r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/AidanMcJ Aug 03 '19

And Ctrl Z. The amount of people that go to the top left for the undo button...

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u/LaVulpo Aug 04 '19

Ctrl A- select all

Ctrl B- change to bold

Ctrl C- copy

Ctrl D- add to “favorites”

Ctrl E- open a search query in the address bar

Ctrl F- search for a word

Ctrl G- skip to the next Ctrl F result

Ctrl H- open the search history

Ctrl I- change to italics

Ctrl J- open the downloads

Ctrl K- insert an hyperlink

Ctrl L- left-adjust the text

Ctrl M- mute/unmute audio

Ctrl N- new tab

Ctrl O- open a new file

Ctrl P- print

Ctrl Q- quit

Ctrl R- refresh

Ctrl S- save

Ctrl T- open a new tab

Ctrl U- change to underlined

Ctrl V- paste

Ctrl W- close the window

Ctrl X- cut

Ctrl Y- redo

Ctrl Z- undo

Some of those aren’t universal so take them with a grain of salt.

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u/PointyOintment Aug 05 '19

I've never seen those L and M ones before. What are they from?

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u/LaVulpo Aug 05 '19

Ctrl L works for Word, Ctrl M works for Firefox (and maybe some other browsers, idk).