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Useful Shortcut Tips for MacBook Office Workers

If you’re an office worker who relies on a MacBook for your daily tasks, mastering keyboard shortcuts can greatly enhance your productivity and efficiency. macOS offers a wide range of shortcuts that can help you navigate through applications, manage windows, and perform various actions without lifting your hands off the keyboard. In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the most useful shortcut tips specifically tailored for office workers using a MacBook.

Microsoft Office Outlook

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1. Switch between Applications

  • Command + Tab: Quickly switch between your open applications.

2. Switch between Windows of the Same Application

  • Command + ` (backtick): Switch between open windows of the currently active application.

3. Hide or Show Applications

  • Command + H: Hide the active application.
  • Command + Option + H: Hide all applications except the active one.
  • Command + Tab + H: Hide all other applications except the active one and switch to the next one.

4. Minimize Windows

  • Command + M: Minimize the active window to the Dock.

5. Close Windows

  • Command + W: Close the active window.
  • Command + Option + W: Close all windows of the active application.

6. Force Quit Applications

  • Command + Option + Esc: Open the “Force Quit Applications” window to close unresponsive or problematic apps.

Text Editing and Formatting

1. Basic Text Editing

  • Command + C: Copy selected text or content.
  • Command + X: Cut selected text or content.
  • Command + V: Paste copied or cut content.
  • Command + Z: Undo the last action.
  • Command + Shift + Z: Redo the last action.

2. Text Navigation

  • Option + Left Arrow: Move the cursor one word to the left.
  • Option + Right Arrow: Move the cursor one word to the right.
  • Command + Left Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
  • Command + Right Arrow: Move the cursor to the end of the current line.
  • Command + Up Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.
  • Command + Down Arrow: Move the cursor to the end of the document.

3. Selecting Text

  • Shift + Arrow Keys: Select text character by character in the direction of the arrow.
  • Shift + Option + Arrow Keys: Select text word by word in the direction of the arrow.
  • Shift + Command + Arrow Keys: Select text from the current cursor position to the beginning or end of the line/document.

4. Formatting Text

  • Command + B: Apply or remove bold formatting.
  • Command + I: Apply or remove italic formatting.
  • Command + U: Underline selected text.
  • Command + Shift + T: Increase the font size of selected text.
  • Command + Shift + . (period): Decrease the font size of selected text.

Application-Specific Shortcuts

1. Safari Web Browser

  • Command + T: Open a new tab.
  • Command + Shift + T: Reopen the most recently closed tab.
  • Command + Option + F: Enter or exit full-screen mode.
  • Command + L: Highlight the URL/address bar.

2. Finder (File Management)

  • Command + N: Open a new Finder window.
  • Command + Delete: Move selected items to the Trash.
  • Command + Shift + Delete: Empty the Trash.

3. Mail

  • Command + N: Compose a

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