24 days of Shortcuts

24 Days of Shortcuts

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Snap Window

Windows key + ⬅️, Windows key + ➡️, Windows key + ⬆️, Windows key +⬇️ These short cuts can be used to snap an active window in the direction of the arrow key you use. This is great for doing split screens!

Control + W

Use this short cut to close a program, a window tab, or a document.

windows key🪟 + L

To lock your user account/computer.

Minimize Windows

Clear Browsing Data

Quickly get to your "Clear Browsing Data" window in Chrome.

Remember clearing your cookies will log you out of any websites your currently logged into

Computer keyboard shortcuts can decrease the amount of clicks, thus speeding up any task. Each day, open a square to learn a new shortcut. On the first day we learn to use the keys to open a new incognito tab

Ctrl + Shift + N

Shift + click

Click an item and hold the shift key while clicking another item. This will select every item between the first and last selected.

Open a Closed Tab

Bring back an internet tab you receently closed

Ctrl + Shift + T

To quickly access a list of emojis, gifs, and special characters use:

Windows🪟 + .

Happy Holidays!!

Refresh

Ctrl + R

is used to refresh an active tab.

Ctrl + Click

Click an item and hold the Ctrl key while clicking other items. This will select non contiguous items. (Like files or folders)*Bonus - use the function on links to open in a new tab

Take a Screenshot

Open your snipping tool to take a screenshot of your entire screen, a window, or just a portion of your screen.

Window + Shift + S or

Fn + PrtScr

Control + G

Once you've used Control+F to find what you're looking for use Control+G to move to the next location of the word or phrase.

Cabell

Al

Janet

Deb

Deb

Beth

Shannon

Erin

David

Carina

Deb

Doug

Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8

Use this shortcut to jump to one of the first eight tabs in an active window.

View Downloads

Use this shortcut to view your recent or active downloads

Find a word or phrase, in a document, and replace it with another word or phrase by using:

Control + H

*Note: in non-Google object tabs, this shortcut will open your browsing history.

To insert a link, click an image or highlight text, then click:

Control + K

To put a line through text (called strikethrough), highlight the desired text and use:

Alt + Shift + 5

Ctrl + Shift + S

In Google objects (Docs, Presentations, etc.), you can use this short cut to turn your speech into text. Make sure to allow your microphone and your language preference.

Quickly zoom in or out, and then go back to the default view

On day two we revisit, some oldies but goodies.

Control + F

Use to find anything on a Google Doc, sheet, presentation, or websites

Control + D

On the fifth day we get a two fold shortcut. Control+D can be used to bookmark a tabOR If in a Google file you can use this shortcut to duplicate any text or object you have selected.