Check out these keyboard shortcuts that will help you breeze through office work with ease. (Express Photo)
Windows is full of various keyboard shortcuts that you can use with keys like Ctrl, Alt and Shift in combination with the various letters on your keyboard to do common tasks quickly and improve your productivity with relative ease.
In today’s edition of ExpressBasics, we will look at all the common keyboard shortcuts that you can use across Windows 10, Windows 11 and even some older versions. Many of these will also be helpful in Microsoft Office programs and may also be used in third-party programs that you use.
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Win + Ctrl + Left/Right = Switch between virtual desktops
Win + Ctrl + F = Close current virtual desktop
Win + Enter = Open Narrator
Win + Home = Minimise all except active app window
Win + PrintScreen = Capture screenshot and save
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Win + Shift + Up = Stretch desktop window to top and bottom of screen
Win + Tab = Open Task View
Win + [Plus key or Minus key (+ or -)] = Zoom In/Out
Also note that a number of symbols can be entered even if your keyboard doesn’t support them via Alt shortcuts. For instance, Alt + 0191 is the upside down question mark, while Alt + 251 is the square root symbol. You can check a list of all Alt codes at (www.alt-codes.net)
To use Alt shortcuts, users must press Num Lock (if necessary) and use the number keys on the Numpad while holding down Alt.
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