Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert
Copy the highlighted text or selected item.
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Paste the text or object that's in the clipboard.
Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y
Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo
it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple
changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.
Ctrl + F
Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.
Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc
Quickly switch between open programs moving forward.
Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program.
Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab will move backwards.
For example, if you are pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want
to switch to, press Alt + Shift + Tab to move backwards to that
program.
Windows Vista and 7 users can also press the Windows Key + Tab to
switch through open programs in a full screenshot of the Window.
Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow
Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.
Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow will
move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time.
If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl +
Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a
time in that direction while highlighting each word.
Ctrl + S
While working on a document or other file in almost every program
pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. This shortcut key should be used
frequently anytime you're working on anything important.
Ctrl + Home / End
Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.
Ctrl + P
Print the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.
Page Up / Space bar and Page Down
Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one
page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing
the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you
press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.
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