My favourite keyboard shortcuts

Years ago, Jonathan (the other half of The Potten Computer School...and my husband) asked me why I never used keyboard shortcuts. I, like many people, was totally dependent on the mouse whenever I was doing word processing, surfing the Internet or, indeed, doing anything on the computer. 

Now that I use the computer so much, and am teaching it as well, I really appreciate the fact that I can save time (and my wrists) by alternating between using the mouse and the keyboard.

So, I got to thinking about which of the keyboard shortcuts I found most useful and here are my top 10, in reverse order. 

10.   Home key - go to the beginning of a line

9.     End key - go to the end of a line

8.     Ctrl + Home - go to the beginning of a text

7.     Ctrl + End - go to the end of a text

6.     Ctrl + P - print a document

5.     Ctrl + C - copy

4.     Ctrl + X - cut

3.     Ctrl + V - paste

2.     TAB key - move from box to box in an online form or a table

1.     ENTER - confirm an action instead of clicking

I realised as I was typing this, that were many more than 10 that I use on a regular basis. However, I'll leave you with these for starters. Once you start to use them, you'll wonder how you ever survived without them.

Not everyone has the same ideas about the Top 10 keyboard tips, so here are Another ten tips...some are the same, some are not.

Once you start to get a bit more curious about how to use your keyboard effectively, you will probably be ready for the next link....The Keyboard.

You may never use your mouse again!