We've all benefited from using shortcuts. Perhaps it's a shorter route home during rush hour traffic or a faster way to mix up a recipe.  In the office, we have hundreds of shortcuts available at our finger tips with our computer keyboard.  Here are just a few of my favorites. I hope they help you save time in your office.

PowerPoint shortcuts:

• During a presentation you can type a slide number followed by Enter. It will immediately take you to that slide.
• If you ever want a black screen, just hit B. When you're ready to resume the show, hit B again. I was taught this shortcut with this phrase: B for Black. B for Back. Note: Hitting W will bring a white screen.
• Control + M = New Slide
• Control + S = Save
• F5 = Slide Show
• Shift + F5 = Slide Show from Current Slide

Here's a shortcut to use when you're viewing webpages:

• You can press the space bar when browsing the Internet in order to move DOWN one page at a time.  
• Pressing Shift + Space Bar will move you UP one page at a time.

To return to your desktop quickly and minimize all open windows:

• Windows Key + D

To toggle between all of your open pages/windows:

• Alt + Tab

To highlight text in Word or a group of cells in Excel, without the mouse:

• Shift + Arrow Keys

Shortcuts for using Outlook:

• Control + R = Reply to an email
• CTRL+SHIFT+R: Reply all to a message
• CTRL+ALT+R: Reply with meeting request
• CTRL+F: Forward a message

• CTRL+SHIFT+C: Create a new contact (from any Outlook view)
• CTRL+SHIFT+L: Create a distribution list

• CTRL+N: Create a new appointment (when in Calendar)
• CTRL+SHIFT+A: Create a new appointment (in any Outlook view)
• CTRL+SHIFT+Q: Create a new meeting request