Keyboard Shortcuts That Will Improve Your Digital Life

keyboard shortcuts

Ever had to copy and paste a bunch of information? Annoyed by the monotony of moving the mouse to click the action over and over again? Sounds like you needed to use some keyboard shortcuts. Regardless of if you use a Mac or PC, today’s blog will be looking at some fundamental key commands to save you time and frustration! 

What Are Keyboard Shortcuts?

A keyboard shortcut is a series of one to several keys that asks a piece of software to perform a preprogrammed action. In computers running Windows, these are different from “hotkeys” which run an action that can be used regardless of what software is the active window. Thus, these shortcuts are more for quick access to actions that can otherwise be found through a menu. 

In order for the computing system to differentiate between normal keyboard input and shortcuts, there is usually a specific sequence or combination of keys that needs to be pressed. These combos use what are referred to as “modifier keys”. Common modifiers include:

Mac vs PC

Here are some essential keyboard shortcuts to help improve your computer productivity, separated depending on what keyboard you use. 

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

PC Keyboard Shortcuts 

Hopefully these keyboard shortcuts will help to make your productivity more streamlined and manageable! 

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Lydia B.

Lydia B.

Lydia B. is a Marketing Coordinator and Music Club Coach for Gooroo, a tutoring membership that matches students to tutors perfect for them based on their unique learning needs. Gooroo offers Math, English, SAT, Coding, Spanish tutoring, and more.