In most applications, pressing Ctrl+Home will move your cursor to the very beginning of the document.
18 thoughts on “Ctrl+Home: Go to the beginning of the document”
I definitely will be following this blog as I teach blind people to use computers. I have a few of my students who can beat a mouse user any time. Always ready to forget that mouse more and more.
Hey Bill, yup, that’s how the Tab key works in Microsoft Internet Explorer as well as Firefox. I’ll be adding more browser shortcut keystrokes over the next few months. But while I’m here — try using the Space bar to move down a screen when reading a page of text in a browser.
Okay, these are the some of the simplest, most common shortcuts. I have two questions: What about Ctrl+Space+X (Maximize window) and how about a list of common BIOS setup keys (F2, Del, Esc)? Do you only use Windows? I’ve used Windows, Ubuntu Linux, and just bought a Mac. If you do use other operating systems, please also add those shortcuts!
Hi Andrew, things are starting simple but we’ll build from here. (Gotta walk before we can run.)
I have used several different Mac OSes as well as Linux, but currently I only use Windows PCs so I only plan on posting Windows keyboard shortcuts here (as the blog title implies). Partly that’s to simplify testing.
Alt+Space Bar, X is a great tip which will be included in the future.
I hadn’t planned on covering the BIOS setup keys, but I think that’s a good suggestion and will add them in the future.
nice blog you have here……….i was waiting for something like that……..i kind of hate mouse:p…………..maybe you should give one simple shortcut in one day and some not so common at next day, otherwise good keyboard users have to wait a long time after some new shortcut comes.
keep up the good work!
This is a great blog! Thanks for including CTRL+S. I tell my middle school students that CTRL+S is the Grand Poobah of all keyboard shortcuts as it can save them the hassle and time required to re-do lost work.
db, I’ll try to put in some advanced tips here and there. I was working on one for today but the trouble I ran into was I ended up having to explain too many basic keystrokes that I hadn’t covered yet. So for the first few weeks here, most of the tips will be fairly basic. Sorry!
Wasn’t the original problem the fact that ctrl-home isn’t working? home, end, ctrl-end all work correctly, but ctrl-home suddenly stopped working… need help, I do alot of text editing…
ODDLY ctrl-shift-home works, but ctrl-home doesn’t… this is stupid =\
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, and I’ll keep an eye here as long as I can…
I definitely will be following this blog as I teach blind people to use computers. I have a few of my students who can beat a mouse user any time. Always ready to forget that mouse more and more.
Another good one, somewhat related, is Ctrl-End. Takes you to the end of the document.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the kind words, Belgatom!
Andrew, thanks — I have a master document of some 300 shortcuts that I’ll be putting out here one by one. Ctrl-End is one of those.
Hey, i acidently hit my tab key and it also took me to the begining of the document..tnx….Bill.
Then just keep hitting it to highlight any thing with a link..tnx Bill.
Hey Bill, yup, that’s how the Tab key works in Microsoft Internet Explorer as well as Firefox. I’ll be adding more browser shortcut keystrokes over the next few months. But while I’m here — try using the Space bar to move down a screen when reading a page of text in a browser.
Very cool.. keep it.. This gonna be useful for “mere mortals”, more know as “non geeks”.
XD
thx
Okay, these are the some of the simplest, most common shortcuts. I have two questions: What about Ctrl+Space+X (Maximize window) and how about a list of common BIOS setup keys (F2, Del, Esc)? Do you only use Windows? I’ve used Windows, Ubuntu Linux, and just bought a Mac. If you do use other operating systems, please also add those shortcuts!
Hi Andrew, things are starting simple but we’ll build from here. (Gotta walk before we can run.)
I have used several different Mac OSes as well as Linux, but currently I only use Windows PCs so I only plan on posting Windows keyboard shortcuts here (as the blog title implies). Partly that’s to simplify testing.
Alt+Space Bar, X is a great tip which will be included in the future.
I hadn’t planned on covering the BIOS setup keys, but I think that’s a good suggestion and will add them in the future.
Thanks for visiting and commenting!
nice blog you have here……….i was waiting for something like that……..i kind of hate mouse:p…………..maybe you should give one simple shortcut in one day and some not so common at next day, otherwise good keyboard users have to wait a long time after some new shortcut comes.
keep up the good work!
Stephen,
This is a great blog! Thanks for including CTRL+S. I tell my middle school students that CTRL+S is the Grand Poobah of all keyboard shortcuts as it can save them the hassle and time required to re-do lost work.
Eric J.
http://paradigmshiftpodcast.org/
db and Eric, thanks for the kind words.
db, I’ll try to put in some advanced tips here and there. I was working on one for today but the trouble I ran into was I ended up having to explain too many basic keystrokes that I hadn’t covered yet. So for the first few weeks here, most of the tips will be fairly basic. Sorry!
Shift+Spacebar moves a page up in reading as well.
De combinatie ctrl-home werkt niet meer.
Ctrl wel bij selecteren.
Home wel naar begin regel.
Hey wat happened to this forum..last 5 years -no post !!!! .keep this forum active..want to know more & more KB shortcuts…Please…
Wasn’t the original problem the fact that ctrl-home isn’t working? home, end, ctrl-end all work correctly, but ctrl-home suddenly stopped working… need help, I do alot of text editing…
ODDLY ctrl-shift-home works, but ctrl-home doesn’t… this is stupid =\
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, and I’ll keep an eye here as long as I can…
It is awful that nobody got the answer and Ctrl + Home still does not work
Thanks for sharing your info. I really appreciate your
efforts and I am waiting for your further post thank you once again.