5 Ways To Do Everything Faster With These Keyboard Tricks

April 28, 2021 | Posted at 4:10 am | by James Dorian (Follow User)

The technology behind the design of the keyboard incorporates many facets. One of the best facets is the switch technology used for mapping out the keyboard keys. A standard keyboard key contains eighty to a hundred durable switches. 

All of them are designed to meet the standards that are meant to work with different computers. It’s incredible how those keyboard tricks work out for everyone who takes the time to learn them. In a fraction of a second, you are done with a lot of work. How is this possible? Below are few tricks how to use keyboard tricks faster.

 

Option + Shift + dash (-) or Alt + 0151

The above two are the simplest tricks used to make a long dash when using Mac or Windows devices. These tricks are mainly used when you need to add additional information to your sentence or mark a break in your sentence. 

In most cases, it is cleped as an em dash on the user manual for keyboards from different online sites. Therefore, you do not need to get confused when you see such words. The other way you can create a long dash is by the window + period (.) option. 

Such a trick opens the emoji keyboard, and you can find all the types of dashes you want there. It would help if you practiced this trick as much as possible. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time to read it from an online site- the art of mastering every keyboard lies in how often you use such keys.

 

Ctrl + S

Loss of documents is an issue that has been on the rise, especially if a power blackout happens and you are using a desktop computer. If you ask every computer user, they will tell that they lost their data at some point in life and were forced to type it again.

It’s a prosaic process. How do you avoid this? After opening your typing site, working site or document, press Ctrl + S, and the saving menu appears the first time you press those keys. Select the name of your file, a form of your document, i.e., pdf and select your storage path. 

When done, you are good to go, and you won’t be requested to do this again. Every time you type maybe about a paragraph, you have to press the duplicate keys again, and it’s automatically saved.

 

Ctrl + C

Doing the same piece of work on another page! Who likes it? No one likes repeating the same thing over and over again. It’s a tedious process, and it can spoil the mood of your day by making you feel that you haven’t achieved anything. 

The best trick is to highlight the document you want to copy and then press Ctrl + C. The document will be duped on your clipboard. Therefore you don’t need to worry about where the documents are. You can save time and improve the efficiency of your output by using this command every time you want to save or type the same information.

 

Ctrl + V

After copying your information, what broods many is how to get the information from the clipboard. The best trick is by opening the site where you want to paste your content and press Ctrl + V. Your information will be copied there in a blink of an eye, depending on its complexity. 

It doesn’t matter how many times you need to copy your information; you will be able to paste it on different sites as many times as you wish. It’s essential to understand this trick pastes the recent information that is on the clipboard. 

Therefore, it won’t get to know all the other information you copied last time. All you need is to go back to your page and copy the information again. In case you want to paste only text without images, links or other garbage, press Ctrl + Shift + V.

 

Ctrl + Arrow keys

It’s incredible how this trick helps you move around your document in every direction that you want. To a beginner, who is learning keyboard keys, I guess this would be one of the most beautiful things they can enjoy learning. 

For instance, you can use Ctrl + right or left arrow keys to move your cursor between your words either to the left or right. You can also use Ctrl + up or down arrows to move your cursor up and down your paragraphs. Furthermore, these arrow keys are used with Shift to select a piece of text in a document.

 

Just Know…

Your efficiency in using your computer doesn’t depend on how conversant you are with its features but how efficient you are in using the keyboard keys. With the above tricks, you can save up to thirty percent of the time to complete the given task. The ploy behind these tricks is practicing them as often as possible.