the Windows logo key is this:
| Press this key | To do this | Frequently-used |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + X | Cut the selected item | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + C | Copy the selected item | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + V | Paste the selected item | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo an action | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + A | Select all | ✔✔✔ |
| Alt + Tab | Switch between open apps | |
| Alt + F4 | Close the active item, or exit the active app | |
| Windows logo key + L | Lock your PC | |
| Windows logo key + D | Display and hide the desktop | |
| Windows logo key + E | Launch File Explorer | ✔✔✔ |
| F2 | Rename the selected item (file or folder) | ✔ |
(notice that some of these are the same as those in the table above, as they perform the same kind of action but in a different environment)
| Key Combination | Operation | Frequently-used |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + C | Copy the selected text | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + V | Paste the copied or Cut text at the insertion point | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + X | Cut the selected text | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action | ✔ |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo an Undone action | ✔ |
| Ctrl + A | Select All | ✔✔✔ |
| HOME key | Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the current line | ✔✔✔ |
| END key | Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line | ✔✔✔ |
| CtrlL+HOME key | Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the current document | ✔✔ |
| CtrlL+END key | Moves the insertion point to the end of the current document | ✔✔ |
| Ctrl+B | Makes the selected text Bold | ✔ |
| Ctrl+E | cEntres the current paragraph | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl+L | Left-justifies the current paragraph | ✔✔✔ |
| Ctrl+R | Right-justifies the current paragraph | ✔✔✔ |
The combinations ticked in the Frequently-used column are everyday essentials.
Practise the first three in the above table until your fingers can do them automatically: use your fourth (or fifth) and index fingers of your left hand.