Keyboard Shortcuts Guide 2025 PDF

PDF Name	Keyboard Shortcuts Guide 2025
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Keyboard Shortcuts Guide 2025 - Summary

Using keyboard shortcuts is a smart way to work faster on your computer. These handy key combinations help you do things quickly, making your daily computer use simple and smooth. If you want to learn many useful keyboard shortcuts, this guide is for you. You can even find a convenient Keyboard Shortcuts PDF to download later.

Why Learning Keyboard Shortcuts is Helpful

Keyboard shortcuts are special key combinations like Ctrl+C for copying or Alt+Tab for switching between different programs (apps). They are very common in Windows and many other software programs. Using them helps you work more smoothly and saves you time. Some shortcuts like switching windows are set by the computer’s main system (operating system), while others depend on the specific program you are using.

Everyday Keyboard Shortcuts for Easier Computer Use

Here are some common and helpful keyboard shortcuts you can use every day on your computer:

Copy selected text or files: Ctrl + C
Cut selected text or files: Ctrl + X
Paste copied or cut items: Ctrl + V
Make a window full screen: F11 or Windows logo key + Up arrow
See all your open programs (Task View): Windows logo key + Tab
Show or hide your desktop: Windows logo key + D
Quickly switch between open programs (apps): Alt + Tab
Open the Quick Link menu with useful options: Windows logo key + X
Lock your computer: Windows logo key + L

Download the Complete Keyboard Shortcuts List PDF

Knowing the right keyboard shortcuts can make a big difference in how fast you work. Below is a table with a full list of various keyboard shortcuts that are very useful, especially when using a web browser. You can also get a downloadable PDF version of this table for quick offline reference.

Keyboard Shortcut	Action
F5	Refresh the current web page
Ctrl + F5	Refresh the current page and clear the browser’s temporary memory (cache) for that page
Alt + Left Arrow	Go back to the previous page you visited in your browser
Alt + Right Arrow	Go forward to the next page you visited
Alt + Home	Go to your browser’s homepage
Escape	Stop loading the current page
F6	Quickly select the address bar so you can type a web address (Alt+D and Ctrl+L also work)
F11	Enter or exit fullscreen mode in your browser
Home	Scroll to the very top of the current page
End	Scroll to the very bottom of the current page
Spacebar	Scroll down the page by a screen
Shift+ Spacebar	Scroll up the page by a screen
Page Down / Page Up	Scroll down / up the page by a screen
Ctrl + C	Copy selected text
Ctrl + X	Cut selected text
Ctrl + V	Paste copied text
Ctrl + D	Add the current page to your bookmarks
F1	Open the help page for the program you are using
F3	Search for a specific word or phrase on the current page (and find the next instance)
Shift + F3	Find the previous result when searching text on a page
Ctrl + F	Open the search bar to find text on the current page
Ctrl + G	Find the next matching text result
Ctrl + Shift + G	Find the previous matching text result
Ctrl + H	Open your browsing history
Ctrl + J	Open your downloads folder or history
Ctrl + O	Open a file from your computer in the browser
Ctrl + S	Save the current page to your computer for offline viewing
Ctrl + P	Print the current page
Ctrl + E	Select the search box or address bar (Ctrl + K also works)
Ctrl + Shift + Del	Open settings to clear browsing data like cookies and history
Alt + Enter	Open your search query in a new tab from the address bar
Ctrl + Enter	Quickly turn the text in the address bar into a website address (e.g., typing ‘google’ and pressing Ctrl+Enter becomes ‘google.com’)
F12	Open developer tools in the browser (useful for web developers)
Ctrl + U	View the source code of the current web page
Alt + F	Show the browser’s menu bar if it is hidden
Ctrl + N	Open a new browser window (also works in Windows for a new window of many programs)
Ctrl + Tab	Switch to the next tab in your browser
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Switch to the previous tab in your browser
Ctrl + F4	Close the currently active tab
Ctrl + T	Open a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + T	Reopen the tab you most recently closed
Alt + F4	Close the currently active window or program (works in almost every application)
Ctrl + # (1 to 8)	Switch directly to the tab corresponding to the number you press (e.g., Ctrl+1 goes to the first tab)
Ctrl + 9	Switch to the last tab you have open
Ctrl + Mouse wheel	Zoom in or out on the current page content
Ctrl + 0	Reset the zoom level to 100%
Mouse wheel click	If you click the mouse wheel on a tab, it closes. If you click it on a link, it opens the link in a new tab. You can also use it for ‘auto-scrolling’ a page.
Ctrl + Left Click	Open a link in a new tab without leaving the current page
Shift + Left Click	Open a link in a brand new window
Shift + Ctrl + Left Click	Open a link in a new background tab (it opens but you stay on your current page)