There are lots of keyboard shortcuts that may speed up your productivity, and here is a list of some of the most useful ones. Most of these work in any program, but they all work in Word and PowerPoint. You might want to print out a copy and keep it by your computer as a cheat sheet!
Control Z – undo (Office programs will let you go backwards numerous levels, but some kids’ programs will only undo the last action.)
Control Y – redo (This will undo the “undo”)
Control A – Select All
Control S – Save
Control X – Cut
Control C – Copy
Control V – Paste
Control P – Print
Control drag to duplicate in Word (control D in Powerpoint)
Control + Shift + > to increase size of selected text
Control + Shift + < to decrease size of selected text
Control + E to center text
Control + R to right-align text
Control + L to left-align text
Control N – create new document
Control O – open
Control W – close document but not exit program
Control F – find specific word(s) in the text
Control B – Bold
Control I – Italics
Control U – Underline
Shift F3 – Change case (toggles from lower to upper to title case)
Control End – Go to End of Document
Control Home – Go to Beginning of Document
I hope this saves you some time!
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