Microsoft Word : General Tasks Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Word : General Tasks Shortcut Keys

These are Microsoft Word’s most common tasks, and are also applicable for other Official tools.

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Space] : Create a non-breaking space

[Ctrl] + [-] : Create a non-breaking hyphen

[Ctrl] + [B] : Make letters bold

[Ctrl] + [I] : Make letters italic

[Ctrl] + [U] : Make letters undrline

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [<] : Increase font size one value

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [>] : Decrease font size one value

[Ctrl] + [I] : Increase font size 1 point

[Ctrl] + [J] : Decrease font size 1 point

[Ctrl] + [Space] : Remove paragraph or character formatting

[Ctrl] + [C] : Copy the selected text or object

[Ctrl] + [X] : Cut the selected text or object

[Ctrl] + [V] : Paste text or an object

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [V] : Pasrte special

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [V] : Paste formatting only

[Ctrl] + [Z] : Undo the last action

[Ctrl] + [Y] : Redo the last action

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [G] : Open the word count dialog box
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Microsoft Office : General Office Shortcut Keys

These are applicable across all office applications. To use the ribbon with the keyboard, just hit [Alt]. Office will show you shortcut keys for every tab, and every utility under those tabs. IF you’re unwilling to remember more shortcuts just this one feature is enough to accelerate your work in Office.

[Alt] or [F10] : Select the active tab of the ribbon and acitve the access keys

[F10] : to select the active tab, and then [Left arrow] or [Right arrow] Move to another tab of the ribbon

[Ctrl] + [F1] : Hide or show the ribbon

[Shift] + [F10] : Display the shortcut menu for the select command

[F6] : Move the focus to select each of the following areas of the window: Active tab of the ribbon any open tasks panes toolbar at the bottom of the window your document.

[Tab] + [Shift] + [Tab] : Move the focus to each command on the ribbon, forward or backward, respectively.

[Arrow keys] : Move down, up, left, or right, respectively, among the items on the ribbon

[Space] or [Enter] : Active the selected command or control on the ribbon

[Space] or [Enter] : Open the selected menu or gallery on the ribbon

[Enter] : Active a command or control on the ribbon so you can modify a value

[Enter] : Finish modifying a value in a control on the ribbon, and move focus back to the document

[F1] : Get help on the selected command or control on the ribbon.

Windows Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt + F	File menu options in current program.
Alt + E	Edit options in current program
F1	Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
Ctrl + A	Select all text.
Ctrl + X	Cut selected item.
Shift + Del	Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C	Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins	Copy selected item
Ctrl + V	Paste
Shift + Ins	Paste
Home	Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl + Home	Goes to beginning of document.
End	Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End	Goes to end of document.
Shift + Home	Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End	Highlights from current position to end of line.
Ctrl + Left arrow	Moves one word to the left at a time.
Ctrl + Right arrow	Moves one word to the right at a time.

Photo Shop Line Fire Effect

For this tutorial your going to need a good stock photo lined up. Something with action…and preferably dark (this effect works much better in a dark setting)

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Open the stock photo, then go to the paths tab and click create new path.
Press “P” on the keyboard to select the pen tool, Get a basic idea of where the fire is going. Keep in mind dimension and action. Swirls do wonders!

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A. Click to start your path
B. Click your next point, hold and drag to create a bezier spline path, which is necessary to create flowing lines
C. Continue doing this, following the idea of where you want the fire to go.
Dont worry about getting it right the first time as you can change the spline at any time…another little tip - if you press and hold ctrl while using the pen tool you can temporarily access the direct selection tool which will allow you to edit the spline (a big time saver)

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And eventually…you get something like what i have below. Remember that your only going to use the parts of your path that are in front of the object your path follows…in this case the models arm, and leg. So don’t waste time trying to make the hidden parts look pretty.

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A. Now you want to select a soft round brush (i used a 5 pixel brush here) and pick an orange color.
B. Make a new layer and name it Fire.
C. Go back to the paths tab and select stroke path with brush.

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You should immediately see the stroked path.
On mine you’ll see splatters and flairs that weren’t part of the original path. Those give the fire line the illusion that it is moving, and were accomplished by simply grabbing the clone stamp tool - using a spatter brush and cloning/stamping areas of the path at random.

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Mask/erase the parts of the path that are behind the legs/arms or whatever it is your paths follows.

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Right click on the Fire layer and select blending options, and use these options/values.

Feel free to play with the settings (that’s how i discovered this technique)

You might end up with something better!

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Duplicate the Fire layer, and set the layer mode to OVERLAY
Click the eye next to inner shadow and inner glow on the duplicate layer to deactivate them.

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Now double click on outer glow on the duplicate and change the values to this.

Conclusion

Spend a little time, and you can make something like what i have below…

For a different effect, duplicate the FIRE layer again, and filter>distort>wave.

Play with the opacity levels, and play with the blending modes - particularly OVERLAY.

Good luck!