Two ways to print the page while surfing the net without using the mouse.

• Tap the Alt key, making sure the menu is active by seeing File bumped out or selected with a rectangle around it, tap the f key, tap the p. Try it you can just cancel the print when the printers dialog box pops up or tap your enter key to print. You can cancel the print by tapping the tab key until you see the cancel button selected and then tap your enter key.
• You already know that p is the control key for the printer in Internet Explorer so hold down the Cntrl key and tap the p key. Try it out.

Two ways to open a new web page while surfing the net without using the mouse.

• Tap the Alt key, making sure the menu is active by seeing File bumped out or selected with a rectangle around it, tap the f tap the n, a sub menu opens, tap the w. Take note of the shortcut for opening new window in this sub menu. Cntrl+n Try it, a new web page just like the one your looking at will open.
• You already know that n is the control key for the new window in Internet Explorer so hold down the Cntrl key and tap the n key. Try it out.

As you learn them you'll find there is a subtle difference between the Alt and the Cntrl key and this might very from program to program it all depends on the programmer that wrote it but most of them are the same.

Take Microsoft Internet Explorer for instance, that's the program that most of us use to surf the web; if you use a different web browser you will find that you can use this information to find out what the keyboard shortcuts are in that program as well. Look at the top left menu called File, the F is underlined to let you know that you can tap the Alt key until you see the File menu bump out letting you know the menus are active, you can also activate the menu bar in a program by tapping the F10 key. Use the left and right arrow keys to select which menu you want or tap the underlined letter of that menu to open that menu.

Searching menus without using the mouse.

Say you look in the File menu for an action for the program you are using to take, using the Alt f keys and then want to look in the Edit menu, just tap the Alt key to close the File menu then tap the alt again and tap the e If you see the action you are looking for in that menu , just tap the underlined letter of that action.

There are a lot more shortcuts to learn and you can find out what they are by going to Start then Help (Windows 98) or Help and Support (Windows XP) and typing keyboard shortcuts into the search box, select List Topics.

I will just list the ones i think are most helpful here but you will want to look at the rest and see what they are in case you want to use some of them.

Selecting text in a web page or word processor program.

Use the arrow keys to move your cursor up, down, left and right while in text editors or word processor programs.

To select text from a web page you must move the mouse pointer over the text to be selected until it changes to a cursor then holding the left mouse button down, drag the cursor across the characters highlighting them. You can also click somewhere in the text and hold the Cntrl key down and tap the a key to select the whole page. Note that if the text appears on a picture in a web page you won't be able to select this text.

Hold the Shift key down and then tap the left or right arrow key to select text one character at a time or hold the Shift key down and the left or right arrow key down to select while scrolling text. You can also use the Shift key and up and down arrows to select whole line of text moving up and down the page while using text editors and word processors.

Copy, Paste, Cut, Undo, and Select All

• Ctrl + a will select or highlight everything on the page.
• Ctrl + c will copy all selected text to the clipboard.
• Ctrl + v will paste copied text into your document.
• Ctrl + x will cut selected text and pictures from the document and copy them to the clipboard for later pasting.
• Ctrl + z will undo your last action. This is handy if you delete something and notice that you shouldn't have and want it back.

Scrolling up and down in web pages

While surfing the web you can scroll up and down in web page by using the up and down arrow keys. You can also use the space bar but it always scrolls down.

Alt + Tab Lets you choose from any of the programs you have open to work on. Just hold the Alt button down and hit Tab until you see the one you want selected and then release.

When you see a shortcut like Ctrl + F4 to close the current window in a multiple document programs or interfaces like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint that lets you open several instances of the program to work on different pages all at the same time, it means you type and hold the Ctrl key then type and hold the F4 until the current instance of that program closes.

Alt + F4 Closes the program you are in or those message boxes that pop up on some websites and emails asking you if you would like to make it your home page or if you would like to install their toolbar. Sometimes it doesn't work but it usually does. Sometimes these message boxes are saying they will do what you want them to and yet what they do is not what you would want them to do so i always close them without clicking my mouse on them as they can be set up to take action by clicking on them. Also very handy for closing programs one after another when your getting ready to shut your computer off.

F1 opens help i most programs.

Esc Cancels the current task. Sometimes you will have a program trying to do something and not being able to do it slowing your computer down. Some websites have music and animated gifs that flash and make noise and if you would still like to view the page but not have all the hoopla then Esc will stop these annoyances. You can also click the Stop button while on a site to end these things or stop a page from loading the rest of the way if it is taking to long.

Ctrl + Alt + Delete Once will display a list of programs that are running and you can choose from these programs to end the one that you think is giving you trouble. If you do these buttons 3 times in a row it will restart your computer. Sometimes you won't have a choice and have to restart your computer this way but it's better to go to Start, Shut Down, choose Restart and click Ok if you can, as sometimes Ctrl + Alt + Delete causes open files to get corrupted as they are shut down without closing them.

Ctrl + Esc Is the same as clicking the Start button.

Windows Key, looks like 4 pains of glass: Displays Start menu and has a slew of shortcuts related to it if you look up windows key in the help file for windows. Holding down the Cntrl key and then tapping the Esc key also opens the Start menu. You can shut your computer down without using the mouse. In Windows 98 S.E. Tap the Windows key note the underlined letters in the start menu. The u is underlined in the word Shut down. Tapping the u on the keyboard will bring up the Shut Down dialog box. In the Shut down dialog box the s is underlined for the Shut Down option. If the Shut Down selection isn't already selected you can tap the s key to select it. Next just tap the Enter key and your computer will shut down. The OK button is selected in this dialog box by default so when you tap the Enter key, it is the same as clicking the OK button. If you want to make a different selection than OK, tap the Tab key then use your left and right arrow keys to select Cancel, Restart or OK In Windows XP, tap the Windows Key. The u in the words Turn Off is underlined. Tap the u. The Turn Off dialog box appears. The u in the Turn Off option is underlined. Tapping the u key will shut down the computer. Windows vista: Tap the Windows key, tap the right arrow key 2 times then tap the down arrow key until Shut Down is selected, then tap the Enter key. You can open programs without using the mouse. Tap the Windows key Tap the p key because it is the letter underlined in the All Programs option. Next use your arrow keys to make your selection followed by the Enter key.

Application Key, looks like a list on a piece of paper: Gives you the same menu options as right clicking in a program will do.