Keyboard Shorcuts

Do you wonder how the younger in the millennial generation can rapidly stroke keys on the keyboard and make things happen in a blink of an eye? In nano-seconds they somehow transpire quick actions to magic, where in a few keystrokes they have lowered the volume, switched between programs, “googled” your inquire, and a whole list of other activities you missed.

While some of us may take time moving about the mouse and the keyboard, they stroke the keys without ever leaving the keyboard. Here is the secret; they use nothing more than keyboard shortcuts. The following links are some shortcuts to Microsoft’s Windows applications. From copy, cut, and paste to application specific shortcuts.

The following link if not all, gives you a pretty lenghty list of keyboard shortcuts.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/winkeyboard.htm
With diligence and a lot of patience you might just never use your mouse again.

So, how do you ever become good at keyboard shortcuts? The Valley’s Computer Teacher says: Practice! Practice! Practice!

Every week practice two new keyboard shortcuts and while always repeating the previously learned.