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Keyboard shortcuts to success

Pt. 8 of 10 | 2:44 |

Making the Move to Mac

Wednesday December 3, 2008

Learning even a few keyboard shortcuts makes every day computing tasks faster and easier. Both Windows and Mac offer a wide range of keyboard shortcuts. Here, we'll show you some of the Windows shortcuts and their Mac equivalents along with some Mac-only shortcuts.

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Show Notes

- The primary keys used for keyboard shortcuts in Windows are the Ctrl and the Alt keys.

- On the Mac, the Cmnd and Option (Alt) key along with the Control key look after the majority of keyboard shortcuts.

Windows:
Ctrl + N = New ... i.e. new window, new document, new folder etc.
Mac:
Cmnd + N = New ... i.e. new window, new document, new folder etc.

Windows:
Ctrl + C = Copy ... i.e copy selected text, copy a file or folder etc.
Mac:
Cmnd + C = Copy ... i.e copy selected text, copy a file or folder etc.

Windows:
Ctrl + V = Paste ... i.e. paste copied text, paste copied file or folder etc.
Mac:
Cmnd + V = Paste ... i.e. paste copied text, paste copied file or folder etc.

Windows:
Ctrl + Z = Undo ... i.e. undo pasted text, undo cut text etc.
Mac:
Cmnd + Z = Undo ... i.e. undo pasted text, undo cut text etc.

Windows:
Ctrl + A = Select all ... i.e. select all elements in a document, web page or select an entire photo in a photo editor.
Mac:
Cmnd + A = Select all ... i.e. select all elements in a document, web page or select an entire photo in a photo editor.

Windows:
Alt + Tab = Cycle through opened programs, folders and windows.
Mac:
Cmnd + Tab = Cycle through opened programs, folders and windows.

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