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Many keyboard shortcuts will work on either a Windows-based PC or a Mac. Often, the main difference is that you press Ctrl on a PC but Command (look for the ⌘ symbol) on a Mac.
Basic Window commands These basic PC keyboard shortcuts will work on all applications, browsers, and programs, as well as Windows 10 and earlier versions including Windows 8.
In computing, a keyboard shortcut is a sequence or combination of keystrokes on a computer keyboard which invokes commands in software. Most keyboard shortcuts require the user to press a single key or a sequence of keys one after the other.
Keyboard shortcuts make it easier and quicker to perform some simple tasks in your AOL Mail. Access all shortcuts by pressing shift+? on your keyboard. All shortcuts are formatted for Windows computers, but most will work on a Mac by substituting Cmd for Ctrl or Option for Alt. General keyboard shortcuts
COMMAND. ACTION. CTRL + E. Select the search box. CTRL + F (or F3) Start a search. CTRL + L. Put the cursor in the address bar. Alt + D. Select text in the address bar
[3] [4] [5] The four letters are all located together at the left end of the bottom row of the standard QWERTY keyboard. IBM and early versions of windows used a different set of keys as part of IBM Common User Access. Later Windows adopted the shortcuts using Control instead of the Command key, as the usual keyboard of IBM PC has no Command key.
In many GUI environments, including Microsoft Windows and most desktop environments based on the X Window System, and in applications such as word processing software running in those environments, control-V can be used to paste text or other content (if supported) from the clipboard at the current cursor position.
These are the standard shortcuts: Control-Z (or ⌘ Command+Z) to undo; Control-X (or ⌘ Command+X) to cut; Control-C (or ⌘ Command+C) to copy; Control-V (or ⌘ Command+V) to paste; The IBM Common User Access (CUA) standard also uses combinations of the Insert, Del, Shift and Control keys. Early versions of Windows used the IBM standard.