I love, love, love keyboard shortcuts. They are the bomb. Or maybe I’m just lazy. No. Efficient. Yeah, I’m uber efficient.
It’s amazing how many people don’t use keyboard shortcuts, even the basics like CNTL+A for chose all. How weird that you wouldn’t want to make your typing easier and faster so you can write more or have time for other things.
Here is a handy-dandy list of keyboard shortcuts. I hope you’ll take advantage of one or two and increase your word count!
| Ctrl+B | Bold the selected text bold |
| Ctrl+I | Italicize the selected text italic |
| Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete the previous word |
| Ctrl+Del | Delete the next word |
| Ctrl+F | Find some text in the current document |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo your last action |
| Ctrl+C | Copy what’s selected |
| Ctrl+X | Cut what’s selected |
| Ctrl+V | Paste what you last copied or cut |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+N | Create a new document |
| Ctrl+O | Open an existing document |
| Ctrl+W | Close the current document |
| Ctrl+S | Saves the current document |
| Ctrl+P | Print the current document |
| Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
| Ctrl+T | Open a new tab (if your browser supports tabs) |
| Ctrl+W | Close the current window/tab |
| Ctrl+R | Refresh |
| Esc | Stop |
| Alt+? | Back |
| Alt+? | Forward |
| PageUp | Move up a page |
| PageDown | Move down a page |
| Alt+Home | Go to your homepage |
| Alt+D | Move focus to the address bar to type in a URL |
| Ctrl+Enter | Add “http://www.” and “.com” around an address |
| MiddleClick | Middle-clicking a tab will close it, even if it’s not the active tab |
| Alt+2 | ™ |
| Alt+3 | £ |
| Alt+4 | ¢ |
| Alt+5 | ? |
| Alt+6 | § |
| Alt+7 | ¶ (pilcrow paragraph) |
| Alt+8 | • (black dot) |
| Alt+9 | ª (floating small a) |
| Alt+0 | º (degrees) |
Happy writing!
Cheryl
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