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Chapter 7: Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

अध्याय 5: कीबोर्ड शॉर्टकट संदर्भ सूची

Learning keyboard shortcuts greatly increases speed and efficiency, reducing dependence on the mouse. The following shortcuts work in most Office applications unless noted otherwise.

कीबोर्ड शॉर्टकट सीखने से माउस पर निर्भरता कम होती है और कार्य गति काफी बढ़ जाती है। नीचे दी गई अधिकांश शॉर्टकट सभी ऑफिस एप्लीकेशनों में समान रूप से काम करती हैं।

7.1 Universal Shortcuts (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+N New file
Ctrl+O Open file
Ctrl+S Save
F12 Save As
Ctrl+W Close file
Ctrl+P Print
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+Y Redo
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+C Copy
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+A Select All
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+H Replace
Ctrl+B Bold
Ctrl+I Italic
Ctrl+U Underline
Ctrl+P Print
F1 Help
F7 Spelling & Grammar check

7.2 MS Word-Specific Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+L / E / R / J Align Left / Centre / Right / Justify
Ctrl+1 / 2 / 5 Single / Double / 1.5 line spacing
Ctrl+Shift+> / \< Increase / Decrease font size
Ctrl+Alt+F Insert Footnote
Ctrl+Alt+D Insert Endnote
Ctrl+Enter Insert a Page Break
Ctrl+K Insert Hyperlink
Shift+F3 Change Case
Ctrl+Shift+S Apply / open Styles pane

7.3 MS Excel-Specific Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Home / End Go to cell A1 / last used cell
Ctrl+Arrow key Jump to edge of data region
Ctrl+Shift+L Toggle AutoFilter
Ctrl+; Insert today's date
Ctrl+Shift+: Insert current time
F2 Edit active cell
F4 Toggle relative/absolute reference (while editing formula)
Alt+= AutoSum (quick SUM formula)
Ctrl+Shift+\$ Apply Currency format
Ctrl+1 Open Format Cells dialog
Ctrl+Page Up/Down Move to previous/next worksheet

7.4 MS PowerPoint-Specific Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
F5 Start Slide Show from beginning
Shift+F5 Start Slide Show from current slide
Ctrl+M New Slide
Ctrl+D Duplicate selected slide/object
Esc End Slide Show
B / W (during show) Black-out / White-out the screen
Ctrl+Shift+C / V Copy / Paste formatting (Format Painter shortcut)

7.5 Web Browser and Email Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+T Open a new browser tab
Ctrl+W Close the current browser tab
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen the last closed tab
Ctrl+L / Alt+D Jump to the address bar
Ctrl+D Bookmark the current page
Ctrl+H Open browsing History
Ctrl+J Open Downloads list
F5 / Ctrl+R Refresh (reload) the current page
Ctrl+N Compose a new email (most webmail)
Ctrl+Enter Send the email being composed (most webmail)

7.6 MS Access Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Tab / Shift+Tab Move to next / previous field in Datasheet or Form view
Ctrl+' (apostrophe) Copy the value from the same field in the previous record
Ctrl+Plus (+) Add a new record
Ctrl+Minus (-) Delete the current record
F2 Switch between Edit mode and Navigation mode in a cell
Ctrl+F Find within the current table/query
Alt+F4 Close the database

✎ Exercise 7.6 (Practice / अभ्यास)

  1. Practice at least 8 of the shortcuts above (browser, email, and Access) by repeating one earlier exercise from Chapters 4-5 using only the keyboard wherever possible.

✎ Exercise 7.1 (Practice / अभ्यास)

  1. Practice at least 10 shortcuts above by completing one earlier exercise from Chapters 1-3 using ONLY the keyboard shortcuts instead of mouse clicks wherever possible.