Keyboard Shortcuts Everyone Must Know

Keyboard shortcuts make our life very easy, but many seem to care less about them. In this article we will see the basic keyboard shortcuts everyone should know.

Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt + F	File menu options in current program.
Alt + E	Edit options in current program
Alt + Tab	Switch between open programs
F1	Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
F2	Rename a selected file
F5	Refresh the current program window
Ctrl + N	Create a new, blank document in some software programs
Ctrl + O	Open a file in current software program
Ctrl + A	Select all text.
Ctrl + B	Change selected text to be Bold
Ctrl + I	Change selected text to be in Italics
Ctrl + U	Change selected text to be Underlined
Ctrl + F	Open find window for current document or window.
Ctrl + S	Save current document file.
Ctrl + X	Cut selected item.
Shift + Del	Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C	Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins	Copy selected item
Ctrl + V	Paste
Shift + Ins	Paste
Ctrl + K	Insert hyperlink for selected text
Ctrl + P	Print the current page or document.
Home	Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl + Home	Goes to beginning of document.
End	Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End	Goes to end of document.
Shift + Home	Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End	Highlights from current position to end of line.
Ctrl + Left arrow	Moves one word to the left at a time.
Ctrl + Right arrow	Moves one word to the right at a time.
Ctrl + Esc	Opens the START menu
Ctrl + Shift + Esc	Opens Windows Task Manager
Alt + F4	Close the currently active program
Alt + Enter	Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)

Well, you might know some or even all of these shortcut, So we have the following table for you which would help to write special characters.

Shortcut Keys	Special Character
Alt + 0224	à
Alt + 0232	è
Alt + 0236	ì
Alt + 0242	ò
Alt + 0241	ñ
Alt + 0228	ä
Alt + 0246	ö
Alt + 0252	ü
Alt + 0248	ø
Alt + 0223	ß
Alt + 0198	Æ
Alt + 0231	ç
Alt + 0191	¿
Alt + 0176	°  (degree symbol)
Alt + 0177	±  (plus/minus symbol)
Alt + 0153	™
Alt + 0169	©
Alt + 0174	®
Alt + 0128	€  (Euro currency)
Alt + 0162	¢  (Cent symbol)
Alt + 0163	£  (British Pound currency)
Alt + 0165	¥  (Japanese Yen currency)

Hope this helps.

How To Make Auto Shutdown Timer For Windows

How to make your computer system shutdown automatically at a given specified time? it is sure that there are many such software that can be found on the internet but why should we use any third party software just to make our system auto shutdown.

We can create our own file that can make our computer shutdown by providing a particular specified timing, the tutorial is very simple and tiny because of the steps below mention, but user needs to make sure timing in seconds that is; how many seconds are there in 1 minute or how many minutes in 3 hours.

This is a user-friendly process, without using any third party software and makes our computer system healthy. Let’s start the steps below, there is no exception in creating the file that will shutdown your computer automatically only thing is noted is that the timer you specified in your file.

Steps to make your computer system auto shutdown:

Step1. Click on Start and search Notepad. Open your notepad and start typing;

shutdown -s -t 60

shutdown -s -t 60

Note: 60 means 60 seconds that is after 1-minute computer will shutdown, you can set as per your timing, if you want to set shutdown timing for one hour then 60 seconds = 1 minute and 60sec x 60minute = 3600, mean your computer will shutdown after one hour.

Note: Only and after double click on that file means your shutdown countdown started.

Step2. After writing the code on your notepad now just save your notepad but clicking on the file and select Save asoption

Save your Shutdown File

Step3. just rename your file name as per your desire but at the end of the name put .bat, suppose your file name isCodingSecurity then it should look like CodingSecurity.bat at the time of renaming your file, and then Select All Files fromSave As Type, Now click on Save.

Save As Your Desire File Name

After all your file should look like the below image a bat file.

Your Shutdown Bat File

All done now you can see a bat file on your desktop screen. If you have any doubt then feel free to ask using below commentary box.

How To Hide Your Secret Files Inside An Image

Today we are going to share some of the amazing computer trick with you which is related to your Windows computer, the trick is really amazing and a bit prank to your friends if you want to.

In this tutorial we are going to create an image file which will look like simple image but when you right click on that image file and select open as WinRAR Archiver then you will be able to see many files which are hidden within the image and no one can understand that how amazingly you are hiding these files in images.

So should we start? before the start, I must conclude one thing, and that is, you may not understand the whole steps so if you are stuck in any one of these steps then feel free to ask using below comment box.

Note: Please Do as what we are showing by images, do not go for another location or drives. Use only C drive as we are using, later on, you can use any drive after getting understood.

Go through the images too!

Steps to hide your secret files inside any Image!

Step1. At first from the desktop create a folder name it CodingSec and then put some files. (For Example; put three music files)

Step2. Now suppose if you selected any three then compress those three files using WinRAR(see image). Once you created a RAR file name it as CodingSec.

Create RAR File

Step3. Now just put one image as I had done, name it as Logo.jpg (file must be in JPG format). That’s it all done! Exit from that Folder.

Step4. Now Open CMD as Command Prompt from Start Type CMD hit enter. Now start typing as below listed, see image also for better understanding.
Type1: cd Desktop\CodingSec
Type2: copy /b Logo.jpg + CodingSec.rar Logo.jpg
Hit Enter
Type3: exit

Follow CMD Steps

You just created an image file that contains all the three files but not visible to anyone until and unless you open that image as WinRAR Archiver.

Right Click On The Image And Open It As WinRAR Archiver

If you don’t see your WinRAR Archiver then Choose Default Programs and Browse it to the Bottom of the Windows you can see WinRAR and from there double click to make that enable and open from that file.

Now you can see that your Image file size is increased (See Image).

See Those files as selected to Hide

Note: The Image file as Logo, you can move that file to any location of the computer.

How to Hide Any Drive in Windows Using Command Prompt

he Command Prompt in Windows is a very powerful tool to accomplish certain tasks that usually can’t be done unless you have a third-party tool. Today, we are going to share another interesting use of Command Line. One can use the Command Prompt to hide one or more drives in the explorer. Of course, you can use a free tool such as DriveHide to do the same. But, if you can remember a few commands, you can easily hide a drive in a few seconds without using a third-party software.

How to Hide Any Drive in Windows Using Command Prompt

Method 1 of 2

Step 1: Type CMD in Start menu search area and hit Enter to launch Command Prompt. You can also find the Command Prompt under Accessories category in Start menu. In Windows 10 and 8.1, you can right-click on the Start button, and then click Command Prompt to open the same.

Step 2: In the Command Prompt, type Diskpart and hit enter key. Click Yes if you are prompted with UAC (User Account Control) dialog-box.

                                                      

Step 3: And then type List Volume and hit enter to see list of all drives.

                                         

Step 4: Select the drive that you want to hide. To do this, type Select Volume G (here, G is the drive letter) orSelect Volume 8 (here 8 is the volume number)

              

              

Step 5: To hide a drive, type Remove Letter G. Here, G is the drive letter than you want to hide.

             

Step 6: You are done. Close the Command Prompt.

Method 2 of 2

To show the hidden drive, follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Follow the procedure mentioned in step 1, 2, and 3 of Method 1.

Step 2: Select the volume number for which you want to assign a drive letter and show in the explorer. TypeSelect Volume 8 (here, 8 is the volume number) and hit Enter key.

Step 3: Once selected, type Assign Letter G and hit Enter key to see the drive in explorer(replace G with the drive letter that you have previously removed).