​Shortcuts

I tend to use keyboard shortcuts rather than the mouse these days. You may find the following of use:

(See the Visual Studio site for a full list of all shortcuts.)

• ⌘ = COMMAND
• ⌥ = OPTION
• ^ = CONTROL
• ⇧ = SHIFT

• ⌘ + A = Select All
• ⌘ + B = Bold
• ⌘+ F = Find (search)
• ⌘ + I – Gets Info (or Italics in Office)
• ⌘+K = Go to server
• ⌘ + N – New instance – new internet page in browser, New finder window on desktop, new Word doc in Word, etc
• ⌘+P = Print
• ⌘ + Q = Close program
• ⌘+S = Save
• ⌘ + W – Close window

Copy and Paste trio:

• ⌘+C = Copy
• ⌘+X = Cut
• ⌘+V = Paste

More complicated combinations:

• ⌘ + ⇧ + G = Go to folder
• ⌘ + ⌥ + Esc – Force quit
• ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + ESC = Kills programs
• ^ + Space + 3 = Print Screen
• ^ + SPACE + 4 precise screen cap or use grab
• ⌘ + ⇧+4 = Select for screen grab
• ⌘ + ^ + Q = Lock screen
• ⌘ + ⇧ + Q = close apps and log out
• ⌥ + F2 = Display then ⌘ + L = Sys preferences

At boot up:

• ⌘+ D = runs diagnostics
• ⌘ + ⌥ + R = will use internet recovery to boot to the latest OS that the machine can support.