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CCIT offers keyboard shortcut for PCs

The “Information Technology Help Desk Tip of the Week” 
is a weekly feature in The Catalyst and reflects the most common problems and questions reported to the Help Desk. Watch for new tips every week. 

System/Program: PC (Personal Computer) Keyboard Shortcuts)
Did you know that everything you can do with a mouse, you can do with your keyboard? Common actions, such as switching between windows or cutting and pasting text may be done with keyboard shortcut keys. Here are a few helpful keyboard shortcuts to make your workweek more efficient:

Keyboard Shortcut: ctrl + D
What it does...bookmarks current Web page

Keyboard Shortcut: ctrl + N
What it does...to open in a new browser window

Keyboard Shortcut: ctrl + R
What it does...refresh/reload a web page

Keyboard Shortcut: alt + <F4>
What it does...close current window

Keyboard Shortcut: ctrl + F
What it does...opens Find box to find on that Web page

Keyboard Shortcut: ctrl + P
What it does...to print current page or active frame

Keyboard Shortcut: ctrl + W
What it does...closes Web browser

Keyboard Shortcut: alt + <left
What it does...Back (in web browser)