In Excel, F5 opens the Go To dialogue to move to a specific cell. Just type in the cell reference and press Enter. Pressing Shift + F5 will open the Find dialogue in Excel. Type in what you want to … Read More
In Microsoft Word, F5 opens the Go To dialogue, where you can jump to a particular page, section, bookmark, etc, in the document. Just type page number and press Enter. Or press Shift + Tab to choose a different Go To … Read More
In most browsers, F5 reloads the current Web page, and Control + F5 forces a complete refresh of the Web page, clearing the cache and downloading all page contents again. In File Explorer, F5 will refresh the contents of a … Read More
The most common use of F4, certainly for us at Sharon’s Shortcuts, is Alt + F4 which will close any application completely. Control + F4 will close the current document in Microsoft Word or the current spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel or the current Tab … Read More
The F3 key is generally used to open the search function in many applications, including Windows Explorer and Microsoft Outlook. Press Windows key + F3 for the Advanced Find in Microsoft Outlook. In the Windows command line, F3 repeats the last command … Read More
In Windows Explorer, the F2 key is used to enable renaming of files and folders. Select the file or folder, press F2 and then you can type the new name or use Arrow keys to edit. Press Enter when finished. In Microsoft … Read More
The F1 key is used as the help key in almost every program. When pressed, a help screen opens, or you are directed to a web page. Other F1 shortcuts include: Control + F1: shows/hides the Ribbon in Office 365 applications. … Read More
To insert an emoji in a Word document, press Windows key + . (full stop) or Windows key + ; (semi-colon). Use the Arrow keys to move around the different emojis or type to search for a specific emoji. Press … Read More
In Ireland, typing in the Irish Gaelic language involves use of the “fada” on vowels (also known as an acute accent). To get this accent, we usually hold down the Alt Gr key and press the required vowel (resulting in … Read More
There is a visual feature in Word for checking where line breaks and page breaks have been used, amongst other things. These are called non-printing characters and include: A dot to indicate a space. A small arrow to the right … Read More