Page Down	Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel document
49	Ctrl + Tab	Move between two or more open Excel files
50	Ctrl + Page Up	Move between Excel worksheet in the same Excel document
51	Alt + =	Create a formula to sum all of the cells
52	Ctrl + ’	Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
53	Ctrl + Arrow key	Move to next section to text
54	Ctrl + Space	Select entire column
55	Shift + Space	Select entire row
56	Ctrl+L	To left-align the selected text
57	Ctrl+R	To right-align the selected text
58	Ctrl+J	To justify the selected text
59	Ctrl+E	To centre align the text
60	Ctrl+Del	To delete the word to the right
61	Shift+Del	To permanently delete a file

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.