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12 November 2012

Keyboard Shortcuts - Part 2

Desktop Shortcuts

Action
Windows XP/Windows Vista
Mac OS

GNOME
Activate Menu bar
Alt, or F10
Ctrl+F2
Alt+F
Alt+F
Alt+E

Alt+E
View menu
Alt+V

Alt+V
Undo the last operation
Ctrl+Z
⌘ Cmd+Z

Ctrl+Z
Redo the last operation
Ctrl+Y
⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+Z
⇧ Shift+Ctrl+Z
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard
Ctrl+X, or ⇧ Shift+Del
⌘ Cmd+X
Ctrl+X
Copy the selected area into the clipboard
Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+Ins
⌘ Cmd+C
Ctrl+C
Paste contents of clipboard at cursor
Ctrl+V, or ⇧ Shift+Ins
⌘ Cmd+V

Ctrl+V
Select everything in focused control or window

Text Editing

Action
Windows XP/Windows Vista
Mac OS

GNOME
start of line
Home
⌘ Cmd+←

Home
end of line
End
⌘ Cmd+→

End
start of document
Ctrl + Home
Home

Ctrl + Home
end of document
Ctrl + End
End

Ctrl + End
previous word
Ctrl+←
⌥ Opt+←

Ctrl+←
next word
Ctrl+→
⌥ Opt+→
Ctrl+→
previous line break
Ctrl+↑
⌥ Opt+↑
Ctrl+↑
next line break
Ctrl+↓
⌥ Opt+↓
Ctrl+↓

Web browsers

Action
Windows XP/Windows Vista
Mac OS
GNOME
Bookmarks menu
Alt+B
Cmd+Opt+B
Alt+B
URL Shortcuts (Adds www + .com)
Ctrl+Enter
Cmd+Enter
URL Shortcuts (Adds www + .org)
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Enter
Cmd+⇧ Shift+Enter
Add a bookmark for the current location
Ctrl+D
Cmd+D

Ctrl+D
Manage bookmarks
Ctrl+B
Cmd+Opt+B (Safari)
Ctrl+B
Reload page from cache
F5
Cmd+R
Ctrl+R
Reload page bypassing cache
Ctrl+F5
Shift+Cmd+R
F5
Ctrl+Shift+Cmd+R

Go home

Action
Windows XP/Windows Vista
Mac OS

GNOME
Go to Browser
Cmd+L
Go to the previous location in history
Alt+← or Backspace(Internet Explorer)
Cmd+[ or Cmd+←

Alt+←
Go to the next location in history
Alt+→
Cmd+] or Cmd+→
Alt+→
Go up one level in the navigation hierarchy
Alt+↑(Vista only) or Backspace(Windows Explorer)
Cmd+↑
Alt+↑
Go to the starting page defined by the user or application
Alt+Home
Cmd+Home
Alt+Home
Go back a page
Cmd+{

Text formatting

Action
Windows XP/Windows Vista 
Mac OS

GNOME
Make selected text bold/regular
Ctrl+B
Cmd+B
Ctrl+B
Toggle underlining of selected text
Ctrl+U
Cmd+U
Ctrl+U
Make selected text italic/regular
Ctrl+I
Cmd+I
Ctrl+I
Change to upper/lower case
Shift+F3
⌥ Opt+Cmd+C
Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+Shift++
Make selected text subscript
Ctrl++