The Super Basics - Everyone should know these and they are mostly used within an application (ex.

Word)

Action 1 2 3 4 Save Copy Paste Cut Saves the active le.

Description

Mac S C V X Z A P

PC Ctrl+S Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+X

Copies highlighted text or objects Pastes the last text or object that was copied Cuts highlighted text or objects. These can then be pasted. Will "undo" the last action (press repeatedly for multiple undo) Selects everything in the active window or document Open printer dialog box for active document/ application Opens preview of document, image, video, etc. without having to launch application. This is a fantastic timesaver (frustration saver?)

Undo

Ctrl+Z

6 7

Select All Print

Ctrl+A Ctrl+P

Quick Look

click to highlight le, press space bar

Win7 can do this but Ive never tried

Navigation Shortcuts - These help you get around and include the use of the windows key (Win). Normally pressing the windows key opens the start menu, so you have to press the combination key pretty quickly. Action 9 Run Application Description Run an application without opening any folders or searching for the application. You must know the name of the application (see table 1 below for more info) Immediately locks desktop Minimizes all active windows, press again to restore Toggles between open applications Mac Space PC Win+R

10 Lock Desktop 11 Show Desktop 12 Application Switching

Its complicated

Win+L Win+D Alt+Tab

F11 Tab

Web Browsers - We spend a lot of time on the web, knowing a few shortcuts can absolutely make you more efcient. Action 13 Find (in page) Description Will look for a word in the active page. Very helpful when conducting research Opens a new, empty tab Forces link to open in new tab in active window Moves the page down without scrolling Toggles fullscreen mode on Chrome (other browsers might work too but I like Chrome) Mac F T +link Space Bar F PC Ctrl+F

14 Open new tab 15 Open link in new tab 16 Page Down 17 Full Screen mode

Ctrl+T Ctrl+link Space Bar F11

Run Commands - Opening a program without having to go to the Start Menu (PC) or applications folder/dock (Mac) is a nice timesaver. On the Mac, simply press Space to open Spotlight and begin typing the name of the application. Select the one you want from the list that appears and press return to launch. On a windows machine you have to know the proper name of the application to use the run command (Win+R). Below is a list of the ones I use the most (this is on Windows XP... possibly they made it more intuitive on later versions). Press Win+R to open the run dialogue box and then type whats in the type this... column to open the desired application.

Type This... 1 calc 2 winword 3 powerpnt 4 chrome 5 safari 6 refox 7 appwiz.cpl Calculator Word PowerPoint Chrome Safari Firefox

To Open...

Add/Remove Programs

On the Mac... = Command = Shift = Option/Alt = Control