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19. Use keyboard shortcuts.

Use keyboard shortcuts.  Once you get in the habit of using these, they are such a boost to efficiency.

Ctrl - a - Selects all items on a page including

Ctrl - x - Cuts selected items

Ctrl - c - Copies selected items

Ctrl - v - paste the current item on the clipboard

Ctrl - p - prints your current document or Webpage

Ctrl - n - opens a new IE Window

Print Screen - places an image of your screen on the clipboard for pasting into Word or Paint or another image program

Alt-Print Screen - places an image of the current active window on your clipboard

Tab - moves from one blank (field) to the next in a form

Shift - Tab - moves to the previous blank (field) in a form

F1 - Opens the Help Menu for the active program

F2 - Allows renaming of a file

F5 - refreshes the display of your current Window

F11 - makes IE go to full screen

Home - brings cursor to beginning of a line

Ctrl- Home - brings cursor to beginning of document

End - brings cursor to the end of a line.

Ctrl - End - brings cursor to the end of a document.

Shift - [Left or Right] Arrow Key - highlights one character

Ctrl - Shift - [Left or Right] Arrow Key - highlights a whole word.

Ctrl - {Right or Left] Arrow Key - moves the cursor through the document one word at a time.

Ctrl - [Up or Down] Arrow Key - moves the cursor through the document one paragraph at a time.

Double Click on a Word - Highlights the word.

Triple Click on a Word - Highlights the whole paragraph.