Tables of keyboard shortcuts: for working with text, entering special characters, Windows hotkeys

Hello!

Have you ever wondered how much time you sometimes have to spend on ordinary operations: select something with the mouse, copy, then paste into another window (file)?

Imagine if you work with dozens of files a day? Those who use some hot combinations keys in Windows - significantly speeds up your work! ✌

You may not believe me - but pressing a couple of buttons on the keyboard is much faster than performing a similar action with the mouse (for example, select and copy everything - on the keyboard for 1-2 seconds (Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C), you can crawl with the mouse for 30 seconds. by file ...)!

In this article I will give you the most useful and useful keyboard shortcuts for a variety of tasks.

Note : It is recommended to start small - first, remember 3-4 combinations for the most repetitive tasks: copying, pasting, selecting, etc. Then gradually expand the range, and you can increase the speed of your work by an order of magnitude.

Buttons and their combinations are relevant for all versions of Windows, and the software running in them (at least for Windows 7/8/10 - everything works, it has been checked many times).

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👉 Remark!

By the way, using the key combinations Win + R - you can open a variety of tabs and applications!

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Keyboard shortcut tables

Table 1: for working with text (for moving through the text)

Working with text is perhaps the most important for most computer users. This means that these diggers will always be useful!

By the way, it is worth saying that many of the combinations presented below are also used in Explorer, and just in Windows: for example, to copy a piece of text, you need to click Ctrl + C , copy the file - the same Ctrl + C .

Alternative table

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Table 2: for entering special characters

Not all characters (which sometimes I would like to type) are on the keyboard. For example, how do you type a heart ♥, an arrow ↑, or, say, a sum sign Σ? There are specials for this. tables and codes that can and should be used.

👉 Remark!

My large selection of symbols to insert into text.house ⛪️, hand ✌️, sun ☀️, weather ☔️, e-mail, etc.).

How to use the table below:

1. find the symbol you want, select it and copy it. Then place the cursor where you would like to add the symbol and paste it (note: Ctrl + C - copy the selected text, Ctrl + V - paste the copied text);
2. another option: just use the alt-code, for example, opposite the heart is the code "Alt 3". This means that you need to hold down the Alt button, and then press the "3" button on the numeric keypad.

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What to do if the required symbol is not in the table

It would take a very long article to list all the symbols that can be inserted into the text, so I listed only the most popular symbols in the table above. Below I will tell you how to find and insert the symbol that is right for you!

So...

1. First, open the symbol table: to do this, press the combination Win + R, enter charmap and press Enter;

   Windows character table

2. Next, you will see a large special table characters ... Now find the desired symbol in it (for example, I took the copyright sign), then press the button "Choose" and "Copy" ... After, paste it into the desired section of the text (Ctrl + V). This way you can select and copy any symbol shown in the table.

   How to copy a special character

   Note: also for some characters in the table there is an alt-code: i.e. to insert it, you can hold down alt and press "0174" (for example) - and you will see the copyright ® icon.

3. For a more convenient representation of symbols by category, I recommend putting a tick in front of the item "Extra options" , then in the graph "grouping" choose "Unicode characters" ... Next, you will see a plate (see number 3 on the screenshot below) with various categories : Latin, punctuation, currencies, arrows, mathematical operators, technical symbols, letter-like symbols, etc.

   Various symbols by category

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Table 3: Windows hotkeys

Relevant, useful, necessary!

Everything you need: versatile combinations

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Several hotkeys for working with files

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To be continued...

I'm finishing the article on this, good luck to everyone!

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First publication: 01.04.2017

Correction: 01/05/2020