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These are some common keyboard short cuts. Amy of these are common to Linux & Windows. Others are Linux specific. It is not an exhaustive list. Merely some of the more commonly used ones.
| Pre-key 1 | Pre-key 2 | Key | Function | Comment |
| Ctrl | a | select all | ||
| Ctrl | b | bold | ||
| Ctrl | c | copy | ||
| Ctrl | I | italic | ||
| Ctrl | n | new | ||
| Ctrl | o | open | ||
| Ctrl | p | |||
| Ctrl | s | save | ||
| Ctrl | u | underline | ||
| Ctrl | v | paste | ||
| Ctrl | x | cut | ||
| Ctrl | z | undo | ||
| Ctrl | Alt | Delete | reboot | invokes logout screen in Linux |
| Ctrl | Alt | Backspace | Close X-Windows | Linux only |
| F1 | help | |||
| Alt | F4 | exit |
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