Computer Keyboard Shortcuts
It is no secret that the computer keyboard is the most used part of the PC. There are numerous computer shortcut keys that are there to be used. But the point is to know and use the useful ones. Let us have a look at the important keyboard shortcuts of a computer, which will really help us in our everyday tasks.
List of Computer Keyboard Shortcuts
Here is a list of some useful shortcuts, many of which we don't use quite often. But when we need them, then it's so difficult to find them, so here goes.
| KEY | RESULT | CHARACTER MEANING |
| ALT 1 | white smiley | |
| ALT 2 | black smiley | |
| ALT 3 | heart | |
| ALT 4 | diamond | |
| ALT 5 | club | |
| ALT 6 | spade | |
| ALT 13 | quaver | |
| ALT 14 | joined quavers | |
| ALT 18 | up-down arrow | |
| ALT 24 | up arrow | |
| ALT 25 | down arrow | |
| ALT 26 | right arrow | |
| ALT 27 | left arrow | |
| ALT 0128 | euro | |
| ALT 0132 | double comma | |
| ALT 0133 | ... | ellipse |
| ALT 0134 | cross | |
| ALT 0135 | double cross | |
| ALT 0137 | per mille/per thousand | |
| ALT 0149 | bullet | |
| ALT 0150 | - | en dash |
| ALT 0151 | - | em dash |
| ALT 0153 | trademark | |
| ALT 0161 | upsidedown exclamation | |
| ALT 162 | cent | |
| ALT 0163 | pound | |
| ALT 0165 | yen | |
| ALT 0174 | registered | |
| ALT 0169 | copyright | |
| ALT 0176 | degrees | |
| ALT 0177 | plus-minus | |
| ALT 0178 | squared | |
| ALT 0179 | cubed | |
| ALT 0188 | one-fourth | |
| ALT 0189 | half | |
| ALT 0190 | three-fourth | |
| ALT 0191 | upsidedown question | |
| ALT 0215 | multiplication sign | |
| ALT 227 | pi | |
| ALT 228 | sum | |
| ALT 246 | division sign | |
| ALT 251 | tick/square root |
Alphabets with Accents
These are some alphabets with accents. They are mostly used in words that have their origin in a different language, or those that just have an accent, like saut, fianc, cmo, etc.
| KEY | RESULT | CHARACTER MEANING |
| ALT 0192 | capital a with accent | |
| ALT 0193 | capital A with accent | |
| ALT 0194 | capital A with accent | |
| ALT 0195 | capital A with accent | |
| ALT 0200 | capital E with accent | |
| ALT 0201 | capital E with accent | |
| ALT 0202 | capital E with accent | |
| ALT 0204 | capital I with accent | |
| ALT 0205 | capital I with accent | |
| ALT 0206 | capital I with accent | |
| ALT 0209 | capital N with accent | |
| ALT 0210 | capital O with accent | |
| ALT 0211 | capital O with accent | |
| ALT 0212 | capital O with accent | |
| ALT 0213 | capital O with accent | |
| ALT 0138 | capital S with accent | |
| ALT 0217 | capital U with accent | |
| ALT 0218 | capital U with accent | |
| ALT 0219 | capital U with accent | |
| ALT 0221 | capital Y with accent | |
| ALT 0142 | capital Z with accent | |
| ALT 0224 | small a with accent | |
| ALT 0225 | small a with accent | |
| ALT 0226 | small a with accent | |
| ALT 0227 | small a with accent | |
| ALT 0232 | small e with accent | |
| ALT 0233 | small e with accent | |
| ALT 0234 | small e with accent | |
| ALT 0236 | small i with accent | |
| ALT 0237 | small i with accent | |
| ALT 0238 | small i with accent | |
| ALT 0241 | small n with accent | |
| ALT 0242 | small o with accent | |
| ALT 0243 | small o with accent | |
| ALT 0244 | small o with accent | |
| ALT 0245 | small o with accent | |
| ALT 0154 | small s with accent | |
| ALT 0249 | small u with accent | |
| ALT 0250 | small u with accent | |
| ALT 0251 | small u with accent | |
| ALT 0253 | small y with accent | |
| ALT 0158 | small z with accent |
Browser Shotcuts
Here are some shortcut keys for the widely used Windows based browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox. Also, most of these can be used as shortcut keys in Excel and shortcut keys for Word.
| KEY | COMMAND |
| F5 | refresh |
| CTRL U | page source |
| CTRL P | |
| CTRL S | save page |
| CTRL + | zoom in |
| CTRL - | zoom out |
| CTRL 0 | normal view |
| CTRL C | copy |
| CTRL X | cut |
| CTRL V | paste |
| CTRL Z | undo |
| CTRL F | find |
| SHIFT F3 | find previous |
| CTRL W | close tab |
| CTRL SHIFT W | close window |
| CTRL T | new tab |
| CTRL N | new window |
| CTRL TAB | next tab |
| CTRL SHIFT TAB | previous tab |
| CTRL 9 | last tab |
| CTRL D | bookmark page |
| CTRL SHIFT D | bookmark all tabs |
Window Shortcut Keys
Here are some useful shortcut keys for Windows in general.
| KEY | COMMAND |
| WINDOWS F1 | open windows help |
| CNTRL ESC | start menu |
| CNTRL SHIFT ESC | task manager |
| WINDOWS D | minimize all |
| WINDOWS E | open windows explorer |
| WINDOWS F | search files |
| WINDOWS L | lock workstation |
| WINDOWS SHIFT M | maximize all |
| ALT TAB | switch windows |
All the above computer keyboard shortcuts are useful to us on a daily basis, at some point of time or the other. Memorizing all of them is near to impossible, so maybe you can take out a printout or bookmark these articles for further reference.
