Windows Keyboard Tricks
Ctrl + A to select all items Ctrl + C to copy selected text or items Ctrl + V to paste the contents of the clipboard Ctrl + P to print Ctrl + Z to undo Ctrl + X to cut selected text Ctrl + Esc to open the Start menu Ctrl + = to bring up spell checker (pre WinXP) Ctrl + Shift + *(Asterisk) to select the current region around an active cell in MS Excel. This can be quite useful in creating charts. Ctrl + B to add/remove Bold formatting Ctrl + I to add/remove Italic formatting Ctrl + W to close the active window Ctrl while dragging a file to copy the file Ctrl + Shift while dragging a file to create a shortcut Ctrl + P to display the pen in a PowerPoint show Ctrl + A to display the arrow in a PowerPoint show Ctrl + B to turn the screen Black in a PowerPoint show Ctrl + W to turn the screen White in a PowerPoint show Ctrl + S to save the current document Ctrl + U to add/remove Underline formatting Ctrl + 9 to hide rows in MS Excel (add Shift to the sequence to unhide.) Ctrl + Tab allows movement from one open window to the next in an application with more than one open window. Ctrl + F4 to close a window in an application without closing the application. Ctrl + - (Hyphen) to bring up the Delete dialog box in MS Excel Ctrl + C + C to open the clipboard (Alex Khouri tolld me about this one. Thanks Alex!) Ctrl + 0 to hide columns in MS Excel (add Shift to the sequence to unhide.)