Short for control, Ctrl is a modifier key found on IBM compatible computer keyboards in the bottom left and right portion of the main keyboard. The picture is an example of what the Ctrl key may look like on your keyboard. These are universal on all Macs and should work regardless of what keyboard you’re using, so whether it’s an official Apple keyboard or a third party Mac keyboard, you’ll be able to quickly get to the beginning of a document or the end of one with a simple keystroke.
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. Where is the Ctrl key on the keyboard?
Below is an overview of a computer keyboard with the Ctrl keys highlighted in blue. Apple control key On Apple computer keyboards the Ctrl key is written as 'control' and is next to the and as shown in the picture to the right. As far as the placement, the control keys are found in the same location as the Ctrl keys on an IBM computer. Ctrl keyboard shortcuts Ctrl is used in keyboard shortcut key such as the or Ctrl. This key combination suggests pressing and holding down the Ctrl, Alt, and Del keyboard keys to open the or reboot the computer. Some documentation may also list commands such as ^X, ^C, ^Z, etc.
This means Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z, etc. In other words, a user would want to press and hold the control or Ctrl key and then press the letter following the caret.
Below are some other commonly used Ctrl on a Windows computer. Ctrl+A These two keys will text or other objects. Ctrl+B highlighted text. Ctrl+C any selected text or another object.
See definition for further information. Ctrl+D an open web page or open window in. Ctrl+F Open window.
Ctrl+G Open Find in a. Ctrl+H Open the in,. Ctrl+J View in and set alignment in. Ctrl+K Create a for the highlighted text in Microsoft Word and many. Ctrl+L Select in a or text in a word processor.
Ctrl+M selected text in word processors and other programs. Ctrl+N Create a new page or document. Ctrl+O a file in most programs. Ctrl+P Open a print window to the page you're viewing.
Ctrl+R page in or text in a. Ctrl+S the document or file.
Ctrl+T Create a new in an Internet browser or adjust in word processors. Ctrl+U selected text. Ctrl+V any text or another object that has been copied. Ctrl+W open tab in a browser or close a document in Word. Ctrl+X selected text or another object. Ctrl+Y These keys will any undo action.
Ctrl+End Moves cursor to the end of a document instead of end of the line. Ctrl+Z Pressing these two keys will any action. Ctrl+Esc Open the Windows. Ctrl+Tab Switch between open tabs in browsers or other tabbed programs. Ctrl+Shift+Tab will go backwards (right to left). Tip: See our for a full listing of all shortcuts.
Tip: users can usually substitute the Control key keyboard shortcuts with the or control key. How to write or abbreviate Ctrl or control When writing for a PC or IBM-compatible computer, the control key should always be written as 'Ctrl' with a capital 'C' and lowercase 'trl.' Early Microsoft documentation and computer keyboards did use 'CTRL' but have since moved to using 'Ctrl.'
When writing for an Apple computer user, 'control' or 'Control' should be used to prevent any confusion with them not having a Ctrl key. As mentioned earlier there are also many different notations that can be used to represent the Ctrl key. Below are example notations that represent pressing and holding down the Ctrl key and C key at the same time. These notations are used as shorthand in documentation and may be shown on computer screens when the Ctrl key is pressed.
Notation Description ^C Traditional notation that uses a (^) to represent the Ctrl key with the letter that is pressed in conjunction with the Ctrl key. Ctrl+C notation and notation used throughout. CTRL-C Early notation used by Microsoft. ⌃C or Control-C Traditional notation uses the 'up arrowhead' character (U+2303, ⌃), followed by the letter being used, to indicate a control key combination.
C-c and notation. Ctrl/C OpenVMS notation.