Thursday, 1 September 2011

Keyboard Shortcuts for Ubuntu10.04 LTS

Here are some keyboard shortcuts you can use while working with your Ubuntu Desktop. These are quiet same to MS Windows OS shortcuts and some of these don't work on windows operating system these all works on every edition of Ubuntu like 10.04,10.10,11.04 etc. try it for faster experience.

Desktop shortcuts:

Alt + F1: Open the Applications menu.
Alt + F2: Run an application by typing its name in the box which appears.
Prt Sc: (Print Screen) Take a screenshot of the whole screen.
Alt + Prt Sc: Take a screenshot of the current window.

Window shortcuts

Alt + Tab - Switch between currently-open windows. Press Alt + Tab and then release Tab (but continue to hold Alt). Press Tab repeatedly to cycle through the list of available windows which appears on the screen. Release the Alt key to switch to the selected window.

Ctrl + Alt + Tab - Switch between currently-open windows in all Workspaces. Press Tab repeatedly to cycle through the list of available windows which appears on the screen. Release the Ctrl and Alt keys to switch to the selected window.

Alt+F7 - Moves the current window .

Alt+F8 - Re-sizes current window .

Alt+F9 - Minimizes current window.

Alt+F10 - Maximizes current window.

Alt+Space - Brings up window menu with with 'Always on Top' and 'Minimise' and 'Maximise' and above commands.

Alt+F5 - Returns window to 'normal' or previous size.

Alt+F4 - Closes window.
Common application shortcuts

These shortcuts do not apply in all applications, but usually perform the functions listed below.

Ctrl + C:Copy the selected text/object
Ctrl + X: Cut the selected text/object
Ctrl + V: Paste/insert the selected text/object
Ctrl + A: Select all text
Ctrl + B: Make the selected text bold
Ctrl + I: Make the selected text italic
Ctrl + U: Underline the selected text
Ctrl + N: Open a new document or window
Ctrl + S: Save the current document
Ctrl + O: Open another document
Ctrl + P: Print the current document
Ctrl + Z: Undo the last change you made
Ctrl + Shift + Z: Redo a change that you just undid

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