Resource Page for Assignment #4 in Computer Literacy – Dr. Phoenix – 109 – 4-11-20 POWER KEYS We have studied “power-keys” in class. They are also known as short-cuts, or keyboard short- cuts. They let users to execute complicated actions with simple commands using the keyboard. Shortcut keys make for an easier and faster way of getting around a program (navigating) and executing commands in computer software (getting the computer software to do things!) Shortcut keys are most often use the Alt key (on Dell compatible computers), Command key (on Apple computers), Ctrl key, or Shift key along with another key. The standard for noting a shortcut is using the modifier key, a plus symbol, and another key. For example: “Ctrl+O” means to press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then press the O key too. Because Power Keys save so much time, it is useful to memorize them. The more you use them, the more you will begin to see that they will work in many programs. If you look at the icons in the Microsoft “Ribbon” at the top of your page, and hover your mouse pointer over an icon, often times the program will name the icon and provide the control key and letter combination. For instance, on the “HOME” tab in Microsoft Word, if you hover your mouse pointer over the underlined U on the left side of the ribbon, a little message box will pop-up with the following message: “Underline (Ctrl+U) Underline your text.” When using Power keys, just remember that sometimes you have to SELECT SOMETHING before the Power Key will do what you want it to do. In the example above, for instance, no text will be underlined, unless you first SELECT the text you wish to have underlined. If you do a Google or Bing search, and look-up control key short-cuts, you may find many of the answers for many of the question on this assignment. You are welcome to use what you can find through your research! For instance, to find short-cuts that work well with the MS Windows 10 Operating system (an others) you might visit the following Microsoft site to research keyboard shortcuts: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts You may already know many of them from our work in the past. For this assignment, we will only concentrate only on the Power keys that use the Control key plus another key, in this case, a letter of the alphabet.