Tip of the Month

Shortcuts?

I have a friend who never uses the menus in MS Word or Excel. How does she do that?

She must be using "shortcuts". These are keyboard shortcuts which have been pre-programmed into these software packages. The following are just a few:

Opening Menus:
Alt + F = File Menu
Alt + E = Edit Menu
Alt + V = View Menu
Alt + I = Insert Menu
Alt + O = Format Menu
Alt + T = Tools Menu
Alt + A = Table Menu (Word Only)
Alt + D = Data Menu (Excel Only)
Alt + W = Window Menu
Alt + H = Help Menu

Formatting Shortcuts:

Ctrl + B = Bold
Ctrl + I = Italics
Ctrl + U = Underline
Ctrl + C = Copy
Ctrl + V = Paste
Ctrl + X = Cut
Ctrl + S = Save
Ctrl + P = Print
Ctrl + 1 = Format Cell (Excel Only)
Ctrl + F = Find
Ctrl + H = Replace
Ctrl + G = Goto
Ctrl + A = Select All (Word Only)
Ctrl + Z = Undo Last Action
Ctrl + Y = Repeat Last Action

These will keep you from going to the menus as frequently. Don't forget, you can usually right-click your mouse to bring up a menu instead of using those at the top.

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