Keyboard shortcuts and touch-typing

PC keyboard described:

Read this article to find out more.

12yo and 13yo keyboard shortcuts to know and use:

This is where you can find keyboard shortcuts for MacOs

MS Windows / File Explorer:

Windows: open the start menu
Windows+up: maximize the current window
Windows+left: nest the current window on the left-hand side of the screen
Windows+D: minimize all the open programs (show the desktop) (Option-Command-M on a Mac)
Windows+E: open File Explorer
Windows+Space bar: change the input language
Windows+G: open the "gaming" menu which allows you to start screencasting (recording your screen)
ALT+Tab: switch between open applications
ALT+F4: closes the open application
CTRL+C: copy (⌘ +C on a Mac)
CTRL+V: paste (⌘ +V on a Mac)
CTRL+Z: undo (⌘ +V on a Mac)
CTRL+Y: redo
CTRL+A: select all (⌘ +A on a Mac)
F1: opens the help screen
F2: renames the file in File Explorer

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,...) and text editors (e.g. Code Writer):

Home: go to the beginning of the line
End: go to the end of the line
CTRL+Home: go to the beginning of the document
CTRL+End: go to the end of the document
Page Up/Page Down: scrolls up/down the page
Left/right arrow: move the cursor left/right by one character
CTRL+left/right arrow: move the cursor by one word left/right
CTRL+ < : decrease font size
CTRL+ >: increase font size
CTRL+L: left align
CTRL+R: right align
CTRL+E: center align
CTRL+ALT+V: paste special
CTRL+D: change font properties

web browser:

CTRL+Home: go to the top of the page
CTRL+End: go to the bottom of the page
Page Up/Page Down: scrolls up/down the page
CTRL+L: go to the address bar
F5 or CTRL+R: reloads the page
TAB/arrows: moves to the next link on the page
F11: switches to full screen
CTRL+TAB: switches between open tabs
CTRL+1: switches to the first open tab
ALT+left/right arrow: go back/forward one page (in browsing history)
CTRL+SHIFT+V: paste plain text only
CTRL+F: search for a word on the page

Image sources: needpix.com, wikipedia.org, www.publicdomainpictures.net

Prince of Persia keyboard shortcuts

To find a list of these, please click here.

To play the game itself, please, click here.

Touch-typing speed considered

Read the following article and write a reflection on it in the form of observations-connections-wonderings.

Observations (What I learned…)
Connections (This reminds me of…)
Wonderings (I wonder…)

Please, include your current average WPM as seen on typing.com in your response. Email me your reflection and make sure you have followed the rules of netiquette while at it, including having proofread and spell-checked your email.

Writing by hand versus keyboarding considered

Read the following article and write a reflection on it in the form of observations-connections-wonderings. Please, include your habits when it comes to typing versus hand-writing in your response. Email me your reflection and make sure you have followed the rules of netiquette while at it.

Keyboard shortcuts game - you must score below 30s
Function keys - fill in the blanks game - you must finish under 2 minutes (more than 2 minutes left in your timer)

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