If you’ve ever fallen down a Google rabbit hole, you’ll know how important it is to be able to claw your way back out. This shortcut also allows me to paste from my clipboard, but it pastes everything as plain text, meaning that any strange formatting I might have brought over when I copied the item won’t disrupt the formatting I already have. But its cousin, CTRL-Shift-V, is equally if not more useful. You’ve probably heard about CTRL-V – the keyboard shortcut that allows you to paste items from your computer’s clipboard. If I want to capture an important message, funny photo, or video still, this shortcut will take a shot of my current screen and save it to my clipboard to be pasted wherever I choose. CTRL-PrtScrĪ shortcut that embarrassingly eluded my knowledge for years, CTRL-PrtScr is the one-stop shop for all my screenshotting needs. But be careful not to select anything before you press it, or you might accidentally delete it. But by using CTRL-D, I can automatically bookmark interesting pages as I open them and relieve myself (and my RAM) of the burden of 15-plus open tabs.

I often find myself overwhelmed by the number of tabs I’ve opened in my web browser and sometimes have trouble bringing myself to monotonously bookmark and close each one. Windows-LĬaught watching cat videos at work or during a lecture? With one click of Windows-L I can lock my computer’s screen in a matter of seconds and escape an inevitable reprimand for being off-task - and better yet, get back to watching that cat when the coast is clear. Without removing my hands from the keyboard, I simply continue pressing W until my screen has returned to a state of tranquility. Another live saver for chronic multitaskers is the shortcut CTRL-W, which helps me close any program, tab, or window I have open without having to mouse over and manually exit.

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