What key combination allows you to select all objects. Selecting a single word
In this lesson, you will find the main Windows 7 hotkeys; after reading, you will use your computer much more efficiently than you used it before.
Hotkeys is a method of interaction between the keyboard and the computer. This method consists of executing commands (operations) on a computer using keys or key combinations to which commands (operations) are programmed.
It’s very difficult to get used to something new, so you shouldn’t start memorizing all the keys. To begin with, take 10-20 pieces to use, and then use others, so to speak, expanding your knowledge. It is also worth paying attention to the fact that each program can use its own hot keys, which were programmed by the developers of this program.
If you use Windows 7 hotkeys daily, at least 10 of them, you will notice how much more efficient your work will become. See the list of hotkeys in Windows 7 below.
List of hotkeys
Hotkeys for working with text and files
I advise you to use the hotkeys that are in this section, be sure to learn and use them always.
Ctrl + C– Copy selected elements.
Ctrl+A- Select all. If you are in text document, then when you press these keys you will select all the text, and if in a folder where there are other objects, then you can select all files and folders.
Ctrl + X- Cut out. The command cuts selected items (files, folders or text).
Ctrl + V- Insert. Paste copied or cut items.
Ctrl + Z- Cancel. Cancel actions, for example, if you accidentally deleted text in MS Word, then use these keys to return the original text back (cancel input and actions).
ALT+ ENTER or ALT + Double-click the left mouse button– View properties of the selected element(s) (applicable for files).
CTRL+F4- Close the current window in the program.
Deleting files and text
Delete- Delete the selected element(s). If you use this key in text, then placing the mouse cursor in the middle of the word and clicking on the “Delete” button, deletion will occur from left to right.Shift+Delete- Delete item(s) bypassing the trash. For files and folders.
Backspace - Deleting text. If you work in text editor, then this key can be used to delete text, place the cursor, say, in the middle of a sentence, by pressing the “Backspace” button, deletion will occur from right to left.
Other
— Open the Start menu or CTRL + ESC, the button is usually located between the buttons CTRL And ALT.
+F1- Reference.
+B- Move the cursor to the tray.
+M- Minimize all windows.
+D- Show desktop (collapse all windows, and when pressed again, maximize windows).
+ E— Open My Computer.
+F- Open the search window.
+G– Show gadgets on top of windows.
+L– Lock the computer. If you leave the computer, be sure to use these keys to quick lock computer. Very useful if you have children or ill-wishers who can read your personal information.
+P– Projector control. If a projector is connected, these keys will quickly switch between the projector and the computer.
+ R– Open the “Run” window.
+T– One by one, we move the focus sequentially on the icons that are located in the taskbar.
+U– Open the “Center” window special features».
+X– Call “Mobility Center” (laptops and netbooks).
+ Tab– Call “Flip 3D”. When clicked, you can use the mouse to select the window.
+ Space– Desktop view (Aero Peak). All windows will become transparent.
+ Arrow– Control the location of the active window. Pressing the up arrow - maximize, down - minimize, left - snap to left edge, right - snap to right edge.
+Pause— Open the “System Properties” window.
+ Home— Minimize all windows except the active window; pressing again will open the minimized windows. + 5, the player will open.
Alt + Tab– Switch between windows and applications.
Shift + Ctrl + N- Create new folder.
SHIFT+ F10– Displays options for the selected element.
Shift + Arrow – Selection . The arrows used are left, right, down and up. Applicable for text and files.
CTRL- Selection of elements. By holding CTRL you can selectively select elements. For example, while in a folder, left-click on the folders that you want to copy or cut, after selecting, release CTRL and get the folders you selected for further work with them.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc– Open task manager.
CTRL+TAB– Go forward through bookmarks.
Alt + F4– Close the window or exit the application.
ALT + Space- Display the system menu for the current window.
F2- Rename. Select the object and press the F2 button .
F5- Refresh window. It is often used in the browser if the page is frozen or information needs to be updated. Applies also if you are in a folder or program.
F10 - Activate menu.
Esc- Cancel the operation. When you open, for example, the properties of a folder by pressing the ESC button, the Properties window will close.
ENTER– Open the selected element.
TAB- Go forward through options.
P.S. Dessert for today, video about Windows 7 hotkeys.
Almost all users have at one time or another needed to work with text. Writing messages in instant messengers and in social networks, work documentation, abstracts, term papers, advertisements - all this requires certain skills. If you work with large amounts of information, you will find it useful to learn how to select all text using your keyboard, and how to copy and paste the selected parts.
When you are busy typing, be distracted by computer mouse very uncomfortable. Both hands are on the keyboard in constant motion. Why not use them to commit various actions in editors? Probably everyone knows how to select text using the mouse and how to copy it through the context menu. All these actions can be performed on the keyboard, often even with greater convenience.
Highlighting part of an article
When you enter characters, there is always a flashing vertical bar at the end of the line. It's a cursor and it shows where you are at this moment stopped. You can easily move it using the arrow keys on your keyboard. 
Pressing the left or right arrow will move the cursor one character in the corresponding direction. "Up" and "down" allow you to move between rows. This way, using the arrows, you can position the cursor at the part of the document or message that you need to highlight.
You can also use the Control key to move faster. When the service button is held down, the cursor will move not by characters, but by whole words. The down and up arrows will direct you to the beginning of the next or previous paragraph.
Next, you need to use the “Shift” key. For those who don't know, this is the button you hold down when you want to enter capital letter. Hold "Shift" and start moving the cursor using the arrows. Words and symbols passed in this way will be highlighted. The Control key also works in selection mode. Hold down “Ctrl” + “Shift” - and you can select any word or paragraph with just one click. 
Select entire article
If you want to select the entire message or open document entirely - this can be done using a special key combination on the keyboard. Make sure that the text you need is active (this window is open). Then press the button "Control" and the "A" key(in the Russian keyboard layout this is the letter “F”). 
This way you can easily select all the text you need. If you are working with a large array of several (especially several hundred) pages, this method will help you save a lot of time. Please note that the key combination works in any active language input and in “Caps Lock” mode.
Copy and paste
If you need to send a message to several users or duplicate part of an article, this can be done using the “copy” and “paste” tools:
Please note that you can only copy 1 piece at a time. If you copy something else (not necessarily text, it could be a picture or even a file) the contents of the clipboard will be changed.
When working with documents in the MS Word text editor, you most often have to copy, paste or move individual pieces of text or images. It also happens that you were given a file that has many pages and you need to copy everything from it in order to paste it into another program or document. The usual selection with the mouse while holding down the left button is not entirely convenient, but there are other ways.
Now we will look at several more ways in which you can quickly select all text in MS Word.
Using a keyboard shortcut
Hotkeys in various programs, including Microsoft Word, greatly simplifies the work. There is no point in memorizing all the combinations; it is enough to learn and use those combinations that correspond to the actions that you perform most often.
For the selection we need, we need to press the “Ctrl” key and English letter"A" . Here is the keyboard layout, that is, you have selected Russian or English language for typing, it doesn't matter.
Once everything is highlighted in blue, press Ctrl+C to copy it, or Ctrl+X to cut and paste it into another document. If you want to completely delete everything, click Delete.
Selecting text using the keyboard and mouse
Place your mouse cursor at the very beginning of what you typed, then press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard (the long button with an arrow pointing up). Scroll to the bottom and place the cursor at the end of the text.
Once everything is selected, you can release the Shift button.
Quick selection using mouse
If you are used to using the mouse more often than the keyboard, then you can select everything, by clicking three times quickly with the left mouse button anywhere in the left margin.
The left margin is the white part of the sheet on the corresponding side. When you hover your cursor over it, the pointer changes from a stick to an arrow pointing to the right. If you click once with the mouse, the line opposite the cursor will be highlighted, double click, the paragraph opposite the cursor will be highlighted.
But if you click on the left margin three times, the entire document is selected.
You can do everything without the keyboard using the corresponding menu of the text editor itself. On the Home tab in the group "Editing" click on the “Select” button. Then select Select All from the drop-down list.
How to highlight parts of text
In order to select individual fragments of what you have typed in a document, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard. Without releasing Ctrl, select the necessary parts of the text with the mouse. Now you can delete, cut or copy them.
I hope these methods are useful to you. Select one of the ones described, and the problem of quickly selecting text will be completely solved.
Rate this article:Often reading articles on the Internet or instructions for installing a program, you may come across key combinations(Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Win-R, Alt-Tab, Alt-F4, etc.). And if you still don’t know what they mean, then you can read them in our article.
This article presents, full list keyboard shortcuts used not only in the Windows operating system.
Sections on working with keyboard shortcuts:
Basic keyboard shortcuts
Alt+Tab- Switch between windows
Win+Tab- Switch between windows in Flip 3D mode
Win+Up- Maximize window Win+Down- Restore/Minimize window
Win+Left- Snap window to left edge of screen
Win+Right- Snap window to the right edge of the screen
Win+Shift+Left- Switch to left monitor
Win+Shift+Right- Switch to right monitor
Win+Home- Minimize/Restore all inactive windows
Win+Break(or Pause)- Launch the System element from the Control Panel (Properties item by clicking right click mouse on Computer in the Start menu)
Win+Space- Show desktop
Win+B- Go to the notification area (tray)
Win+D- Minimize windows or restore all windows
Win+E- Launch Explorer
Win+F- Launch built-in dialog Windows search
Win+Ctrl+F- Run Search on your computer from the domain
Win+F1- Launch built-in Windows dialog: Help and Support
Win+G- Show gadgets on top of all windows
Win+L- Locking the workstation (current user session)
Win+M- Minimize all windows
Win+P- Display additional options display (extend the desktop to 2 monitors, etc.)
Win+R- Launch the Run dialog box
Win+T- Select the first item in the taskbar (Pressing again switches to the next item, Win+Shift+T- scrolls in reverse order)
Win+U- Launch the Ease of Access Center
Win+X- Launch Mobility Center
Win+digit- Launch the application from the taskbar ( Win+1 launches the first application on the left, Win+2, second, etc.)
Win + "+"- Zoom in
Win + "-"- Zoom out
Ctrl + mouse wheel (up\down) on the desktop- increase/decrease desktop icons.
In Explorer:
Alt+P- Show/Hide Preview Area
Task bar:
Shift + click on icon- Open a new application window
Ctrl + Shift + click on icon- Open a new application window with administrator privileges
Shift + right click on icon- Show application menu
Shift + right click on a group of icons- Show menu, restore all / collapse all / Close all
Ctrl + click on a group of icons- Maximize all group windows
Note
Key Win located between the keys Ctrl And Alt on the left side (the emblem is drawn on it Windows).
The Menu key is to the left of the right Ctrl.
The combination “key” + “key” means that you first press the first key, and then, while holding it, press the second.
General purpose hotkeys
| Key combination | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Esc Win | Open the Start menu |
| Ctrl + Shift + Esc Ctrl + Alt + Delete | Calling the "Task Manager" |
| Win+E | Launching Explorer |
| Win+R | Displaying the “Run program” dialog, analogous to “Start” - “Run” |
| Win+D | Minimize all windows or return to original state (switch) |
| Win+L | Locking a workstation |
| Win+F1 | Access Windows Help |
| Win+Pause | Opening the System Properties window |
| Win+F | Open file search window |
| Win + Ctrl + F | Open computer search window |
| Printscreen | Take a screenshot of the entire screen |
| Alt + Printscreen | Take a screenshot of the currently active window |
| Win+Tab Win + Shift + Tab | Switches between taskbar buttons |
| F6 Tab | Move between panels. For example, between the desktop and the Quick Launch panel |
| Ctrl+A | Select everything (objects, text) |
| Ctrl+C Ctrl + Insert | Copy to clipboard (objects, text) |
| Ctrl+X Shift+Delete | Cut to clipboard (objects, text) |
| Ctrl+V Shift + Insert | Paste from clipboard (objects, text) |
| Ctrl + N | Create new document, project or similar activity. IN Internet Explorer this causes a new window to open with a copy of the contents of the current window. |
| Ctrl+S | Save the current document, project, etc. |
| Ctrl+O | Call a file selection dialog to open a document, project, etc. |
| Ctrl+P | Seal |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
| Shift | CD-ROM autorun lock (hold while the drive reads the newly inserted disc) |
| Alt+Enter | Go to full screen mode and back (switch; for example, in Windows Media Player or in a command interpreter window). |
Keyboard combinations for working with text
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+C Ctrl + Insert | Copy |
| Ctrl+X Shift+Delete | Cut |
| Ctrl+V Shift + Insert | Insert |
| Ctrl + ← Ctrl + → | Moving through words in the text. Works not only in text editors. For example, it is very convenient to use in address bar browser |
| Shift + ← Shift + → Shift + Shift + ↓ | Text selection |
| Ctrl + Shift + ← Ctrl + Shift + → | Selecting text by words |
| Home End Ctrl + Home Ctrl+End | Move to the beginning or end of a line of text |
| Ctrl + Home Ctrl+End | Move to the beginning or end of the document |
Keyboard shortcuts for working with files
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Shift + F10 Menu | Display context menu current object (same as right-clicking). |
| Alt+Enter | Calling “Object Properties” |
| F2 | Renaming an object |
| Drag with Ctrl | Copying an object |
| Drag with Shift | Moving an object |
| Drag with Ctrl + Shift | Create an object shortcut |
| Ctrl clicks | Selecting multiple objects in random order |
| Shift clicks | Selecting multiple adjacent objects |
| Enter | Same as double clicking on an object |
| Delete | Deleting an object |
| Shift+Delete | Permanent deletion object without placing it in the trash |
Keyboard shortcuts for working in Windows Explorer
Keyboard shortcuts for working with windows
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Alt+Tab Alt + Shift + Tab | Calling the transition menu between windows and navigating through it |
| Alt+Esc Alt + Shift + Esc | Switch between windows (in the order in which they were launched) |
| Alt+F6 | Switching between multiple windows of the same program (for example, between open windows WinWord) |
| Alt+F4 | Closing the active window ( running application). On the desktop - call the Windows shutdown dialog |
| Ctrl+F4 | Closing the active document in programs that allow multiple documents to be opened simultaneously |
| Alt F10 | Calling the window menu |
| Alt + − (minus) | Call system menu child window (for example, a document window) |
| Esc | Exit a window menu or close an open dialog |
| Alt + letter | Call a menu command or open a menu column. The corresponding letters in the menu are usually underlined (either initially, or become underlined after pressing Alt). If the menu column is already open, then to call the required command you must press the key with the letter that is underlined in this command |
| Alt + Space | Calling the window system menu |
| F1 | Call application help. |
| Ctrl+Up Ctrl+Down | Scroll text vertically or move up and down paragraphs of text. |
Keyboard shortcuts for working with dialog boxes
Keyboard shortcuts for working in browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox)
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| F4 | Displaying a list of the Address field |
| Ctrl + N F5 | Start another browser instance with the same web address |
| Ctrl+R | Refresh the current web page |
| Ctrl+B | Opens the Organize Favorites dialog box |
| Ctrl+E | Opens the Search panel |
| Ctrl+F | Starting the Search Utility |
| Ctrl + I | Opens the Favorites panel |
| Ctrl+L | Opens the Open dialog box |
| Ctrl+O | Opens the Open dialog box, similar to CtrL+L |
| Ctrl+P | Opens the Print dialog box |
| Ctrl+W | Closing the current window |
| F11 | Switch to full screen mode and back (works in some other applications as well). |
Special abilities
- Press the key SHIFT five times: enable or disable Sticky Keys
- Hold down the right key SHIFT eight seconds: enable or disable input filtering
- Hold down the Num Lock key for five seconds: Toggle voiceover on or off
- Alt left + Shift left + Num Lock: Enable or disable keyboard pointer control
- Alt left + Shift left + PRINT SCREEN: Turn high contrast on or off
Is it possible to use a laptop or computer without a touchpad or mouse? Is it possible to open a program without using the menu? At first glance, this seems impossible to accomplish. But nevertheless, you can use the computer to its full capacity without endless clicks. In such cases, keyboard shortcuts come to the rescue. Proper Use Their combinations can significantly save time.
What are keyboard shortcuts for?
Hot keys or keyboard shortcuts are the ability to interact with a personal computer using only the keyboard. There is no doubt that for such “communication” far from random combinations of keys on the keyboard are used. The operating system has built-in actions that are triggered when certain keys are pressed.
Hot keys are used for more optimized work with a personal computer. These combinations are also called shortcut keys and keyboard accelerators.
Combinations are used most often in cases where you have to work a lot with the mouse or touchpad. It is much faster to select an item from a drop-down menu by pressing one or two keys than to constantly click on a file and search for the item you need.
The keyboard accelerator also helps with text processing. The Word text editor recognizes several dozen combinations, pressing which will cause a certain action: copy, paste, bold, underline, page break, and so on.
But the combinations also have a disadvantage. It lies in the number of combinations. It is very difficult to remember them all. But even using the most popular ones will help optimize your work with files, text, browser and dialog boxes.
Using modifier keys
Any owner of a personal computer or laptop has noticed that the keyboard has keys that do not perform any function on their own. These include Ctrl, Shift and Alt. By clicking them, it is impossible to change anything in the system, browser window or text editor. But they are precisely the modifier keys, thanks to which almost every key combination on a computer works.
Correct use of modifiers allows you to open fast access to settings operating system. But such combinations work both globally and locally. With the right combination of buttons, you can create a new folder, rename a file, or even disable the keyboard.
Changing the keyboard layout: changing the key combination
All owners personal computers Working on the Windows operating system, they know about the keyboard shortcut that helps change the keyboard layout. In Windows 10, by default, two combinations are used: Win + Space and Alt + Shift. However, it is not suitable for everyone this option, so users want to change the key combination to change the keyboard layout.
To change the way the keyboard layout is changed, you must:
- Open Settings through the Start menu.
- Select "Time and language".
- Go to "Region and Language".
- In the window, click on “ Extra options date and time, regional settings."
- In the “Language” item, select “Change input method”.
- In the menu located on the left side of the window, click on “Advanced options”.
- In the "Switch input methods" group, select "Change language bar keyboard shortcuts."
- In the dialog box that appears, click on “Change keyboard shortcut” and enter new parameters.
- Save settings.
After application they will change, and you can change the layout with a new combination.
Entering special characters using a keyboard shortcut
In some situations it becomes necessary to enter Special symbols which it does not provide standard keyboard computer. Keyboard and modifier combinations didn't seem to help either.
What should you do if you urgently need to insert a copyright symbol, a down, up or side arrow, a note, or a paragraph into a message or document? There are two ways to enter such characters.
The first way is to work with the Word text editor. In order to insert a special character, you will need to open a new document, go to the “Tab” menu and select “Symbol”. In the list that appears, click on “Special characters”.
Next, a dialog box will pop up in which a list of all special characters will be presented. The user just has to choose the appropriate one. For more convenient search special characters are grouped by topic: monetary units, punctuation marks, geometric figures, technical signs and so on.
To save time, the special characters window can be called up with the combination Ctrl+Alt+“-”.
The second way is using keyboard shortcuts for symbols. To enter special characters from the keyboard, you will need to hold down the Alt button and at the same time enter a set of numbers. For example, Alt+0169 is the code.
All codes are given below.
How to lock your keyboard using a keyboard shortcut
Unfortunately, there is no single key combination for Windows keyboard 7, which would allow only the keyboard to be locked. On some computers and laptops the combination F11+Esc may work. Sometimes manufacturers introduce special combinations into their products for such tasks. For example, everything Acer laptops lock the keyboard when you press Fn+F7.
But it is still possible to partially block the keyboard on the computer. The Win+L key combination locks not so much the keyboard itself as the operating system. After pressing the keys, the user will be moved to the window for entering the system password and changing account. Only those who know the password will be able to log in again.
Keyboard combinations for working in Word
There is a whole list of keyboard shortcuts that allow you to optimize your work with documents in the Word text editor.
To create a new document, just use the Ctrl+N keys.
Ctrl+O - opens a new file.
Ctrl+W - closes the file.
Alt+Ctrl+S - splits file windows.
Alt+Shift+C - removes division.
Ctrl+S - saves the document.
Alt + left arrow - move to the next page.
Alt + right arrow - move to the previous page.
Alt+Ctrl+I - preview.
Ctrl+P - print.
To switch to reading mode you will need to press successively Alt keys- O and E.
Ctrl+D - opens a window that allows you to change the type, size and properties of the font.
Shift+F3 - changes the text appearance: lower case are replaced with capital letters.
Ctrl+Shift+F - replacement capital letters to lowercase.
To make text bold, just press Ctrl+B.
Ctrl+I - tilt text selection.
Ctrl+U - adds an underline.
Ctrl+Shift+W - adds a double underline.
Ctrl+Shift+D - double underline.
Ctrl+Enter - insert a page break.
- C - copy a specific table, image or text.
- V - transferring data from the clipboard to the document.
- X - data is entered into the clipboard and deleted from the file.
- A - data selection.
- Z - cancel the last data entry.
There are many more hotkeys that allow you to optimize your work with documents. But the list presented above includes the main and most popular combinations, which will be useful to every user.
Working with Dialog Boxes
Combining multiple buttons on the keyboard allows you to navigate faster dialog boxes operating system. Using arrows helps you move focus to other buttons in the window. The Backspace button moves the user to a folder that is one level higher. Pressing the Spacebar will clear the checkbox or check mark.
The Tab button will move to the next active area of the window. To move to reverse side Just add the Shift button to the combination.
Quickly view all open folders and programs can be pressed Alt+Tab.
Keyboard shortcuts and Windows button
For many people, the Windows or Win key is associated with the Start menu. But in combination with other buttons, it works on a global scale.
Windows button +:
- A - call the “Support Center”.
- B - allows you to minimize all windows.
- Alt+D - enables or disables the appearance of the current date on the desktop.
- E - quickly opens the conductor.
“Windows” + K - instantly minimizes active windows.
Win+R - call the “Run” function.
Win+S - opens a window that allows you to search for files and programs on your personal computer.
Win+ “+”/ “-” - change the scale of the working surface.
Win and the enter button allow you to launch Narrator.
Win+Esc - closes the Magnifier application.
You can quickly open the Ease of Access Center by holding down Windows and I.
Win in combination with the up or down arrows allows you to resize the dialog box.
Working with Explorer
Pressing Alt+D allows you to move to the address bar.
Ctrl+E - activates the search field.
Ctrl+N - universal combination, allowing you to open a new window in almost any program.
Ctrl combined with scrolling changes the size of files and folders in a specific window.
Ctrl+Shift+E - displays a list of all folders that precede the active one.
Ctrl+Shift+N - creates a new folder.
If you press the F2 button after highlighting a file or folder, you can immediately rename it. The F11 key activates the preview. Pressing it again deactivates it.
Win+Ctrl+D - allows you to create a new virtual desktop. To switch between them you will need to press Win+Ctrl + left or right arrows.