All of these many symbols are really very confusing. Apple should either print the symbols on the keys or put the non-symbolic name of the key in the menus (e.g., Cmd, Ctrl, Opt, Shift, Esc).

Here at R29, our computer habits are pretty regular. We tap around, switching between spreadsheets, documents, calendars, and Gmail. We Google things, we check Instagram and Twitter, and we drag ...

To organize two windows that you want to look at side-by-side, open one window and tap this hotkey to “snap” the second ...

Now that you know how to create a new document with your keyboard, you should also know how to save one. Control+S, or Command+S on a Mac, is usually the keyboard shortcut for saving a document ...

You can use your computer's keyboard to quickly enter currency signs, foreign accents, trademarks and other symbols your business uses frequently. To access these symbols, you must use Windows ...

If you spend a lot of time texting or emailing, keyboard shortcuts could come in handy. Learn the benefits of using a text-replacement app on a smartphone.

In Excel, it’s a bit more complicated because you cannot assign a keyboard shortcut the way you can in Word. As you saw above, each symbol has a Microsoft-assigned shortcut code, but short of ...

But there is a neat workaround, using Excel’s AutoCorrect feature, to create an easy-to-remember keyboard shortcut. Begin by inserting a copy of the target symbol in a blank cell and press F2 to edit ...