Windows 10: tips and tricks; yeah right!

To list all the tips and tricks with Microsoft Windows is humanly impossible; so bare with me while I list a few here that will surely be worth your time reading this post which I published after a long time on Technology. I use many keyboard shortcuts to help me navigate windows and it's applications they I must say are a game changer for me since I don't use the mouse unlike all other users. Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternate way to do something you'd typically do with a mouse. 

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Instruction: Here the + sign means in combination of the other keys; if you see a , then it means press the keys one after the other.

Windows 10 shortcuts:

1. Windows Key (WK) + E - opens This PC window where you can see all your drives and folders

2. WK + R opens the run dialogue box where you can type in to open different items/ programs including documents, file paths, drive name, calculator, notepad etc.

3. This one is very popular with the IT crowd; Copy: Ctrl + C.

4. Cut: Ctrl + X.

5. Paste: Ctrl + V. If you use Excel you will love using Ctrl + ALT + V; you get a paste special option, this also works on word and power point applications.

6. ALT, SPACE + X, maximize focused window. R to restore to original size and N to minimize.

7. WK + D OR M; minimize all windows and go to desktop. However the D OR the M key in combination do different things; try them out for yourself.

8. Switch between open apps: Alt + Tab.

9. Lock your PC: Windows logo key  + L.

10. ALT + F4 close program/ window.

Keyboard shortcuts for accessibility: HERE

Browser keyboard shortcuts:

1. Ctrl + w; close current tab.

2. Ctrl+1-8; Switch to the specified tab, counting from the left.

3. Ctrl+9 – Switch to the last tab.

4. Ctrl+Tab – Switch to the next tab – in other words, the tab on the right. (Ctrl+Page Up also works, but not in Internet Explorer.)

5. Ctrl+Shift+Tab – Switch to the previous tab – in other words, the tab on the left. (Ctrl+Page Down also works, but not in Internet Explorer.)

6. Ctrl+Shift+T – Reopen the last closed tab.

7. Ctrl+T – Open a new tab.

8. Ctrl+N – Open a new browser window.

9. F5 – Reload.

10. Ctrl+F5 – Reload and skip the cache, re-downloading the entire website.

11. Alt+Home – Open homepage.

12. ALT + D; move focus to address bar.

13. Search for anything without going to Google.com in the address bar type the search term; do math calculations and much more!

14. ALT + F to get to the file menu of the browser.

15. Ctrl + SHIFT + DEL to get to clear cache/ cookies page on Chrome.

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