Common Features

Microsoft uses quite a few common features among different applications.
Lets take a look at some of these now shall we

Control + [X]:

It seems that a lot of short cuts in Office applications uses the Control Key ( Ctrl on the keyboard ). Lets go through some of the popular ones

Ctrl + A : Select all the text in the document
Ctrl + B : Make letters bold
Ctrl + C : Copy the selected text or object
Ctrl + I : Make letters italic
Ctrl + F : Find a word or phrase in a document
Ctrl + G : Goto a specific place in a document either a line number or a cell
Ctrl + H : Replace a word or phrase in a document
Ctrl + N : Start a new document
Ctrl + O : Start an existing document
Ctrl + P : Print the current document
Ctrl + S : Save the current document
Ctrl + U : Make letters underline
Ctrl + V : Paste text or an object
Ctrl + X : Cut the selected text or object
Ctrl + Y : Redo the last action
Ctrl + Z : Undo the last action


In addition to the Control + [X] keys, there are function keys too. Lets take a look at some of these now