Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The keyboard shortcuts I use the most

There's no doubt that kb shortcuts improve your efficiency (compared to mousing) once you've learned them. I learned a couple new ones from my boss yesterday, so I figured I should start listing them all here as a reference. I'll update this from time to time and include those I've listed elsewhere.

Navigating Text

Move to beginning of the line

home

Move to end of the line

end

Move one word to the right(left) of cursor

ctrl + right (or left) arrow


Editing/Formatting Text

Delete word to the right of cursor

ctrl + del

Select text while moving the cursor (e.g., select next word or text to the end of the line)

Hold down 'shift' with any of the movement shortcuts above


Select all text in the document, form field, etc.

ctrl + a


Excel Text Editing

For the most part, the editing shortcuts above work in Excel, too. You can apply them to to the whole cell or enter the cell and apply them to selected text in the cell.

Enter Excel cell

F2


Excel Navigation

Go to a cell

F5


Go to the next worksheet to the right

ctrl + page up 


Go to the next worksheet to the left

ctrl + page down