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No, because it's the mice that play when the cat is away, not the other way around. Besides, I'm not talking about small mammals called mice. Rather, I'm talking about the pointing device that revolutionized human-computer interaction.
So what should you do when the mouse stops working and seems to have gone "away" from your system? Easy, just use the keyboard.
Controlling the computer solely through the keyboard is not impossible. Before the appearance and subsequent reign of the mighty mouse, super keyboard was in fact our hero. Those who have experienced using DOS and have created documents in WordStar during the computer medieval age can attest to the reliability of the keyboard.
Of course, you have to know some basic keyboard shortcuts to be able to really take control of your system. I’ve listed some of them below. If you know of other useful shortcuts that are not in the list, feel free to leave a comment.
Text Editing | |
Move cursor | Arrow Keys |
Select specific text | Shift + Arrow Keys |
Select all text | Ctrl + A |
Copy selected text to clipboard | Ctrl + C |
Paste text from clipboard | Ctrl + V |
Cut text and move to clipboard | Ctrl + X |
Redo previous action | Ctrl + Y |
Undo previous action | Ctrl + Z |
File or Folder Management in Windows Explorer | |
Move within list | Arrow Keys |
Move within list w/o affecting selection | Ctrl + Arrow keys |
Select all files/folders | Ctrl + A |
Select single file/folder | Arrow Keys (or Mouse Click) |
Select multiple adjacent files/folders | Shift + (Space or Mouse click) |
Select multiple non-adjacent files/folders | Ctrl + (Space or Mouse Click) |
Display property of selected file/folder | Alt + Enter |
Window management | |
Close active window | Alt + F4 |
Copy active window to clipboard | Alt + Print Screen |
Copy full screen to clipboard | Shift + Print Screen |
Display window switcher | Alt + Tab |
Switch active window | Alt + Esc |
Open window size menu | Alt + Space |
Move focus within window | Tab |
Others | |
Open start menu | Windows Key |
Display/Hide desktop | Windows Key + D |
Open Windows Explorer | Windows Key + E |
Open Run command | Windows Key + R |
Move focus to Task Tray | Windows Key + B |
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