In need of convenient Windows keyboard shortcuts? Cut, copy, paste, and undo — they’re four of the easiest and most helpful commands for any application.
Are you tired of all the right-clicking just to access simple commands like cut, copy, and paste? Sure, it’s not super labor-intensive, but it can get really annoying after a while when you’re constantly summoning one of these actions using a mechanical rodent. If you’re not utilizing shortcut commands, you’re missing out on an easy way to save time and effort. Read on to learn simple commands that combine Control (Ctrl) and other keys to cut, copy, paste, and even undo actions across Windows apps. When cutting text using the shortcut, you remove it from the target location while sending it to your clipboard in the system memory. This lets you remove text in one area and paste that same text multiple times in other areas. Originally, Windows didn’t automatically keep a history of items on your clipboard, meaning text was rewritten in memory each time you typed the keyboard shortcut. That changed with the October 2018 Update which introduced an extended clipboard with history. To access this history, you can type the Windows key + V combination. A pop-up window appears listing a backlog of text you previously cut along with text you copied using a different keyboard shortcut (see the next section). Just select one of the recorded entries and it will paste to your target document.
