Computer

The term ‘Computer’ is derived from Latin.

Charles Babbage is the father of Computer.

Vint Cerf is the father of Internet.

WWW stands for World Wide Web.

MS-DOS is Command Line Interface operating system.

The brain of any computer system is CPU.

Arithmetic logic unit, Control unit are components of Central Processing Unit
(CPU)

The computer process both analog and digital is called hybrid computer.

CD-ROM stands for Compact Disk Read Only Memory. RAM stands for
random access memory.

MSI stands for Medium Scale Integrated Circuits.

ALU stands for Arithmetic Logic Unit.

VGA is Video Graphics Array.

WAN stands for Wide Area Network.

CPU contains control unit and an arithmetic logic unit.

UNIVAC is Universal Automatic Computer.

CAD stands for Computer aided design.

Junk e-mail is also called spam.

A computer cannot ‘boot’ if it does not have operating system.

Alt + F File menu options in current program

Alt + E Edit options in current program

F1 Universal Help (for all programs)

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Ctrl + A Select all text

Ctrl + X Cut selected item

Shift + Del Cut selected item

Ctrl + C Copy selected item

Ctrl + V Paste

Home Go to beginning of current line

End Go to end of current line

Ctrl + End Go to end of document

Shift + Home Highlight from current position to beginning of line

Shift + End Highlight from current position to end of line

Ctrl + ← Move one word to the left at a time

Ctrl + → Move one word to the right at a time

Alt + Tab Switch between open applications

Alt + Shift + Tab Switch backwards between open applications

Alt + Print Screen Create screen shot for current program

Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot / Windows task manager

Ctrl + Esc Bring up start menu

Alt + Esc Switch between applications on taskbar

F2 Rename selected icon

F3 Start find from desktop

F4 Open the drive selection when browsing

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F5 Refresh contents

Alt + F4 Close current open program

Ctrl + F4 Close window in program

Ctrl + Plus Key Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows

Explorer

Alt + Enter Open properties window of selected icon or program

Shift + F10 Simulate right-click on selected item

Shift + Del Delete programs/ files permanently

Holding Shift During Bootup Boot safe mode or bypass system files

Holding Shift During Bootup When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD
Player from playing

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page

Ctrl + B Bold highleted selection

Ctrl + C Copy selected text

Ctrl + X Cut selected text

Ctrl + N Open new / blank document

Ctrl + O Open options

Ctrl + P Open the print window

Ctrl + F Open find box

Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection

Ctrl + K Insert link

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection

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Ctrl + V Paste

Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed

Ctrl + Z Undo last action

Ctrl + G Find and replace options

Ctrl + H history

Ctrl + J Justify paragraph alignment

Ctrl + L Align selected text or line to the left

Ctrl + Q Align selected paragraph to the left

Ctrl + E Align selected text or line to the center

Ctrl + R Align selected text or line to the right

Ctrl + M indent the paragraph

Ctrl + I Hanging indent

Ctrl + D Font options

Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font

Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font + 1

Ctrl + ] Increase selected font + 1

Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1

Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1

Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters

Ctrl + ← Move one word to the left

Ctrl + → Move one word to the right

Ctrl + ↑ Move to the begining of the line or paragraph

Ctrl + ↓ Move to the end of the paragraph

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Ctrl + Del Delete word to right of cursor

Ctrl + Backspace Delete word to left of cursor

Ctrl + End Move cursor to end of document

Ctrl + HomeMove cursor to beginning of document

Ctrl + Space Reset highlighted text to default font

Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines

Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines

Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing

Ctrl + Alt + 1 Change text to heading 1

Ctrl + Alt + 2 Change text to heading 2

Ctrl + Alt + 3 Change text to heading 3

F1 Open help

Shift + F3 Change case of selected text

Shift + Insert Paste

F4 Repeat last action performed (Word 2000+)

F7 Spell check selected text and /or document

Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus

F12 Save as

Ctrl + S Save

Shift + F12 Save

Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date

Alt + Shift + T Insert the current Time

Ctrl + W Close document

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F2 Edit the selected cell

F5 Go to a specific cell

F7 Spell check selected text and/or document

F11 Create chart

Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time

Ctrl + ; Enter the current date

Alt + Shift + F1 Insert new worksheet

Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window

Shift + F5 Bring up search box

Ctrl + K Insert link

Ctrl + F Open find and replace options

Ctrl + G Open go-to options

Ctrl + H Open find and replace options

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + Y Underline selected text

Ctrl +5 Strikethrough highlighted selection

Ctrl + O Open options

Ctrl + N Open new document

Ctrl + P Open print dialog box

Ctrl + S Save

Ctrl +Z Undo last action

Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window

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Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window

Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks / windows

Ctrl + Page Up & Page Down

Move between Excel worksheets in the same document

Ctrl + Tab Move between two or more open Excel files

Alt + = Create formula to sum all of above cells

Ctrl + ' Insert value of above cell into current cell

Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1

Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format

Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format

Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format

Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format

Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format

Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format

Ctrl + → Move to next section of text

Ctrl + Space Select entire column

Shift + Space Select entire row

Ctrl + W Close document

WINKEY + D Bring desktop to the top of other windows

WINKEY + M Minimize all windows

WINEY + Shift + M Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and

WINKEY +D

WINKEY + E Open Microsoft Explorer

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WINKEY + Tab Cycle through open programs on taskbar

WINKEY + F Display the Windows Search/ Find feature

WINKEY + Ctrl + F Display the search for computers window

WINKEY + F1 Display the Microsoft Windows help

WINKEY + R Open the run window

WINKEY + Pause / Break Open the system properties window

WINKEY + U Open utility manager

WINKEY + L Lock the computer (Windows XP & later)

Alt + S Send the email

Ctrl + C Copy selected text

Ctrl + X Cut Selected text

Ctrl + P Open print dialog box

Ctrl + K Complete name / email typed in address bar

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection

Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + R Reply to an email

Ctrl + F Forward an email

Ctrl + N Create a new email

Ctrl + Shift + A Create a new appointment to your calendar

Ctrl + Shift + O Open the outbox

Ctrl + Shift + I Open the inbox

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Ctrl + Shift + K Add a new task

Ctrl + Shift + C Create a new contact

Ctrl + Shift + J Create a new Journal Entry