Helpful time-saving shortcuts on your PC keyboard
PC shortcuts for Windows
Some of these are especially helpful if you are working on a laptop without a mouse.
Copy: Ctrl + C
Paste: Ctrl + V
Cut: Ctrl + X
Undo: Ctrl + Z
Redo: Ctrl + Y
Help: F1
Bold: Ctrl + B
Italics: Ctrl + I
Underline: Ctrl + U
Centre: Ctrl + E
Cancel: Esc
Create a horizontal line: Type three hyphens + Enter
Open a document: Ctrl + O
Create a new document: Ctrl + N
Save the current document: Ctrl + S
Open the ‘Save As’ window: F12
Close the current document: Ctrl + W
Move to end of the document: Ctrl + End
Select everything in the document: Ctrl + A
Change selected text to uppercase: Press Ctrl + Shift + A
Change selected text to lowercase: Press Ctrl + Shift K
Insert a page break: Ctrl + Enter
Remove formatting: Highlight + Ctrl + Backspace