Monday, June 3, 2013

How to browse Faster with Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts can be an easy and convenient way to streamline your computer or internet browsing experience. Unfortunately, many people aren't that aware of which combination does what. Any tech-savvy person would probably know them but a large amount of people don't fall into that category. This list of shrotcuts is for them

Ctrl+A
Holding Ctrl+A will select all the text on a page (or a text box, if you're in one) so you don't have to bother dragging your cursor down the page manually.

Ctrl+C&Ctrl+V
If you want to copy or paste something, it isn't necessary to right click to bring up a menu and then select it. Just select the text you want and press Ctrl+C for copy or Ctrl+V for paste.

Ctrl+Shift+T
Though this only works on select browsers (Chrome and Firefox included), it's quite useful. Ctrl+Shift+T re-opens whatever tab you last closed. So if you accidentally delete a tab, don't panic! You can retrieve it.

Ctrl+Pg up/Pg dn

You can use Ctrl+Pg up and Ctrl+Pg dn to switch through your tabs without clicking.The former takes you backwards and the latter takes you forwards through the tabs.

These are basic, but should help out anyone that didn't already know about them. Happy browsing!

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