Shortcuts - Ctrl+Shift+.....

I remember working on a computer with a co-worker named Kenny Eng about 15 years ago. He said, "If you're not using shortcuts you're wasting time." He showed me a few shortcuts in Microsoft Word to go to the next word and select the whole word, Ctrl+right arrow and Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow.

Today, I can't tell you how valuable that lesson was. It is especially useful for when you do something over and over again.

The main problem you will find are your habits. Don't use shortcuts and your wasting time. Breaking the habits which can be difficult and you'll save time in the long run. You should learn these slowly one at a time. Look them up here if you don't remember and try a new one each day.

The following are the main shortcuts I use:

Windows

The following shortcuts work on most windows, browsers and software.

Alt key - Press hold to see if there are any shortcuts associated with it.Excel has many useful keys 

• Alt+F4 - Close window
• Alt+Tab - Next Window
• Alt+F - File menu
• Alt+Space+N - Minimize window
• Alt+Enter - A new line within an Excel cell

Ctrl Key

• Ctrl+A - Select All 
• Ctrl+C - Copy to clipboard - 
• Ctrl+X - Cut - 
• Ctrl+V - Paste - 
• Ctrl+Z -  Undo - 
• Ctrl+F - Find - 
• Ctrl+Home - go to top
• Ctrl+End - go to the end
• Ctrl+Right Arrow - Next Word
• Ctrl+Left Arrow - Prev Word

Use computer without a mouse. This is difficult but will quickly teach you how to get around without a mouse.

Other keys

• Esc - Escape to close dialogs
• Enter - to press default button on a dialog
• Shift - Hold down to do a multi-select of items
• Ctrl - Hold down to select multiple non-continuous items
• Windows 
• D - hides windows and shows the desktop
• R - brings up the run Dialog
• L - locks computer

Other Actions

• Hover - Placing your cursor over a control will show the shortcuts
• Underscore - The underscore tells you that Alt+U in this case will run the shortcut