Your keyboard is equipped with over a hundred different buttons, each serving a second function beyond the original, thus providing a versatility (hotkeys). When the moment comes that the mouse your device won't work (and trust us, it will happen to all of you at some point) either because it's out of battery or because it's broken, then you'll be forced to rely entirely on your keyboard, given of course that your screen isn't touch-sensitive.
Windows keeps secret the secret of this enhanced navigation through hotkeys, since there is no built-in method to see which keys you need, let alone to change their function. You are quite familiar with some hotkeys and so we will not mention them, but we will point out some that are practically in the right conditions.
Surely, hotkeys are changing over the years with every new version of Windows that introduces new methods of accessibility. Today you can just leave your mouse and start using only the keyboard, and you'll see that you can handle your programs completely without being as time-consuming as you might imagine.
If you have pinned any icons programs in line tasks (taskbar) you probably don't know that you can run them via hotkeys, by default of Windows. For example, clicking the keys Win + 1 immediately launches the first program on the taskbar. With Win + 2 the second, and generally the same applies to up to ten of its icons taskbar.
Navigate between your active windows by pressing the key combination Alt + Tab. In addition, you can use them Win + M and Win + Shift + M to minimize and restore all your windows back to their respective locations.
Additionally, word processing accepts several hotkey keys, such as Ctrl + Shift + V to paste the original format of the copied text. Or you could win if you learn to use them Ctrl + Delete / Backspace to delete the whole word.
If you have themethe fine print then you can use the keys, Win + Plus / Minus (+/-) which adjust the Windows magnifying glass, regardless of the active window. And if your running application supports fullscreen then click them Alt + Enter . When something refuses to cooperate and gets stuck, press them Ctrl + Shift + Escape to enable Task Manager.
Needless to say, there are many more hotkeys. Knowing and using them, on the one hand, can also earn us keystroke time, but it reminds us that they do not need sophisticated applications for comfortable editing and navigation on our computer.
