Giudelines & Tips from IT: Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • To open Chrome’s built-in task manager: Press Shift + Esc. Extremely useful when Chrome freezes.

 

Chrome Task Manager

 

  • To drag multiple tabs to a new window: Press Ctrl + Click on tabs you want to move. Do the same to move multiple tabs to an existing window.

 

Ctrl and Click to select tabs to open in new window

 

  • To rename a file: Press F2. Works for multiple files too, which will append “(1), (2), etc.” at the end.
  • To open Task Manager directly with one hand: Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc
  • To freeze Task Manager: Hold Ctrl key. Useful for inspecting specific processes.
  • To take a screenshot of the active window only (without taskbar): Press Alt + Print Screen.
  • To delete one word at a time: Press Ctrl + Backspace.
Delete An Entire Word With Ctrl and Backspace
  • To use the mouse as a laser pointer in PowerPoint: hold Ctrl + Left click. Mouse cursors are too mainstream.
  • To open your PowerPoint file in presentation mode directly: Right-click on the file, then select Show.

 

PowerPoint Right Click Show

 

  • To shrink an Excel file size: save it as .xslb

 

Thanks!