Windows and Mac have keyboard shortcuts, negating the need to take your hands from the keyboard to use the mouse to preform many actions.
Below is a list very common keyboard shortcuts. Windows computers use the [CTRL] key, Mac computers use the [CMD] key.
| Keyboard combination | Does This |
| [ESC] | The escape key, cancels whatever it was you were doing |
| [CTRL] + Z | Undo: Undoes the last thing you did |
| [CTRL] + S | Updates (saves) the entire file |
| [CTRL] + P | Displays Print Preview and the print options |
| [CTRL] + X | Cuts whatever is selected (held on the ‘clipboard’) |
| [CTRL] + C | Copies whatever is selected (held on the ‘clipboard’) |
| [CTRL] + V | Pastes what was on the clipboard |
| [CTRL] + N | Creates a blank file in program |
