Key board shortcuts

You can create keyboard shortcut to open any your favorite programs, files and folders. This tip is very useful, if you want to create quick keyboard shortcuts to open most often used programs. But note that you can create keyboard shortcut only with program shortcut on your desktop or the start menu programs.

Follow the giving steps to create keyboard shortcut for your favorite program:

First right click on desktop shortcut or on any start menu program and choose Properties from the menu.

Here under the shortcut tab, click in Shortcut key box.

Now press any key on your keyboard that you want to use as combination with CTRL+ALT. For example, if you want to create keyboard shortcut to open MSN Messenger, simply press 9, your keyboard shortcut for MSN Messenger will be CTRL+ALT+9.

Now press OK and test your shortcut key.

Gmail
Useful Gmail account Shortcut keys

Shortcut keys Action

f Press simple f help you to forward email message to next

Shift+I Use to mark email message as read

Shift+u Use to mark email message as unread

r Reply to the sender of mail a Reply to the all email recipients

Ctrl+c Use to save current email as draft

Z Press z key to undo any previous action

? Display the keyboard shortcut keys help

c Press c button to compose an new email message

/ Press / button to move your cursor in search box

u Press u key to refresh your email account to view latest email

! Press ! key to mark an email message as spam

p Press p key to move cursor to precious message

. Press . key to display more options

Esc Escape cursor from any current field.

Internet Explorer
Useful Internet Explorer shortcuts keys

CTRL+A Selects the all items on active page

CTRL+B Display the "Organize Favorites" dialog box

CTRL+D Add the active page to your favorites list

CTRL+F Display "Find" dialog box to search text on active page

CTRL+I Display the Favorites pane

CTRL+H Display the History pane

CTRL+N Use to open new Internet Explorer page

CTRL+P Use to print the active web page

CTRL+W Closes the active explorer window

CTRL+Tab Go to address bar of current explorer page

ALT+Home Use to open the home page of internet explorer

ALT+Left Arrow Go to previous page of active page

ALT+Right Arrow Go to next page of active page

ALT+A Go to Internet Explorer Favorites Menu

ALT+D Go to address bar of current explorer page

ALT+E Go to Internet Explorer Edit Menu

ALT+F Go to Internet Explorer File Menu

ALT+T Go to Internet Explorer Tools Menu

ALT+V Go to Internet Explorer View Menu

Tab Move forward between all items on active web page

F5 Refresh the active web page

Mozilla Firefox
Useful Mozilla Firefox shortcuts keys

Shortcut keys Action

CTRL+A Selects the all items on active page

CTRL+B Display the "Organize Bookmarks" dialog box

CTRL+D Include the active page to your Bookmarks list

CTRL+F Display the "Find" dialog box to search text

CTRL+I Display the Bookmarks pane

CTRL+H Display the History sidebar of Mozilla Firefox

CTRL+N Use to open new Mozilla Firefox page

CTRL+P Use to print the active web page



CTRL+R Use to reload the active web page

CTRL+T Display a new Tab in active Firefox window

CTRL+U View the source code of active web page

CTRL+W Closes the active Mozilla Firefox window

CTRL++ Use to increase the font size of active page

CTRL+ - Use to decrease the font size of active page

CTRL+Tab Move to next Tab in Mozilla Firefox

ALT+Home Use to open the home page of internet explorer

ALT+Left Arrow Go to previous page of active page

ALT+Right Arrow Go to next page of active page

ALT+B Go to Mozilla Firefox Favorites Menu

ALT+D Go to address bar of current Firefox page

ALT+E Go to Mozilla Firefox Edit Menu

ALT+F Go to Mozilla Firefox File Menu

ALT+S Go to Mozilla Firefox History Menu

ALT+T Go to Mozilla Firefox Tools Menu

ALT+V Go to Mozilla Firefox View Menu

Tab Move forward between all items on active web page

F5 Refresh the active web page

F7 F7 activate the cursor to move with keyboard

CTRL+SHIFT+DEL Use to clear all Private Data history

CTRL+SHIFT+D Use to Bookmarks all Firefox Tabs
F11 Press F11 key to view any webpage in full-screen view and then again press for normal view.

Press Ctrl+Enter Windows will automatically add both "www" and ".com". For example, if we type
sreetricks.blogspot
in an address bar and then press Ctrl-Enter, Windows will take us to the www.sreetricks.blogspot.com

Press Shift+Enter Windows will automatically add both "www" and ".net"
Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter Windows will automatically add both "www" and ".org"

Create Shortcuts for Word
This tip will help you to create your own keyboard shortcuts keys in MS Word. Before reading this tip, may be you are using only the default shortcuts keys which are available in MS Word application. You can select any specific key combination that you want to use to perform a particular task.

If you are not an expert user then you can take many clicks and lot of menus navigations to perform a basic task. With shortcut keys, you can speed up your working pace without lifting your hands on the keys; otherwise require a conventional mouse to select menus and buttons options. You can create your own keyboard shortcuts for every word command. For example, if you are using Word Count feature constantly then you can assign any key combination like Alt+Z to run Word Count command.

Follow the given steps to create your own shortcuts keys for your favorite command:
First click on Start button, go to Program then click on Microsoft Word to run the word page.
Now go to Tools menu and click on Customize option.
Here a small dialog box will appear with title Customize, now click on "Keyboard..." button.
Now again a small dialog box with title Customize Keyboard, the list of all the categories of commands with appear on the left side of the dialog box. You should click on the category that contains the command which you want to assign a shortcut keyboard.
Choose the command you want to assign a keyboard combination on the right side of the customize keyboard dialog box and then click the key you want to create shortcut.
Now click on Assign button to final the shortcuts key combination then close it.
In future whenever you type the keyboard combination, word will work according to that command you have assigned this shortcut.

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut keys Action

File Menu shortcuts

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Save the opened document for Web

Ctrl+Shift+P To change Page Setup for printing

Alt+Ctrl+P Print the opened document with preview

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I To display the info of opened file

Ctrl+Q Used to exit from adobe Photoshop

Edit Menu shortcuts

Ctrl+Z To undo/redo the last changes

Alt+Ctrl+Z Go to one step backward

Shift+Ctrl+Z Go to one step forward

Ctrl+X or F2 Used to cut the selected area

Ctrl+C or F3 Used to copy the selected area

Ctrl+V or F4 Used to Paste the copied value

Image Menu shortcuts

Ctrl+L To adjust the color levels

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L To adjust the auto Contrast

Ctrl+B Used to adjust the Color and Tone balance

Ctrl+U Used to adjust the Hue/Saturation

Ctrl+Alt+X Used to Extract the selected area

Ctrl+I Used to Invert

Layer Menu Shortcuts

Ctrl+N Used to insert new Layer

Ctrl+J Used to move Layer via copy

Ctrl+Shift+J Used to move Layer via cut

Ctrl+G To create the Group of layers

Shift+Ctrl+G To create the ungroup of layers

Ctrl+E Used to Merge the Layers

Ctrl+Shift+E Used to Merge Visible

Select Menu Shortcuts

Ctrl+A Used to select all

Ctrl+D Used to deselect all

Alt+Ctrl+A Used to select all layers

Shift+Ctrl+D Used to reselect

Filter Menu Shortcuts

Alt+Ctrl+X Used to extract the selected image

Shift+Ctrl+X Used to Liquify the selected image

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X To create the Pattern Preview

Ctrl+F Used to view the last Filter

Filter Menu Shortcuts

Ctrl++ or Ctrl+= Used to apply Zoom in

Ctrl+- Used to apply Zoom out

Ctrl+0 Used to view as Fit on screen

Ctrl+R Used to display the Rulers

F9 Used to display the Actions panel

F5 Used to display the Brushes panel

F6 Used to display the Color panel