Have you ever stopped to think about how much time you spend looking through right-click menus and menu bars trying to find the correct options?

It’s more time than you think. Now is the perfect time to learn some keyboard shortcuts, so you can stop searching for options and maintain momentum! Below you’ll find a list of keyboard shortcuts that work well both inside Goodshuffle Pro and on other sites and computer programs.

First, start by finding your Control (Ctrl) key on your PC keyboard. It should be near your spacebar. Mac users, you’ll be looking for your Command (⌘ or cmd) key, which will also be located near your spacebar. To use any of these shortcuts, you’ll press your Ctrl (PC) or ⌘ (Mac) key and your corresponding shortcut key(s) at the same time.

If you’re new to keyboard shortcuts, they’re kind of like magic. Keep using these and they’ll become muscle memory, much like typing. You’ll be amazed at how much faster you’ll be able to accomplish tasks once you get the hang of using them.

Copy - Use “copy” to copy text to your computer’s clipboard and leave the original text as it is.

Note: Unless you have additional tools installed on your browser, “copy” can only keep track of one selection at a time.

To use “copy,” highlight a portion of text and press either ⌘ + C or Ctrl + C.

Cut - Works similarly to “copy,” but instead of copying text, it deletes the highlighted text when it adds it tho your clipboard.

To use “cut,” highlight a portion of text and press either ⌘ + X or Ctrl + X.

Paste - Allows you to place your previously copied or cut text in a desired location. Simply navigate to the area you’d like to paste your copied text and press the ⌘ + V or Ctrl + V shortcut.

Goodshuffle Pro applications: If you find yourself typing a note, description, or some other text grouping over and over, consider using copy and paste to avoid having to type and retype the same information. Or, if you would like to copy a block of text to add into a message to your client or a teammate, try using copy and paste to speed up the process.

If you’d like to move text from one description to another, for example, you’d want to use cut and paste. This will allow you to delete a group of text from one area and add it to a different area with just a few keystrokes.

Undo - Oops! Accidentally delete some text you wanted to keep? Hit “undo” (⌘ + Z or Ctrl + Z)! Make a change to a description, but instead want to go back to the original? As long as you haven’t saved or navigated away from that page, you can hit “undo.”

Got the hang of the basics? Excellent! Now we can move on to more complex shortcuts.

*The Windows Key will be located near a PC’s spacebar and will have a Windows flag logo on it.

Find - Great for finding text, numbers, or symbols. Simply hit ⌘ + F on Mac or Ctrl + F on PC to pull up the “find” window. This window can look different depending on what software and device you’re using, but this feature functions the same regardless.

This is what it looks like when I use the “find” shortcut in Goodshuffle Pro’s Project log using Safari. As you can see, the “find” shortcut searches the page for every instance of the searched term (for this example, I used “signed”), and highlights it. To jump from one instance of “signed” to the next, simply use the arrows by the “find” search bar or hit the “Enter” key to jump to the next instance. The Logs tab can get pretty lengthy, so using this feature is a life saver!

Hyperlink - This shortcut is great for embedding links into text. Adding a hyperlink to client emails and messages from within Goodshuffle Pro looks clean and professional, and is a great way to avoid showing links with long URLs.

For example, you can see in the image below that the link, while not terribly long in this case, still looks bulky and is distracting.

Yet when we use the “hyperlink” shortcut, the link becomes a part of the text and isn’t distracting.

To use the “hyperlink” shortcut, simply highlight the text you’d like to attach the hyperlink to, hit ⌘ + K or Ctrl + K, and copy and paste in the URL. Press enter and you’re all set!

Screenshot a portion of your screen - If you send a message to support, chances are they’ll ask you for a screenshot of the problem, project, or item you have questions about. With a normal screenshot, you snap an image of your entire screen, and it can be confusing and difficult to determine what you’re wanting to focus on. Whoever is seeing your screenshot has a sneak peek at your desktop, playlists, whatever tabs you have open, etc. While that’s typically fine, having focus and privacy is also nice!

When you use the “screenshot a portion of your screen” shortcut, it does just that: you choose which portion of your screen you’d like to capture.

Much better! To do this, press Shift + ⌘ + 4 on a Mac or Windows Key + Shift + S for a PC. Use the cursor to highlight the area you’d like to capture and you’re done!

Clear formatting - Often when you’re copying, cutting, and pasting across different documents, your computer will paste the formatting as well as any numbers and text you’ve selected. This can result in spreadsheets and documents with different fonts, font sizes, font colors, etc. that look really messy and can be difficult to read. The good news is that there’s a fast way to fix this formatting mess by using the “clear formatting” shortcut. This will convert all of the selected text to the program’s default formatting. Simply highlight/select the text you’d like to fix and press ⌘ + | (the | button is near the “delete” key on a Mac) or Ctrl + Spacebar for PC.

Paste plain text - If you know your copied/cut items will paste with formatting, you can opt to use this shortcut instead of doing a normal paste and then using the “clear formatting” shortcut. Simple put your cursor where you’d like to place your text and press Shift + ⌘ + V for Mac or Shift + Ctrl + V for PC.

Did you know that there are specific shortcuts just for your browser, such as Google Chrome and Safari? These can help you quickly navigate your tabs.

Open new tab - Instead of clicking the plus sign at the top of your browser, you can use a shortcut to open a new tab. Simply press ⌘ + T for Macs or Ctrl + T for PCs.

Open link in new tab - Use this shortcut when you’d like to open a link in a new tab instead of navigating away from the page you’re on.

Close tab - Use this shortcut instead of clicking on the little “x” next to your tab to close it.

Reopen closed tab - Oops! Closed the wrong tab? Realized you needed to do something else in that tab after you closed it? No worries— just use this shortcut to reopen any tabs you’ve closed, in the order that you closed them.