Cool Typing Tricks & Keyboard Shortcuts

Your computing experience will be much more fun and productive if you know these  typing trick and keyboard shortcuts

  Typing will be much more fun if you know these typing trick and keyboard shortcuts

If you do a lot of typing on your computer, then you might find these tips and tricks very handy.

Typing Tricks

1. Delete an entire word: Instead of deleting a single letter, pressing CTRL + BKSP will delete the entire word behind the cursor. This makes deleting text quicker if you screw up a whole word.
2. Move Cursor to beginning of the next or previous word: Moving the cursor around manually while typing is a great way to make your work take longer than it needs to. To speed of the process, move the cursor around with keyboard shortcuts. To move it to the beginning of the previous word, use CTRL + Left Arrow. To move it to the beginning of the next word, use CTRL + Right Arrow. In OS X you can accomplish the same using the Option key.
3. Making sub and superscript text: If you need to make sub or superscript text press CTRL + = for subscript (Subscritp) and CTRL + SHIFT + = for superscript (Superscript)
4. Paste plain text of what was copied: When you copy text from any source, programs will usually copy any formatting that comes with it. To paste this as plain text, press CTRL + Shift + V instead of the standard CTRL + V, and the system will paste unformatted text.
5. Note that some programs, particularly Microsoft programs like Word or Outlook, do not follow this. But there are a few alternatives that go beyond copying and pasting in Notepad: 1) CTRL + ALT + V will show a 'paste special' dialog box.
6. Remove Formatting In Pasted Text: CTRL + Spacebar will remove formatting in already pasted text in a Word document.

Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Copy Only Active Window To Clipboard: Normally, the Print Screen key copies the entire display (or two displays if you got them), ALT + Print Screen only copies the currently active window to the clipboard. Whether taking a screenshot to diagnose a problem, or just because you want to show something to a friend, this will come in handy.
2. Fix Those Little Mistakes: Did you know you can undo almost any action? CTRL + Z is the ultimate hot key, and for sure you knew about it already, however note that undo doesn’t just apply to typing. If you accidentally delete or move a file, you can hit CTRL + Z to bring it right back to where it was.
3. Undo Closed Tabs: In Chrome and Firefox you can also undo closing a tab using CTRL + SHIFT + T.
4. Cycle Through Open Windows: Pressing ALT+TAB allows you to cycle through currently open windows. This makes switching back and forth between running processes quick and painless. If you want a more stylish method of cycling through open programs, Windows + TAB will do the job for you.