Ctrl Buttons

[kopend]

what do all the ctrl + a letter options do

i.e ctrl + p = print

[AlwaysConfused]

this is a handy link http://www.synapseadaptive.com/dolphin/support/word%2097%20shortcut%20keys.htm

[jno]

lots

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

[AlwaysConfused]

by the looks of it, ctrl a is 'select all'.

[AlwaysConfused]

oooh, just tested it, it is select all

[anotheoldgit]

Interesting post, does anyone also know what function the F numbered keys carry out?

[Obiter]

The only one I know is that f5 refreshes the page,

[Mamyalynne]

Link for f keys here...

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000306.htm

[AlwaysConfused]

My f keys have pictures above them. On my old laptop, f5 was a refresh button. On this (windows 8, don't know if that make a difference?), it seems to disable my mouse - I keep making the same friggin' mistake and accusing my mousepad of disappearing . I don't know how accurate this link is http://ctrlf5.net/?p=264

[Answerprancer]

The ones I use most are ctrl+a (select all) ctrl+c (copy) ctrl+v, but I use quite a few more in Photoshop - saves a lot of faffing about.

[Old_Geezer]

i suspect programmers can programme any key to do any reasonable thing, but there is probably an MS suggested/recommended list in order to encourage consistency across programmes running on the Windows OS.

[Obiter]

Back in the old days when BBC B computers were introduced into schools (remember them?), you could programme an f key to remember a chunk of text. This was very useful when phrases were regularly repeated.

[kopend]

i use ctrl f for find i.e on a price in a price list

say there are 10,000 items it makes it easy to find what item you need