basic pc shortcut keys shortcut keystabdescription alt ftabfile menu options in current program alt etabedit options in current program f tabuniversal help in almost every windows program ctrl atabselect all text ctrl xtabcut selected item shift deltabcut selected item ctrl ctabcopy selected item ctrl instabcopy selected item ctrl vtabpaste shift instabpaste ctrl ptabprint the current page or document hometabgoes to beginning of current line ctrl hometabgoes to beginning of document endtabgoes to end of current line ctrl endtabgoes to end of document shift hometabhighlights from current position to beginning of line shift endtabhighlights from current position to end of line ctrl left arrowtabmoves one word to the left at a time ctrl right arrowtabmoves one word to the right at a time