Top 10 Keyboard Shortcuts Everyone Should Know

Updated: 05/01/2023 by Computer Hope Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, reduce repetitive strain, and help keep you focused. For example, to copy text, you can highlight text and press Ctrl+C shortcut. The shortcut is faster than moving your hands from the keyboard, highlighting with the mouse, right-clicking, selecting copy, and returning to the keyboard. Below are the top 10 keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize and use. Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert and Ctrl+X Both Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Insert will copy highlighted text or a selected item. To cut an item instead of copying it, press Ctrl+X. This action removes the text or item and stores it in the clipboard, rather than copying it to the clipboard. Apple computer users can substitute Ctrl for Command on their computers. For example, pressing Command+C copies highlighted text. Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert Both Ctrl+V and Shift+Insert pastes the text or object that's stored in the clipboard. On Apple computers, u...