You’re probably familiar with Control + S and Control + Alt + Delete, but there are a hundred more shortcuts that you could be using. They only save a second or two at a time, but—as anyone who had a piggy bank knows—it all adds up. Here are seven more keyboard shortcuts that are worth remembering.
Delete a word at a time:
PC: Control + Backspace
Mac: Option + Delete
Select everything:
PC: Control + A
Mac: Command + A
Select one word at a time:
PC: Control + Shift + Left or Right
Mac: Option + Shift + Left or Right
Select a Block of Text
PC: Control + Shift + Up or Down
Mac: Command + Shift + Up or Down
Open a New Browser Tab
PC: Control + T
Mac: Command + T
Close current browser tab
PC: Control + W
Mac: Command + W
Reopen last closed browser window
PC: Control + Shift + T
Mac: Command + Shift + T
And, of course, the most important keyboard shortcut of them all:
[Alt + 0304] + spacebar + forward slash + underscore + left parentheses + [Alt + 30C4] + right parentheses + underscore + back slash + spacebar + [Alt + 0304]
Do you have any favorite keyboard shortcuts? Let us know in the comments!