5 keyboard shortcuts that will change your life
Lisa Du is director of ReadyTechGo, a service that helps people gain the confidence and skills to embrace modern technology. In this piece, she reveal five simple keyboard shortcuts that will change the way you use your computer.
I love keyboard shortcuts! Knowing keyboard shortcuts can really help you work efficiently as you can use the keyboard instead of the mouse.
Here are five useful keyboard shortcuts that will change your life!
1. Close a tab in an internet browser
Quickly close unwanted pages/tabs in your browser
WINDOWS: Press Ctrl + W
MAC: Press Command + W
2. Reopen a closed tab in a browser
Accidentally closed a page/tab in your browser, and need to get back to where you were?
WINDOWS: Press Ctrl + Shift + T
MAC: Press Command + Shift + T
3. To delete one word at a time
Written text, and want to delete one word at a time?
WINDOWS: Press Ctrl + Backspace
MAC: Press Option + Delete
4. Select words
Need to highlight words without using your mouse or trackpad?
WINDOWS: Press Shift + Ctrl + Left or Right Arrow Keys
MAC: Press Shift + Left arrow to select one letter at a time, or Command + Shift + Left arrow to select the entire sentence
5. Bold, italicise or underline
Now that you've selected the words, you can quickly bold, italicise or underline the words
WINDOWS: Press Ctrl + B (bolding), Ctrl + I (Italicising), Ctrl + U (Underlining)
MAC: Press Command + B (bolding), Command + I (Italicising), Command + U (Underlining)
What are your go-to keyboard shortcuts? Let us know in the comments below.