NOC is Thankful For: Keyboard Shortcuts

by Jon Lober | NOC Technology

Some of our staff members share their favorite keyboard + shortcuts.

This Thanksgiving, NOC Technology is thankful for the little technical accessories that make life just a little more pleasant. The timer on the coffee pot that lets us wake up to fresh brewed coffee. The remote start for the car for chilly mornings. Our Bluetooth headphones that keep us from fumbling with cords.

 

And for those of us that spend most of our days at a computer… keyboard shortcuts.

 

In the spirit of sharing, our team wanted to pass along a few of the Windows shortcuts that make life behind a keyboard just a little easier.


Though they might not be essential, they sure are nice—consider them the coffeepot timers of the digital world.

Jon Lober – Chief Executive Officer

Windows + L – Lock keyboard when you walk away

Windows + D – Minimize all windows

 

Michelle Smith – Service Delivery Coordinator

Windows + Shift + S - Make image snippets 

Windows + any directional arrow – Change the size or position of a window

 


Nathan Hooker – Service Desk Manager

Ctrl + Shift + N – New incognito tab 

Ctrl + W – Close the tab you are in 

Ctrl + Shift + T – Reopen your last closed tab 

Ctrl + Shift + Del – Open clear browser history/cookies/cache, etc 

Ctrl + J – Open your browser's downloads page 

Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste as plain text

 

Stephen Arnett – Technical Engineer

Ctrl + Shift + T repeatedly – Open remembered tabs in your browser
Windows + D – Pull up your desktop 
Windows + P – Navigate through the display options for multiple monitors / wireless 
Alt + Tab – Return to the last page / application you were working on (keep pressing Tab to cycle through multiple applications)
Windows + . – Emojis

 

Thomas Nowak – Technical Analyst

Windows + L – Lock your computer.

Windows + any directional arrow – Change the size or position of a window

 

In word processors,

Control +B – Bold type

Ctrl+I – Italics

Ctrl+U – Underline

 

In an internet browser,

Ctrl+L – Put the cursor in the address bar

 

Tina Karch – Director of Operations

Windows + D – Access your desktop by minimizing all windows.

 

 

Kaleb Eldridge – Content Manager

Ctrl + C – Copy

Ctrl + X – Cut

Ctrl + V – Paste

Ctrl + Z – Undo

Windows+Shift+S – To make screenshots and snippets

Windows + V – To bring up the clipboard with history of copied text

 

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