Are you using KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS? Which ones do you frequently use?

The reason keyboard shortcuts were invented in the first place was because there was no such thing as a mouse. They have been retained up to this day because: 1) They are significantly faster, in most cases, than using a mouse, especially in Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Database applications. 2) Mice can stop working and, if there were no alternative to mouse actions, it would be very difficult if not impossible to repair what went wrong. Besides Cut, Copy and Paste, just a few of the ones I use are: Win+D to get to my desktop quickly, Win+M to minimise all windows, Win+E to open Windows Explorer ("My Computer") Alt+Tab to switch between applications, Ctrl+Alt+Delete to access Task Manager, Backspace (in a browser) to go back to the previous page, F5 to refresh the screen and Tab to go to the next field in a form.

You have a nearly a full list of commonly used keyboard shortcuts. In the process I too learnt a few short cuts which I haven't used so far. Owling's list is good. In addition to the information given by others I use home,pgup,pgdn,end keys often. Ctrl+U, and Ctrl+B are used for underlining and converting to bold. Ctrl+arrow keys also help often in taking the cursor to desired position in drafting. In EXCEL I also use Alt+I for insert and Alt+E for Editing and with D to deleting cells, rows or columns. I am not much conversant with AutoCad although I used it some time back.

Hey ves Anyhow for me the shortcuts mostly used are probablythe ones likee ctrl c,ctrl v. Although i also use the power button to shutdown!

As I work most with the keyboard I tend to go first to the shortcuts rather to the mouse, it's just faster if I remember the proper function. Those are my favorites I can remember right now, sure in the office I would put some more to the long list: Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + v, Ctrl + Z: cut, copy, paste, undo. Alt + F4: close active top level window. Ctrl + F4: close active MDI child window. Alt + Tab: Cycle though top level windows. Ctrl + Tab: Cycle though MDI child windows (but don't work everywhere). Win + E: open windows explorer. Win + R: open run command. Win + D: minimize all. Win + L: look computer. Win + F: find files (only useful in XP, the search is almost useless in Win7). F1: help!!! very useful in programming. Ctrl + up, ctrl + down: in some programming environments, scroll one line up/down. F4: open bookmark panel in browser. F2: rename files in explorer, edit Excel cell. F5: run the active program/script in programming. Refresh in many other environments. Print screen: copy to clipboard a screenshot of the whole screen. Alt + Print screen: copy to clipboard a screenshot of the active window. F11: some programs toggle full screen mode. backspace: go to parent folder in explorer (XP and earlier only, the crap of Win7 changed it to Alt + up). Ctrl + Alt + Del: the lifesaver of the unpatient computer user. Open task manager / perform a warm reset. Alt: highligh the window menu. In combination with the underlined letter, open that menu. Ctrl + E, Ctrl + A: select all. Ctrl + F, Ctrl + B: find. By the way, did you know that the classic copy/paste have older equivalents? Shift + Del: cut Ctrl + Insert: copy Shift + Insert: paste Those shortcuts are even older than ctrl c,v,x and are still alive and useful even in the most recent versions of Windows.

alt tab ctrl alt del esc numlock rapid pressing of enter key reset to cpu power off to cpu pull immediately the power plug in a wall socket and a backfist hard to the keyboard ggrrrrrrrr banggggg!!!!! Since i am a fast typist, the system usually hang-up....

I use a lot of them ...but favorite one is ALT+TAB ....multitasking ....;)

Oh yes! I am constantly using Control-C (copy), Control-V (release) and Control-Z (last highlighted text. Good question!

Alt-Ctrl-Esc for a quick KILL! OK, that's a Unix one. I wish Windows had that too! I would gladly kill any version of Windows that gets near my computer. Ok, I admit it, I do have another Windows box for playing games with my kid. There's a shortcut for almost everything if you search hard enough. With ten fingers, why do we need a mouse?

Ctrl C, Ctrl V, Ctrl Z, Shft @!%&(, Shft DEL, Alt f4, Ctrl S, Alt F. Initially it was tough, since i hardly knew any. When i started knowing, it really saved a lot of time. I hardly use mouse for navigation. I use Keyboard alot, and i think when we get used to it. We will be much more faster than using mouse. Happy Mylotting

As every one use I also use many short cuts. the short cuts which i use more are: Ctrl+C for Copy, Ctrl+X for Cut, Ctrl+V for Paste,Atl + f4 for exit,Alt+Tab to switch between applications, Ctrl+Alt+Delete to access Task Manager and F5 to refresh. Well this discussion is good as it showed me many other shortcuts which i dont use.

It is difficult for me to remember almost all the shortcut keys but still i know few of them. Frequently i use cut, copy, paste, undo and Redo same as you know. Apart from that locking the system, opening the Mycomputer. Few of them i know.

I always use ctrl + c to copy text, ctrl + v to poaste tesk,and ctrl+z to return to home page when browsing the internet,greatly helped me once with those buttons,my li seemed more easy,i often use it in ertain circumstances the rest using the mouse.

i always use ALT F4 to close the window fast and CTRL A to highlight all the files

i use alt+f4 to shut down the pc , i think u dont know about this shortcut . all buddies know about ctrl+c,ctrl+v,ctrl+s.

As for me, I frequently use the shortcuts: Ctrl+C for Copy, Ctrl+X for Cut, Ctrl+V for Paste, F2 for Rename and Wn+D to view my desktop immediately. :)