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Increasing ease of use with keyboard shortcuts

By learning more keyboard shortcuts, you can perform actions with ease, enabling seamless navigation across your tabs and maximized functionality. Windows and Mac have their own click-and-key combinations for many of the same functions.

Windows keyboard shortcuts:

The Find function is a fantastic tool for finding a specific word or phrase on a page without having to scroll through trying to find it.

  • Find: CTRL + F

Selecting text with your cursor can be clunky. Using the Shift + Arrow function will automatically select text as you press an arrow key.

  • Highlight Text: Shift + Arrow
  • NOTE: You can select entire words at a time with this function by holding down CTRL in addition to Shift + Arrow.

The back button in a browser is used to restore the previously visited webpage. There’s also a keyboard shortcut for that!

  • Go back one page: ALT + Left Arrow
  • Go forward one page: ALT + Right Arrow

If you find yourself with a cluttered desktop and need to filter through what’s open? Do it easily by minimizing all tabs and opening them one by one.

  • Minimize all tabs: Windows Key + M

Done for the day? Close your open tabs with a simple hotkey.

  • Close tabs: ALT + F4

Accidentally closing an important tab is frustrating and it is not always easy to retrieve it from browser history.

  • Restore the most recently closed tab: CTRL + SHIFT + T

Renaming files is commonplace when working in Windows. Navigating through the right-click menu can feel like it’s wasting time, especially when you cannot find the rename function. Use this quick hotkey instead.

  • Rename file: Left Click + F2
  • NOTE: You may have to press Fn + F2 for the rename function to work.

Mac keyboard shortcuts:

The Find function is a fantastic tool for finding a specific word or phrase on a page without having to scroll through trying to find it.

  • Find: Cmd + F

Adding hyperlinks to text can be tricky. Using the Cmd + K function will automatically create a hyperlink on the selected text.

  • Add hyperlink: Cmd + K

The back button in a browser is used quite often to restore the previously visited webpage. Mac devices have their own key for that!

  • Go back one page: ⇤ (backtab)
  • Go forward one page: ⇥ (tab)

If you find yourself with a cluttered desktop and need to filter through what’s open? Do it easily by minimizing all tabs and opening them one by one.

  • Minimize all tabs: Cmd + Option + M

Done for the day? Close your open tabs with a simple hotkey.

  • Close tabs: Cmd + W

Accidentally closing an important tab is frustrating and it is not always easy to retrieve it from browser history.

  • Restore the most recently closed tab: Cmd + Shift + T

Renaming files is commonplace when working in Windows. Navigating through the right-click menu can feel like it’s wasting time, especially when you cannot find the rename function. Use this quick hotkey instead.

  • Rename file: Left Click + Return
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