The control button on the keyboard helps us with many shortcuts. There are a plethora of functions that you can perform with different keys from the keyboard and the Control button. So, for beginners, here is a list of CTRL commands that will help you.
Ctrl+A : Select All
entries
Ctrl+B : Bold selected
text
Ctrl+C : Copy
selected text or item
Ctrl+D : Bookmark
open web page
Ctrl+E : Center
text
Ctrl+F : Open Find
window
Ctrl+G : Open
Favorites sidebar in IE. Opens Find and Replace in Word
Ctrl+H : Open Find
and Replace in Microsoft Word.
Ctrl+I : Make text
Italics
Ctrl+P : Open print
window
Ctrl+R : Reload page in
browser. Right align text in Word
Ctrl+S : Save an opened
document
Ctrl+T : Create a new
tab in IE
Ctrl+U : Underline
selected text
Ctrl+V : Paste copied objects
Ctrl+J : Opens View
downloads in IE browsers
Ctrl+K : Create hyperlink for selected text in Microsoft Word
Ctrl+L : Select address
in address bar in browser. Left align text in Word
Ctrl+M : Indent selected text in word processing software
Ctrl+N : Create New
instance of the document or program
Ctrl+O : Open a new file
Ctrl+W : Close tab
in IE or Word document
Ctrl+X : Cut
selected object
Ctrl+Y : Redo the
‘Undo’ action.
Ctrl+Z : Undo any
action
Ctrl+Esc : Open
Start Screen or Start Menu
Ctrl+Tab : Switch
to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
Ctrl+Shift+Esc : Opens Task Manager in Windows 8
Ctrl+WinKey+F :
Opens Find computer box
Ctrl+Alt+Del : Opens screen to Lock, Switch users, Task manager etc.