Computer keyboard assignment of keys. Keyboard keys. Useful keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard button meanings
The keyboard with which we type text has quite a lot of buttons. Each of these buttons is needed for something. In this lesson we will look at the keyboard buttons and remember those that are useful to us for working with text.
Keyboard keys
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Just below there is a row of buttons with numbers and signs (! " " No.; %: ? *, etc.).
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On many keyboards, the numbers are also located with right side.
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Let's move on to the most important part - the central part of the keyboard keys. These are the keys that are used to type text.
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The computer “selects” the letters of the alphabet that is installed on it.
You can also change the alphabet by pressing two buttons at once:
Shift And Alt
Shift And Ctrl
How to print a capital letter
In order to type a capital letter, you need to hold down the Shift key and, together with it, click on the desired letter.
How to type a period and a comma
If the Russian alphabet is installed, then in order to print a dot, you need to click on last key in the bottom letter row. It is located in front of the Shift button.
To type a comma, press the same button while holding Shift.
When the English alphabet is selected, to print a dot you need to press the key that is located before the Russian dot. The letter "Y" is usually written on it.
And the comma in the English alphabet is located where the Russian letter “B” is written (before the English dot).
The Tab button is needed to indent the beginning of a sentence. This indentation is also called a paragraph or red line. Click at the beginning of the text and press the Tab key. If the red line is adjusted correctly, the text will move slightly to the right.
Below the key that makes the red line is the key Caps Lock. It is used to print large letters.
Press Caps Lock once and release it. Try typing a word. All letters will be printed in capitals. To cancel this function, press again Caps key Lock and release her. Letters, as before, will be printed small.
Long bottom button on the keyboard is called a spacebar. It is needed to create spaces between words.
On the top right side is the Backspace button. Often there is simply an arrow drawn on it, pointing to the left.
This button is needed to erase letters. It removes those letters that are printed in front of the flashing stick (cursor). The Backspace button is also used to raise text higher.
Below the key for deleting text is the Enter key.
It is designed to lower the text below and go to next line.
Let's look at the buttons that are located between the alphabetic and numeric keyboards. These are buttons such as Insert, Home, Page Up, Delete, End, Page Down and arrow buttons. They are needed in order to work with text without the help of a mouse.
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In this article we looked at keyboard keys. Many of them, most likely, you will never need. But there are those keyboard keys that you will use quite often.
Keyboard buttons to remember
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- indents (red line).
Space. Using this button you can add space between words.
Moves down a line. To do this, you need to place a flashing stick (blinking cursor) at the beginning of the part of the text that you want to move down, and press the Enter button.
Deletes the character before the blinking cursor. In other words, it erases text. This button also moves the text up a line. To do this, you need to place a flashing stick (blinking cursor) at the beginning of the part of the text that you want to move to the top, and press the “Backspace” button.
And what is it for?! You already know. Now we need to talk about the purpose of the keyboard keys. After all, the keyboard, figuratively speaking, is an intermediary between you and the computer, a tool for interacting with smart assistant. By pressing keys, you send commands to the computer to execute.
Hence the conclusion: when you know the purpose and combinations of keys, working on a computer becomes easier and more enjoyable.
Key assignment:
— service key performs a stop or cancellation last action. For example, if a web page for a long time loading, you can press ESC to stop loading.
F1—F12. reserved for specialized functions in programs. Therefore, the execution of the function in various programs may vary. For example, the F5 key in text Microsoft editor Word, performs the Find and Replace function, and file manager Total Commander the same key performs the “Copy” function. But we can say with confidence that the key F1 opens the file in all programs Reference.
Tab used to create indents ( Red line) in programs for working with texts. Also, if you are filling out tables or forms, you can use the Tab key to navigate to next field.
— performs the function of changing case (CAPITAL LETTERS). When you press this key, the indicator above the numeric keypad lights up, further typing will be done in capital letters. Pressing this key again disables the " Capital letters", the indicator above the numeric keypad goes out.
Shift – Function keys are used in conjunction with other keys. As you can see, there are two shift keys on the keyboard, left and right. The purpose of these keys is absolutely the same, and their location on the keyboard is determined by ease of typing touch printing.
Now I’ll explain, say, when you are typing text and you need to put Exclamation point, it is most convenient to hold down the shift key with the little finger of your right hand, and press key 1 with the little finger of your left hand. The shift key is also involved in many key combinations, for example, entering a capital letter, punctuation mark, performing specialized program functions, and so on.
Control (Ctrl), Alternate (Alt) — control keys are designed to work in combination with other keys. Typically, you hold down the Ctrl, Alt key, and then press another key to perform a specific task. For example, in many programs, the combination Ctrl+S- will save the file.
The main part of the keyboard includes alphanumeric typing keys (letters and numbers) and space.
Enter– confirmation of the action. For example, while on the Internet, you can enter a website address and then click Enter key to go to the site. It is also used to start new line in text editors. Enter on the numeric keypad has the same purpose and is often used when performing mathematical calculations, say in a calculator application, to obtain a result.
– in a text editor, erases characters to the left of the cursor. And in the browser it allows you to return to the previous page.
Delete(Del) – in a text editor, erases characters to the right of the cursor. Performs the delete function in file managers.
— enable/disable the “insert-replace” mode. The key is practically not used, but it can play a cruel joke. If you accidentally press this key while working in a text editor, you will switch it from “insert” mode to “replace” mode. After that, if you make a mistake in a word, you will want to correct it. Having corrected the error, you will find that the symbol to the right of the cursor has disappeared! You try to enter it again, but the next character to the right of the cursor will disappear. This will happen until you press the insert key again. Not knowing about this key, some people, because of one typo, retyped the entire remaining text.
Cursor keys
Home - moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
End— moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
Page Up/Page Down— page-by-page viewing of the document up or down.
Arrow keys are used for many different purposes, including move cursor, scrolling a document, or game control.
Auxiliary keys
Print Screen takes a screenshot - a so-called “screenshot”, which can be edited or saved using a graphics processing program (graphics editor).
Scroll Lock vertical scrolling, rarely used today.
Pause/Break performs the pause function, often used in combination with the Win key.
Win– serves to call the Start menu, and is also used in combination with other keys to call operating functions Windows system.
The key calls up a context menu (equivalent to clicking the right mouse button).
Enables/disables the numeric keypad. After switching on, the indicator lights up. When the numeric keypad is turned off, the keys perform the functions of the keys labeled on them.
Keyboard shortcuts
A key combination is when you hold down one or two keys and briefly press a third. For example, Ctrl+S, where the plus indicates a key combination. That is, you press and hold the Ctrl key, and then briefly press the S key. The plus in this entry serves to indicate a key combination and is not pressed in its execution.
When working with files and documents:
Ctrl+N– create a new file;
Ctrl+O– open the document;
Ctrl+A- select all;
Shift+Home– select the line to the left of the cursor;
Ctrl+End– select the line to the right of the cursor;
Ctrl+C– copy selected text or file to the clipboard;
Ctrl+X – cut selected text or file;
Ctrl+V– paste the contents of the clipboard;
Ctrl+Del– delete the word behind the cursor;
Ctrl+Backspace– delete the word before the cursor;
Ctrl+Home– move the cursor to the beginning of the document;
Ctrl+End– move the cursor to the end of the document;
Ctrl+Z– cancel the last action;
Ctrl+P- seal;
When working with a browser:
Ctrl+D– add a bookmark in the browser;
Ctrl + Shift + T– open closed tab in the browser;
Ctrl+T– open a new tab;
Ctrl+L– highlight the contents of the address bar;
When working on Windows:
Ctrl + Shift + Esc– terminate frozen processes;
Shift+Ctrl+Alt– call the task manager;
Alt+Tab– quick transition between program windows;
Alt+F4– quickly close the window;
Alt + Print Screen– take a screenshot active window;
Win+Pause/Break– property of the system;
Win+E– open explorer;
Win+D– minimize all windows;
Win+F– search for files on your computer;
Win+L– change of user;
Win+F1- reference;
Win+Tab– switches windows in a circle.
And there are many such key combinations, and in different programs These combinations often differ from each other, but you will easily remember them if you work frequently with the software product.
There are keys on a laptop keyboard, or rather designations on the keys, the meaning of which is incomprehensible to a beginner. In this lesson I want to explain the meaning of such notations. If you look at a laptop keyboard, you will certainly see a key on it "Fn", it is usually located in the lower left corner of the keyboard. Inscription "Fn" usually highlighted in blue or surrounded by a white frame, depending on the laptop model. In addition, if you look closely, you can see the icons on the keyboard are also highlighted in blue or surrounded by a white frame. As you probably already guessed, between the keys with these icons and the key "Fn" there is a connection.
"Fn" key (pronounced "Funkshin") combined with icon keys of blue color or surrounded by a white frame force the computer to perform specific action. On different models laptops these icons are assigned to different keys, so I’ll describe the actions in pictures so as not to get tied to a specific key combination. Here is a list of such combinations and corresponding actions:
"Fn"+ — call help using a keyboard shortcut.
"Fn"+ — call up energy consumption settings.
"Fn"+ — turn BlueTooth on/off.
"Fn"+ — enable/disable sleep mode.
"Fn"+ - if connected to a laptop external display(monitor or TV), then using this key combination you can switch display modes: to the laptop display, to an external display, or simultaneously to the laptop display and an external display.
"Fn"+ - turns off the laptop monitor to save energy.
"Fn"+ — turn on/off TouchPada (the device on which you move your finger to move the cursor. Replaces the mouse).
With this key combination I have interesting story. A friend of mine had been using a laptop for more than a year and once during a meeting he asked me to help figure out why the Touchpad wasn’t working, i.e. He couldn't work on his laptop without a mouse for a whole year!
Without hesitation, I pressed this key combination - turned on the Touchpad and everything worked. He was very surprised because... I thought that the Touchpad was simply broken :)
"Fn"+ — turn on/off sound.
"Fn"+ — enable/disable mode numeric keypad. Those. If this mode is enabled, then when you press keys that have blue number icons or numbers surrounded by a white frame, the corresponding numbers will be displayed (like on a calculator).
If you are interested how to turn on a calculator on a laptop, then it is done like this. Start menu - all programs - standard - calculator.
I also have an interesting story with this key combination. One day, an acquaintance called me and said that on his laptop, one half of the keyboard (the left) works fine, but the other half (the right) for some reason prints numbers, and no matter what he did, he couldn’t fix it. As you already understand, the issue was resolved in 5 seconds - I told him about this key combination, and everything fell into place. How he turned on the mode for working with numbers remains a mystery :)
"Fn"+ — turn on/off the screen moving mode. Currently it only works in Excel.
"Fn"+ — number 7 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — number 8 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — number 9 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — “/” symbol when NumLk mode is enabled.
"Fn"+ — number 4 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — number 5 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — number 6 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — “*” symbol when NumLk mode is enabled.
"Fn"+ — number 1 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — number 2 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — number 3 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — “-” symbol when NumLk mode is enabled.
"Fn"+ — digit 0 when NumLk mode is on.
"Fn"+ — “+” symbol when NumLk mode is enabled.
"Fn"+ — increase monitor brightness.
"Fn"+ — reduce the brightness of the monitor.
"Fn"+ — increase the sound.
"Fn"+ — reduce the sound.
The keyboard with which we type text has quite a few keys. And each of them is needed for something. In this lesson we will talk about their purpose and learn how to use them correctly.
Here is a photo of a regular computer keyboard:
Keyboard button meanings
Esc. The full name of this key is Escape (pronounced "Escape") and it means "Exit". Using it we can close some programs. This applies to a greater extent to computer games.
F1-F12. In the same row as Esc there are several buttons whose names begin with Latin letter F. They are designed to control the computer without the help of a mouse - only with the keyboard. Thanks to them, you can open and close folders and files, change their names, copy and much more.
But knowing the meaning of each of these buttons is completely unnecessary - most people have been using computers for decades and have no idea about any of them.
Immediately below the F1-F12 keys there is a row of buttons with numbers and signs (! " " No.; % : ? *, etc.).
If you simply click on one of them, the drawn number will be printed. But to print a sign, press the Shift button along with it (bottom left or right).
If the character printed is not the one you need, try changing the language (bottom right of the screen) -
By the way, on many keyboards the numbers are also on the right side. The photo shows this part separately.
They are laid out exactly like on a calculator and are more convenient for many people.
But sometimes these numbers don’t work. You click on the desired key, but nothing is printed. This means that the numeric portion of the keyboard is turned off. To turn it on, simply press the Num Lock button once.
The most an important part keyboards are the keys that are used to type text. They are located in the center.
As a rule, each button has two letters - one foreign, the other Russian. To print a letter on required language, make sure it is selected correctly (at the bottom of the computer screen).
You can also change the language in another way - by clicking on two buttons at once: Shift And Alt or Shift And Ctrl
Win. The key that opens the Start button. Most often it is not signed, but simply drawn on it Windows icon. Located between using the Ctrl buttons and Alt.
Fn. The laptop has this key - as a rule, it is not found on regular keyboards. It is designed to work with special functions - increasing/decreasing brightness, volume and others.
To turn them on, you need to press the Fn key and, while holding it, press the button with necessary function. These buttons are usually located at the top - at F1-F10.
Let's say I need to increase the brightness of my laptop screen. To do this, I look for a button on the keyboard with the corresponding picture. For example, I have F6 - there is a sun drawn on it. So, I hold down the Fn key and then press F6. The screen becomes a little brighter. To increase the brightness even more, I press F6 again along with Fn.
How to print a capital letter
To print one capital letters(capital) you need to hold down the Shift key and click on the desired letter together.
How to type a period and a comma
If the Russian alphabet is installed, then in order to print point, you need to press the last key in the bottom letter row (on the right). It is located in front of the Shift button.
To print comma, press the same button while holding Shift.
When the English alphabet is selected, to print a dot you need to press the key that is located before the Russian dot. The letter "Y" is usually written on it. And the comma in the English alphabet is where the Russian letter “B” is (before the English dot).
Text decoration buttons
Tab - creates an indent at the beginning of a sentence. In other words, you can use it to make a paragraph (red line).
To do this, click the mouse at the beginning of the text and press the Tab key once. If the red line is adjusted correctly, the text will move slightly to the right.
Used for printing capital letters. Located under the Tab key.
Press Caps Lock once and release it. Try typing a word. All letters will be printed in capitals. To cancel this feature, press the Caps Lock key once again and release it. Letters, as before, will be printed small.
(space) - makes spaces between words. The longest button on the keyboard is located under the letter keys.
According to the design rules, there should be only one space between words (not three or even two). It is not correct to align or shift text using this key. Also, a space is placed only after a punctuation mark - there should be no space before a space sign (with the exception of a dash).
Delete button. It erases those letters that are printed in front of the flashing stick (cursor). It is located on the right side, immediately after the numbers/signs. Often there is no inscription on it at all, but simply an arrow drawn to the left.
The Backspace button is also used to raise text higher.
Enter - is intended to go to the next line.
Thanks to her, you can omit the text below. Enter is located under the delete text button.
Additional keys
These are keys such as Insert, Home, Page Up and Page Down, arrow buttons and others. They are located between the alphabetic and numeric keyboards. Used to work with text without using the mouse.
You can use the arrows to move the blinking cursor (flashing stick) across the text.
Delete is used to delete. True, unlike the Backspace key, it deletes letters not before, but after the blinking cursor.
The Home button moves the blinking cursor to the beginning of the line, and the End button moves it to the end.
Page Up moves the blinking cursor to the beginning of the page, and Page Down (Pg Dn) moves the blinking cursor to the end of the page.
The Insert button is needed to print text over existing text. If you click on it, new text will be printed, erasing the old one. To cancel this, you need to press the Insert key again.
The Scroll Lock key is almost always completely useless - it simply doesn't work. And in theory it should serve to scroll text up and down - just like the wheel on a computer mouse does.
Pause/Break almost never works either. In general, it is designed to suspend an ongoing computer process.
All of these buttons are optional and are rarely or never used by people.
But the button can be very useful.
She takes a photo of the screen. This image can then be inserted into Word program or Paint. On computer language This photograph of the screen is called a screenshot.
Keyboard buttons to remember
— if you press this button and, without releasing it, press another key with a letter, the letter will be printed in capital. In the same way, you can print a symbol instead of a number: No.! () * ? « + etc.
— after pressing this button once, all letters will be printed in capital letters. You don't need to hold it for this. To return to printing in small letters, press Caps Lock again.
— indents (red line).
- space. Using this button you can add space between words.
- drops to a line below. To do this, you need to place a flashing stick (blinking cursor) at the beginning of the part of the text that you want to move down, and press the Enter button.
— deletes the character before the blinking cursor. In other words, it erases text. This button also moves the text up a line. To do this, you need to place a flashing stick (blinking cursor) at the beginning of the part of the text that you want to move to the top, and press Backspace.
All other keyboard buttons, except letters, numbers and symbols, are used extremely rarely or not at all.
A regular keyboard can be divided into several areas.
The topmost area of the keyboard contains keys that are not used for entering data into the computer. These keys perform auxiliary actions, which are shown in the table below.
Esc key
– this key is used to cancel an action, exit programs, games, exit applications, etc.
Functions of the "Esc" key .
Its main function is to cancel the command that was ahead. If you right-click to open a menu on the desktop or on the taskbar and then press the “Esc” key, the menu will immediately close. If you start playing a game and accidentally press the Esc key, you will almost always exit that game. But pressing this key again will take you back to your game.
When you are on the Internet, you enter the next site address, and then accidentally press the “Esc” key, you will immediately return to the previous site address that you have already reviewed.
The top row of the keyboard contains function keys (limited by a red rectangle in the picture).
Function keys FI – F12 designed to perform certain actions assigned to them. Actions depend on the programs running in this moment on the computer, but usually the F1 key used to call help system currently running program. If any program is running, help about that program appears.
"F2" Booting the computer while pressing this key or the “Del” key makes it possible to configure the Bios of your computer.
"F3" Calls up the search window.
"F5" Reloads the open browser page.
"F8" Booting the computer while pressing this button makes it possible to work in safe mode operating system.
Actions of others function keys with the F symbol are mostly possible in combination with modifier keys and may vary depending on the make and model of the computer. If the actions of any key on the keyboard of your computer differ from those described here, then you can find out about its purpose in the user manual.
"Pause/Break" . When the computer boots, it allows you to “pause” the computer – pause the boot process.
Functions of the "Pause/Break" key. By doing Windows boot, first you see information appearing on the monitor about your computer, about the hard drive, about the status random access memory, about all the components. The information displayed on the monitor appears and disappears quite quickly and is extremely difficult to comprehend. To be able to deal with it, you just need to press the “PAUSE” button. And to complete the operating system loading process, you must press any button on the keyboard. Sometimes used by some programs.
"Print Screen/SysRq" key.
Pressing this key allows you to take a screenshot of your monitor. When you press this key, and it is located in the picture in a red frame, at the moment it is pressed, the image currently on the monitor is saved in the computer memory. Next, we take the saved image from computer memory using a regular graphic editor, you can graphic editor"Paint", which is already built into operating system Windows. If you use the “Alt+PrintScreen” key set, you take a photo of only the active window, but the entire screen. In the picture, the “Alt” keys are in a blue frame.
Key
Shift key.
Pressing this key and a symbol key simultaneously allows you to temporarily switch to uppercase (capital) letter entry mode, or enter another symbol located on the same key. There are two such keys on the keyboard - left and right, and in some programs their action is different. For example, to enter the capital letter “I,” you need to press the Shift key and, without releasing it, press the I key.
Tab key. It is indicated by an icon in the form of two counter arrows and pressing it gives an indent from the beginning of the line - a paragraph. Allows tabulation - horizontal alignment of characters. A tab character is equal to eight regular characters. Tabulation is used when creating text documents. Designed to move the cursor:
- when editing texts, it is used to move to the next tab stop, i.e. moving the cursor several positions forward;
- in dialog boxes, moves to the next request field;
- in a table, moves the cursor to the next cell.
In other programs, its purpose is to switch between windows on the screen.
Below it is located CapsLock key.
Pressing this key fixes the writing capital letters. When pressed again, they are written again capital letters. This mode is indicated by an indicator light on the right top corner keyboards. Pressing again cancels the mode. When CapsLock is enabled, pressing the key
NumLock key
turns on and off the numbers located on the right side of the keyboard. If the keyboard is turned on, you can use it to enter numbers and arithmetic operations. 
When enabled, this mode is also indicated by an indicator in the upper right corner of the keyboard, signaling that additional keyboard at work. Now, in addition to entering numbers from the main keyboard field, you can also enter them from the additional one. True, those symbols that are printed on the keys of the additional keyboard at the same time as numbers will not work.
In most cases, the described keyboard fields are sufficient for work, but for those who like to work with compact digital and control keyboard“a la calculator” there is one more additional key field - the one on the right. This field is called an additional keyboard, in contrast to the main keyboard field.
When you press this block of keys with numbers, the numbers are printed, but with one condition - when the “NumLock” key is turned on. Number keys When the “NumLock” key is turned off, they perform functions of a different type. The “End” key is duplicated by pressing the “1” key on the main keyboard and the “Home” key is duplicated by the “7” key also on the main keyboard.
The same keys move the cursor to the end and beginning of the line. When you press the “3” and “9” keys, the “PageUp” and “PageDown” keys are duplicated on the main keyboard, respectively. These same keys move the cursor up and down one screen. When you press the “2”, “4”, “8”, “6” keys, the cursor is controlled, which means that the work of the arrow key is duplicated.
Spacebar – this key creates space between letters.
The Spacebar is the most big key, located under the block of alphanumeric keys, is used to enter a blank character, regardless of the register switch.
Spacebar function.
When using a key, words or symbols are separated from each other. But this key has additional mode. In replacement mode, which you can enable using the “Insert” key, pressing the “Space” key enables a function that is the same as pressing the “Delete” key (this key erases characters on the right).
Backspace key – when you press this key, the character located to the left of the cursor is deleted.
Functions of the BackSpace or Left Arrow key.
When you press this key, we delete the selected one character or the entire text on the left. When you use this key in the file manager, you move up one level. And when viewing photos, by pressing this key, we go back one photo.
By using the “Alt+BackSpacr” keys together, we undo the action performed before.
Key
When doing work on a computer you use the numeric keypad, which is located on the right, then it is much better to use the “Enter” key, which is located on the same block.
Delete key is intended to delete an object, such as a folder, file, etc.:
- in the text, the character to the right of the current cursor position is deleted (with the line shifted to the left);
- in the folder windows, selected file system objects are deleted to the Recycle Bin.
Also delete unnecessary file possible by pressing the keys together "Shift+Delete". Shift keys are indicated by a frame Green colour. Just keep in mind that the file in this case will not be deleted through the trash can, and in this case it cannot be restored.
The “Delete” key, indicated by a blue frame, located on the numeric keypad block, along with the “.” performs the same actions when the “NumLock” key is turned off.
It is possible to open the “Task Manager” by pressing the key combination “Ctrl+Alt+Del”. These Ctrl keys and Alt are indicated by beige frames.
Key
- in the text, switches between the modes of inserting and replacing characters or inserting a fragment from the clipboard (depending on Microsoft settings Word). If insert mode is enabled, then when you type, between two words the right word will move to the right, and the text you enter will move the words apart and print between them. In this mode, the text is inserted, as it were, and the entire end of the phrase is moved to the right.
But in the “replacement” mode, if you insert a word between two words, then the word on the right is replaced by the word that you inserted.;
- in programs like Total Commander, objects are selected.
If you press the Inset key, the text will be printed on top of what you typed, erasing the last one. If you press this key again, this action will be terminated.
Framed with blue The “Insert” key, which is located on the numeric keypad block, together with the number “0” only works when the “NumLock” key is turned off.
We can copy the text after selecting it if we use the “Ctrl+Insert” key combination. And when we use the “Shift+Insert” keys together, it becomes possible to insert text.
PgUp, PgDn, End, Home keys designed for cursor control.
Home key
moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, and End key
to the end of the line"), as well as either to the beginning of the list or the end of the list. 
Keyboard shortcut
Keyboard shortcut
PgUp key moves the cursor to the beginning of the page, and PgDn key - to its end.
Functions of the “PageUp” and “PageDown” keys.
The use of these two keys is used when working with text editors, or when working with documents where the height of the information is much greater than the height of your screen and there is a need to scroll in height. These keys are indicated by a red rectangle.
And the “PageUp” and “PageDown” keys, which are indicated by a blue rectangle and are located on the numeric keypad block only when the “NumLock” key is turned off, together with the numbers “3” and “9” scroll the screen down or up. The state of the NumLock key is controlled by an indicator light (the indicator light is on when the key is on).
Key
Keys
Functions using the “Ctrl” and “Alt” keys.
When you use these keys, you extend the capabilities of other keys. By using these keys in different variations, you perform different actions.
Keys Ctrl+Alt+Del These keyboard shortcuts open the task manager.
Combination keys Ctrl+A selects all objects at once, such as folders, files, text, etc.
Combination keys Ctrl+X cuts the selected object to the clipboard, such as a test, files, folders, etc.
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C copies an object to the clipboard, such as files, folders, etc.
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V pastes a copied file or folder from the clipboard.
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N allows you to create new document in various programs.
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Z cancels the last action.
Using the keys Ctrl+S the current document is saved.
Using the keys Ctrl+P The document is printed.
Ctrl+Esc – open the Start menu. You can also do this by pressing the Windows key.
Using the keys Alt+Enter transition occurs full screen mode and vice versa, for example, if you press these keys in KMPlayer, WindowsMediaPlayer, MediaPlayerClassic, they will expand to full screen.
Alt keys and keys 0 to 9 located on the right side of the keyboard make it possible to enter arbitrary characters that are not on the keyboard. In order to enter arbitrary characters, you need to press the Alt key and, without releasing it, press the desired number located on the right side of the keyboard.
Keyboard shortcut Alt+F4 closes the active application.
Keys Alt+Tab allow you to switch between open windows. A panel appears in the center of the screen with all open applications, and when selecting the active window you need to, without releasing Alt keys, press the Tab key several times.
Combination Alt + Space (space) opens system menu window with which you can restore, move, maximize, minimize and close a window without using the mouse.
Alt+Shift or Ctrl + Shift – switch keyboard layout.
Windows key usually found between the Ctrl and Alt keys. When you press it, the Start menu appears.
And by using the key in a variety of settings together with other keys, you speed up the launch of programs.
When pressing keys Win+E My Computer explorer will open.
When pressing keys Win+D All active windows will be minimized.
Keyboard shortcut Win+L allows you to switch between users or block workstation. The Win+F1 key combination opens the Help and Support Center.
When pressing keys Win+F a search window will open.
When pressing keys Win+ Ctrl+F The Search for Computers window will open.
With help Win+D you can minimize all windows and show the desktop, and the keys Win+M minimizes all windows except dialog windows.
Win+E opens the My Computer folder.
Win+F – opens a window to search for a file or folder.
When pressing keys Win+PauseBreak The System Properties dialog box will open.
Key<Контекст> calls the context menu of the object on which the mouse pointer is currently located.
When using the key, we call up the menu in the same way as when clicking on right button mice. This menu corresponds to the program that is enabled for your work. If you are on the “Desktop”, then by pressing this key you open the menu corresponding active element Desktop.
Cursor keys (navigation)
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Perform various actions related to cursor movement:
- in the text, move the cursor one position in the indicated direction;
- on the Desktop and in the folder window, transfer the selection to another object;
- in the menu, move the selection to the next command;
- in tables, move the cursor between cells.
These keys are also used in many games to control objects.
These keys are also used in many programs, for example, to move through the pages of a document or when viewing photos to move to the next image.
Hotkeys in the browser
To zoom in or out on a page, just hold down Ctrl key and spin the mouse wheel. Up - the scale will increase, down - accordingly, it will decrease. The same can be done by simply pressing + or – while pressing Ctrl. To restore the font size, use a keyboard shortcut Ctr + 0 .
And the use Shift keys and the mouse wheel allows you to navigate through the history of tabs: Shift – scroll the wheel up – move forward through the history, Shift – scroll the wheel down – move backward through the history.
If you need to open a new page in a separate tab in your browser, you can hold down Ctrl key and click on the required link. New page will open in a separate tab.
Alt+Home keys return to home page, A Ctrl + R (or F5) refresh the page. For forced update keys serve without using cached data Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R .
Pressing keys Ctrl+S , you can save the page on your computer and the keys Ctrl+P allow you to print desired page. Hotkeys Ctrl + G, Ctrl + F, Shift + F3, Ctrl + K intended for search on current page or on the Internet.
Features of a laptop keyboard.
Since a laptop keyboard, by definition, should take up little space, many functions are “hidden” on it. And in order to find them, there is magic key
Lettering or symbols that have the same color as
- with F2 – turns the adapter on and off wireless communication(Wi-Fi);
- with F3 – opens the mail program;
- with F5 – reduces the monitor brightness;
- with F6 – increases it;
- with F7 – turns the monitor on and off;
- with F10 – turns on and off the built-in speakers;
- with F11 – lowers the speaker volume;
- with F12 – increases it;
- The screen brightness is increased by pressing the key where there is a “big sun” (there may be a “sun” icon in combination with the “increase” icon);
- decreasing - on the contrary, the one with the “small sun” (or maybe there is a “sun” icon in combination with the “reduce” icon);
- keys with “loudspeaker” icons in combination with “more” or “less” icons - increase/decrease volume;
- crossed out mouse – disable/enable the TouchPad panel;
- crossed out loudspeaker – mute/unmute sound, etc.
Actions when combining function keys with the Fn key may vary depending on different types keyboard, so you can clarify them in the user manual of the device, or be guided by the icons (usually of a different color) located on the keys next to or below its main value.
Look carefully, slowly, at the keyboard of your laptop, put the instructions that came with it next to it, spend some time mastering all these wonders and they will become familiar to you.
