Shortcuts in the playground

[Emmerask]

A thread where you can post useful shortcuts for any os you like, just mark it with the os on top.

So here we go with some I use quite often

Windows
win+d, minimizes all windows and puts you on the desktop
ctrl+x cut the marked text
ctrl+v paste the marked text
ctrl+c copy the marked text
ctrl+a marks the whole text

[Ashtagon]

MS Word:

=rand(999,999)

That will generate 999 paragraphs of text, with 999 sentences per paragraph. It's a fun way to innocently DoS crash a school server.

[AMX]

I have found Windows Key + Arrow Key surprisingly useful. (Maximize/Minimize/Maximize to half of screen; Windows 7 and 8 only)
Also, big list (http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx).

[Jormengand]

I have found Windows Key + Arrow Key surprisingly useful. (Maximize/Minimize/Maximize to half of screen; Windows 7 and 8 only)
Also, big list (http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx).

Windows key + E opens windows explorer, which is cool if you don't want to go through the start menu each time.

[Don Julio Anejo]

Alt + Space (don't have to press simultaneously, pressing space after alt works too) opens up the window size context menu.

Then:

n - minimize
x - maximize
c - close (does the same thing as Alt-F4)
r - restore (if the window was maximized)

Ctrl + Home = go to the beginning of your form/document
Ctrl + End = go to the end of your form/document

On some video cards/drivers:
Ctrl + Alt + Arrow key (up/down/left/right) = change screen orientation (i.e. flip screen upside down or to the horizontal)

Shift + Alt = change keyboard layout if you've got 2+ languages or layouts installed.

Alt + Tab = cycle between open windows. Includes both the stuff on your taskbar, as well as stuff that doesn't show up there (i.e. "properties" dialogs)
Win + Tab = same thing as Alt-Tab but shows 3D previews of windows instead.

Ctrl-Z = undo
Ctrl-Y = redo
Ctrl-S = save
F12 = save as in Microsoft programs
Ctrl + Shift + S = save as in a lot of other programs (i.e. Adobe)

Browser:
F5 = refresh
F6 = go to the address bar (so you can type in the URL)

Word:
Ctrl + [ or ] = change font size
Ctrl + (+) (control and =/+ key) = subscript

That's all I can remember so far.

[Rolling Thunder]

Most recently learned for WINDOWS:

(Windows) + (Break) : Go to system overview. Good if you want to access the hardware specifics fast!

[Weezer]

for chrome:

Ctrl+T opens a new tab
Ctrl+Shift+T reopens a closed tab
Ctrl+Tab cycles one tab to the right

Those are most of what I used for shortcuts, outside of the basic windows ones mentioned above

[Bouregard]

Ctrl+Shift+Del in any browser allows you to quickly delete cache&cookies. Very useful if you have to tell a 90 year old customer to do exactly that by phone if they are unable to say which browser they use or what a browser is.
Cuts annoying calls from 30mins to about 5mins.

[Jormengand]

for chrome:

Ctrl+T opens a new tab
Ctrl+Shift+T reopens a closed tab
Ctrl+Tab cycles one tab to the right

Those are most of what I used for shortcuts, outside of the basic windows ones mentioned above

Ctrl-number also switches to the relevant tab.

[Razanir]

for chrome:

Ctrl+T opens a new tab
Ctrl+Shift+T reopens a closed tab
Ctrl+Tab cycles one tab to the right

Those are most of what I used for shortcuts, outside of the basic windows ones mentioned above

Ctrl+Shift+Tab goes to the left.

[pendell]

Sounded cooler than "shortcuts". Anyways, this is a thread spun off the 'what's wrong with windows 8' thread to catalog somatic gestures (also known as keyboard shortcuts) which make life easier for the user. Of course, other things besides shortcuts are okay, too :).

My initial contributions:
F8 -- when booting up the computer, allows you to enter SAFE mode.
CTRL-X/CTRL-C/CTRL-V : Clipboard shortcuts. Cut/copy/paste respectively.
CTRL-Z : Undo last action. ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE.
CTRL-F : Find .
ALT-TAB: Select different windows on screen, or different options within a window.
ALT-F - typically brings up "File" menu in most programs.

CTRL-ALT-F3-F4-A-B-C-D-V-SHIFT-8 : Summon Cthulthu to devour an enemy.

Just kidding on that last. But then, if you can hold down that many keys at once chances are you've got tentacles anyway :).

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[TSGames]

For Windows 8, there's this (http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/ultimate-windows-8-shortcuts/a7066327-f99a-47b0-b331-5a8b7afb9cb1) (which is nice) and this (http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts/).

And don't forget your browser shortcuts!

cntrl + w to close window
cntrl + shift + n for new incognito window in Chrome
cntrl + n for new window
cntrl + t for new tab

And on Mac, here's a shortcut you should prank people with. Walk up to their keyboard and do:
cntrl + option + apple(command) + 8

Watch as hilarity ensues!

[KillianHawkeye]

The one I most recently learned was Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the Windows Task Manager. SO USEFUL!

All credit goes to Actual Advice Mallard for this one! :smallwink::smallamused:

[Aedilred]

CTRL-A: Select all visible objects.
CTRL-Y: Redo last undo. The counterpart to CTRL-Z; useful for when you do a lot of undos at once and go too far.
CTRL-P: Print
Alt-F4: Close window
CTRL-S: Save file (last specified location)
CTRL+Shift+S: Save file as (new location)
CTRL-B/I/U: Word processor shortcuts. Bold/Italic/Underlined text respectively

And of course, CTRL+ALT+DEL. Mostly useful for opening the Task Manager, but depending on settings and Windows version can also bring up the logon/lock computer screen.

[PlusSixPelican]

MS Word:

=rand(999,999)

That will generate 999 paragraphs of text, with 999 sentences per paragraph. It's a fun way to innocently DoS crash a school server.

Okay, can you umm, how do you use that on Word? OuO

[Ashtagon]

Okay, can you umm, how do you use that on Word? OuO

Open MS Word, type that into a new document exactly as writen, and press enter.

[BroomGuys]

For Mac, shortcut for entering non-English altered letters and/or symbols (e.g. umlauts):

Hold the "option" key and hit the key that "represents" the symbol you want. The results, listed in alphabetical order:

å ∫ ç ∂ é ƒ © ˙ î ∆ ˚ ¬ µ ˜ ø π œ ® ß † ü √ ∑ ≈ ¥ Ω

In cases where the symbol is an alteration for regular English letters, you simply do the command for the signal and then type the letter. Real time-saver if you're typing in German (das Mädchen) or other foreign languages, although I don't know the Windows equivalent.

[Feytalist]

Another old Windows one:

Win key + R: opens the Run window.

Useful for opening locations quickly.

Win+R -> cmd: opens command prompt
Win+R -> c:\: opens C drive
etc.


Ctrl+N opens a new instance of whatever program you're on.
Alt+Shift+Tab is like Alt+Tab, but to the left.

And of course F1 is help, F2 is rename and F3 is (usually) search.

Alt+Enter used to be maximise, but I don't think that works anymore.

[PlusSixPelican]

Open MS Word, type that into a new document exactly as writen, and press enter.

Thanks. :3

I tried it with nines (singular) as not to explode my computer, but it's good to know that you can junk stuff up with little difficulty.

[valadil]

I use linux. One of the reasons why is that it's pretty easy to make up my own shortcuts. Here are some of my favorites.

Mail button: Opens manual for whatever window I'm looking at.

Win-g: Pops up a list of my firefox bookmarks. Whichever is selected is opened in the browser I have open.
Win-Shift-g: As above, but all history

Win-m: Opens a list of my mp3s and plays the one I select
Win-Shift-m: As above, but enqueues instead of plays
Win-Ctrl-m: As above, but with an album instead of a song
Favorite 1-5: Rates the currently playing song 1-5 stars

Win-o: Makes my window a little more transparent
Win-Ctrl-o: Makes my window a little less transparent
Win-Shift-o: Removes transparency

Win-y: Runs a script and copies its output to my clipboard for pasting.
Scripts include getting my ip, generating lorem ipsum text, and my new favorite. It takes a screenshot, sends it to imgur, and opens the resulting page in firefox.

[TSGames]

MS Word:

=rand(999,999)

That will generate 999 paragraphs of text, with 999 sentences per paragraph. It's a fun way to innocently DoS crash a school server.

That made me chuckle. So devious.

[shawnhcorey]

CTRL + W = removes annoying web pages from your browser.

[Razanir]

CTRL-ALT-F3-F4-A-B-C-D-V-SHIFT-8 : Summon Cthulthu to devour an enemy.

Hey! I actually managed to hold all those keys down on my own and I don't see a squid-monster anywhere...

[Iruka]

Win + L: locks your windows user account.

and, of course, alt codes ░▒▓│► http://www.alt-codes.net/ ◄│▓▒░

[TSGames]

Hey! I actually managed to hold all those keys down on my own and I don't see a squid-monster anywhere...

Oh no! He's already taken your sanity!

[Ashtagon]

Thanks. :3

I tried it with nines (singular) as not to explode my computer, but it's good to know that you can junk stuff up with little difficulty.

As well as "=rand(9,9)", you can also use "=lorem(9,9)" with a similar result but in pseudo-Latin.

http://www.blindtextgenerator.com/lorem-ipsum is a much better "filler text" generator though. Or http://www.lipsum.com/ if you want truly random filler text.