Technology is improving every day and failure to keep up with it will make you feel confused. Technology is made to simplify our lives, but it is difficult to get a hand of it without the proper tips and tricks. Here are some useful Mac and Windows keyboard combinations that can be very helpful for your daily life.
Keyboard combinations for Mac
1. Command + F3
Minimizes all the windows and brings you back to the desktop. To bring them all back, press the key.
2. Command + 1 (2,3)
Cycles through opened tabs in browsers. Hit the number you want to get it up the front.
3. Command + H
Quickly conceals opened windows for work.
4. Command + Semicolon
Opens spell checker and helps correct misspelled words.
5. Command + Down Arrow
Navigates you down to the end of a page.
6. Option + Command + F
Opens up Search if you want to find something.
7. Command + Up Arrow
Brings you to the beginning of a web page.
8. Option + Delete
Deletes an entire word instead of single letters.
9. Command + Shift + T
Opens all closed tabs if you accidentally close a browser.
10. Option + Shift + Volume Up/Down
Helps regulate volume until you get it perfect.
11. Shift + Command + Q
Logs you out from the current user account.
Keyboard combinations for Windows
12. Alt + Tab
Move between different tabs running behind each other.
13. Win + Shift + M
Restores all minimized windows.
14. Win
Opens the Start menu. For windows 8.1. opens the previously opened window.
15. Win + A
Opens the action center of Windows 10.
16. Win + B
Helps select the first icon in Notifications. If you want to choose from the others, use the navigation keys.
17. Win + C
In Windows 10, opens Cortana. For Windows 8 and 8.1. opens the ‘Charm Bar’.
18. Win + Ctrl + B
Helps switch to programs that have now mails in notification area.
20. Win + D
Helps minimize all windows and opens the desktop.
21. Win + F
Opens up the search panel with ‘find files and folders’.
22. Win + G
Opens Game bar in Win 10. For Vista and 7, all gadgets running in foreground come to the front.
23. Win + E
Opens Windows Explorer. For Win 10, opens Quick Launch.
24. Win + L
Either locks the workstation or changes the user.
25. Win + M
Helps minimize all running windows.
26. Win + K
Opens Start menu for versions other than Win 8 and Win 8.1. where it opens Connection.
27. Win + O
Locks device orientation.
28. Win + P
Switches modes and brings to external projector for win 7 or higher.
29. Win + Q
Used for apps installed in the system to open Search charm.
30. Win + R
Brings up the ‘run dialog’ box.
31. Win + T
Helps switch to the Taskbar for Win 7 or higher.
32. Win + U
Brings up Utility manager.
33. Win + W
Takes you to Windows Ink Workspace.
34. Win + X
Brings up Windows Mobile Application Center on mobile computers.
35. Win + Y
Opens Yahoo! Messenger if installed.
No matter how difficult technology seems, the more you practice the better you will become. Try to remember these combinations which can be very useful.
