WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

 Keyboard  shortcuts are generally  alternative way of of executing one or more command that would otherwise be executable only through a menu,pointing device or even via a command console.They usually speeds up a common or regular operation by reducing the amount of input to just a few stroke of keys,hence the term shortcut.Some keyboard shortcuts require the user to press a single key or a sequence of keys one after the other. Other keyboard shortcuts require pressing and holding several keys simultaneously. For simultaneous keyboard shortcuts, one usually first holds down the modifier key(s), then quickly presses and releases the regular (non-modifier) key, and finally releases the modifier key

This article will show to you most  keyboard shortcuts executable in most word processors on a Microsoft operating system




Ctrl+Left Arrow –   Move cursor to beginning of previous word.
Ctrl+Right Arrow – Move cursor to beginning of next word
Ctrl+Backspace –   Delete previous word.
Ctrl+Delete –          Delete next word.
Ctrl+Up Arrow –     Move cursor to beginning of paragraph.
Ctrl+Down Arrow – Move cursor to end of paragraph.

Moving the Cursor

The Ctrl key can also be combined with the Home and End keys.

Home – Move cursor to beginning of current line.

End – Move cursor to end of current line.                                                       
Ctrl+Home – Move cursor to top of the text entry field.
Ctrl+End –     Move cursor to bottom of the text entry field.
Page Up –       Move cursor up a frame.
Page Down –  Move cursor down a frame.

Selecting Text
The above shortcuts can be combined with the Shift key to select text.

Shift+Left or Right Arrow Keys – Select characters one at a time.
Shift+Up or Down Arrow Keys – Select lines one at a time.
Shift+Ctrl+Left or Right Arrow Keys – Select words – keep pressing the arrow keys to select additional words.
Shift+Ctrl+Up or Down Arrow Keys – Select paragraphs.
Shift+Home – Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the current line.
Shift+End – Select the text between the cursor and the end of the current line.
Shift+Ctrl+Home – Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the text entry field.
Shift+Ctrl+End – Select the text between the cursor and the end of the text entry field.
Shift+Page Down – Select a frame of text below the cursor.
Shift+Page Up – Select a frame of text above the cursor.
Ctrl+A – Select all text.
You can use several of these shortcuts to fine-tine your selected text. For example, you could press Shift+End to select the text to the end of the current line, and then press Shift+Down to also select the line below it.
After selecting text, you can start typing immediately to replace the text – you don’t have to press Delete first.

Editing

These shortcuts can greatly help speed up editing

Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Insert – Copy selected text.
Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete – Cut selected text.
Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert – Paste text at cursor.
Ctrl+Z – Undo last action
Ctrl+Y – Redo last action

Formatting

This  only function if the application or website you’re using supports text formatting.

Ctr l+B – make selected text Bold.
Ctr l+I – Italicize selected words
Ctr l+U – Underline.selected words

Functions

These function keys are common to most text-editing applications. If you use them in your web browser, you’ll open your browser’s associated dialogs.

Ctrl+F – Find. This opens the find dialog in most applications to search for text — I’ve even seen it work in some applications that didn’t have a Find option in their menus.
F3 – Find next.
Shift+F3 – Find previous.
Ctrl+O – Open.
Ctrl+S – Save.
Ctrl+N – New document.
Ctrl+P – Print.

These keys work in most applications, but are particularly useful in text editors:
Alt – Activate application’s menu bar. You can use the arrow keys to select a menu option and the Enter key to activate it.
Alt+F – Open File menu.
Alt+E – Open Edit menu.
Alt+V – Open View menu.


OTHER WINDOWS SHORTCUTS
 Alt+space+X            Maximize a window
 Alt+space+R            Restore a maximized window
Windows + R             opens  RUN command
ctrl + W                      closes internet explorer
f11                               to maximise an application/toggles full screen
f1                                window help
f2                                 rename key
f3                                 search key
f5                                 refresh a page
f10                               activates file menu shortcuts
ctrl+ alt + del             system reboot
ctrl+esc                      same as clicking window start icon 

While the shortcuts listed here is not a complete list,these few ones are easy to remember and will definitely  make your job faster

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