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Keyboard Symbol Shortcuts
Fact 1: The ALT key is also known as the modifier
key as it changes the function of the keys that have
been pressed |
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Fact 2: Pressing the CTRL and Enter keys
together when typing a website address in your browser,
will automatically add the .com extension to your
address |
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Keyboard Symbol Shortcuts
Fact 3: The hash sign # is know by a number of
different names including octothorpe, hash-mark, number,
number key and number sign |
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Keyboard Symbol Shortcuts
Fact 4: The Querty keyboard is the most widely used
keyboard layout used throughout the world |
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Fact 5: When entering the same text multiple times
into a document or web form, the CTRL & C (copy) and
CTRL & V (paste) are great time savers, particularly
when you have a long email address to enter multiple
times! |
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Fact 6: Using ALT codes is a great way of easily
adding foreign and special characters to your document |
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Fact 7: Want to confuse your friends or looking for
a simple practical joke? Try entering the following key
combination to turn the screen on its side! CTRL & ALT &
Side arrow (ensure num lock is switched off and to
return to normal enter CTRL & ALT & Up arrow) |
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Fact 8: On keyboards without separate
numeric keypads, the Fn key works in the same way as the ALT
key |
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Fact 9: If you cannot locate the @ sign on your
keyboard, use the key combination, ALT & 64 (typing the
numbers from the numeric keypad) @ |
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Fact 10: ALT keys are used to add special characters
and symbols that do not appear on standard keyboards |
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Fact 11: A heart ♥ often used in social networking
and personal status updates can be easily added by
entering ALT and the number three (using the number
keypad) ♥ |
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Fact 12: To enter the © copyright symbol, use the
key combination ALT & 0169 © |
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Fact 13: In Internet Explorer, the combination CTRL
& H opens the history dialog |
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Fact 14: The infinity sign is represented by two
intertwining circles (∞) |
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Fact 15: The shortcut CTRL & P prints the current
page |
